Of all the wild flowers in our forest the Lady Slipper is by far the most beautiful, rare and just plain magical. I would not know about these flowers if it weren't for my Mom and the incredible Lady Slipper she had photographed in our forest when I was little. She...
Looking up at the tops of the trees I'd always look for nests or bee hives but sometimes the trees held other objects. I started to notice wooden platforms that were nailed to the tree trunks and wondered how on earth those got up there. During our walks we would come...
Oh the lovely wood tick. Luckily they are not year round in Manitoba but when we near spring I can't help but think of those dreaded ticks. A walk in the bush is not as simple as it sounds during this season. You must consider what you're wearing and constantly be...
Riding through the forest on the trike we would often encounter fallen trees usually after a storm. Dad would yell out "duck" and make sure we didn't get bonked on the head from these low hanging branches. We encountered these trees so often that we came up with a...
I grew up where the prairie met the treeline. Our house was surrounded by a forest with a long lane and a lot of giant, beautiful trees. My favorite being the cotton tree in the backyard that rose the tallest out of all the trees in the forest. You could see it from...