A glorious weekend spent with family and nature.
On Sunday a squirrel joined us for lunch. Thankfully Prince our Flatcoat Retriever was flat out after a long run in the woods and didn’t notice the furry little creature.
A garden is is a an amazing outdoor classroom. Our youngest Sam took this picture of the squirrel below. [...]
The Vultures are back. Counted 11 vultures soaring above the Creek last night-a perfect end to Earth Day. As I watched, I felt incredibly fortunate to experience such a spectacular show, Mother Nature at it’s best.
Sadly, no more Coyote anymore! (I’ll fill you in on the Coyote another day).
Today I was working on my latest [...]
Beautiful start to Earth Day, the birds were singing, Jasmine was feeling better and was able to go back to school and my husband and I managed to sneak a short walk to the woods before grabbing a late breakfast.
A proud moment for us, our sons environmental team came second in BC with their schools [...]
Thought I better post this now – I may not get a chance later this evening-my daughter is off school with a sickness bug and I’m feeling a bit rough myself. May have to reschedule Earth Day celebrations.
Here’s my Little humbugs wishing you all a wonderful Earth Day. Hope you all get time to get [...]
Earth Day will begin with the official book launch of my latest children’s environmental story book “We’re the little Humbugs”.
Then off to our sons Earth Day presentation on Water Preservation at the local School Education Center.
Our youngest joined the Destination Conservation at his school. He helped develop a plan on how his school could conserve [...]
Thunderstorm over, able to plant the early potatoes. Our eldest (16 yrs) dug the holes and really got into the whole spirit of things and our youngest joined in plopping the potatoes budded side up. We are going to grow some potatoes in a pot too to see how they fair -not everyone has access [...]
When children and nature mix, something magical happens – every child deserves that Magic!
As a mother of 3, I have always had two major concerns: children are spending far less time playing outdoors than ever before; the Natural Environment around us is constantly being plundered and destroyed (I know I’m not alone).
As a child, I [...]
Great article in Orion Magazine by Richard Louv “A Walk in the Woods”.
I am a children’s author and illustrator and mother of 3. It was my growing concern for the environment and the alarming statistics on children’s lack of exposure to the natural world that compelled me to do something to help.
I wanted to engage [...]
We were really pleased putting out the garbage today. Just half a bag of garbage – not bad for a family of five, huge improvement! This is such an easy and effective way to cut down on your garbage.
The Earth Machine is made with a minimum 50% post-consumer recycled materials and comes with a 10 [...]
Crowds queued for hours in Kelowna for their Earth Machine. Change was evident as the crowds grew to purchase their new compost bin “the Earth Machine”. On Saturday morning my husband and I joined the masses to purchase our Earth Machine – backyard composter. From the young and hip to the not so young and [...]
With only 19 days to Earth Day I have decided to put together 19 Little Humbugs Earth Day Packs to give away.
Nominate your school, Nursery or Playgroup to receive one of the FREE Little Humbugs Earth Day Packs.
Simply email me at: info@littlehumbugs.com with your nomination and the first
19 nominations will receive a FREE Little Humbugs [...]
