This installment of the Nearby Nature Project includes links to several recent news stories that touch on the reciprocity between nature connectedness and nature/human well-being; the 2024 Canmore Art Walk in the Woods temporary art installation; and recent nearby nature wildlife sightings.
It's a quiet time of year for the Nearby Nature Project - no gardening, not many birds, so mostly observing the ebb and flow of the winter season. But I did attend a virtual screening of a wonderful short film about our beautiful turquoise mountain lakes. And I report on my limited participation in the 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count.
This edition of the Nearby Nature Project includes a couple of special bird sightings in the Bow Valley, observations on the change from fall to winter, and a book review!
Autumn is my favorite time of the year. It's garden harvest time, the deciduous trees put on a colorful show and birds are migrating. What a wonderful time to explore nearby Nature.
Do you have a happy place? More than one? And what is a happy place, anyhow? Read on....