Outdoor Birthday Party
By Kari Svenneby
There are a lot of commercial venues in North America from indoor playgrounds to chain restaurants that cater to children’s birthday parties....
Poem to the Outdoors
Dedicated to al those wonderful people who play outside with us rain, wind or shine
BY SUSANA MOLINOLO
breathing is different now with two children
I'm...
Rotten tomato
Outdoor memory
By Russell Gienapp
My brother and I were always outside. We watched plenty of TV, but screen time was just a small portion...
Playground Police
BY LAURA KELLY
“Every one minute, you come back and check in with me. If you go to either of the other climbers, come and...
Cottage Memories- New and Old
By Leigh Mitchell
One of my earliest memories of my father is an early morning canoe ride at his cottage just outside of Peterborough on...
Newfoundland, nature is never far away
Newfoundland -- Just the name makes me think of Vikings, salt and wind. The Vikings settled in Newfoundland or ‘Vinland’ as they called it...
Trail-Gator Bicycle Tow Bar
Biking adventures
By Russell Gienapp
It all started when we were at my parents house in Florida last Christmas. My mother had bought a used bike...
Family Gardening
"This post was originally written in 2009 and updated in summer 2020. We have always enjoyed growing food in our urban backyard. This year...
My baby loves trees
There is a big maple tree in front of our house. When we moved in we decided that the children's rooms should look out...
Stinky business..
Stinky business..
How to do compost
In Toronto there is a strike going on in the city. The city worker strike visually hits the hardest...
