There is a growing realization about the importance of getting to know the place where you live… to learn to love it and care for it. But to love something, one must know something of it – how it functions, what it needs, what kills it… And to know the world around us in this way, one needs to get out in it and discover it.
A fundamentally different perspective on our place in the world is called “biocentrism”. In this view, life’s diversity encompasses everything, and we humans are a part of it, ultimately deriving everything we need from it. Viewed this way, our well-being, indeed our survival, depends on the health and well-being of the natural world. I believe this view better reflects reality. – David Suzuki
Consequently, this year we will be writing about things close to home… the things we see when we walk out our door into the habitat of eastern Canada. We will be learning about the flora and fauna that surround us by participating in “nature study” and “nature journaling”.
This is some of what we have seen and enjoyed this summer in our travels:
Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa… They even have dinosaurs!
Icebergs in Newfoundland
Cape Spear, Newfoundland: the most easterly point on North America.
Bumblebees in my garden.
A moose on the side of the road in Newfoundland.
Fortress Louisbourg in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Gorgeous beaches in Nova Scotia
Getting to Know Canada 