Archive for the ‘ play outdoors ’ Category

Quotable tuesday

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau [ READ MORE ]

Going green has never been so fun!

Today’s post comes via my friend Bethe who I introduced you to a few months back. ______________________ One of the first steps to caring for our environment is getting to know and love it. For those of us who grew up playing outside until the street lights came on, this is not such an alien concept. That [ READ MORE ]

National bike month

It’s National Bike Month and this week is Bike-to-Work-Week. But if you can’t hop on your bike every day this week and ride it to work, perhaps you can do it just one day – Friday – on Bike-to-Work-Day. You’ve got a lot of bike riding opportunities here. Do you have a bike that’s been a [ READ MORE ]

Schools out: Play outdoors with your kids

I’ve really been trying to follow Bethe Almeras‘ advice (remember her, she’s The Grass Stain Guru) and play outdoors a lot more lately – especially with my kids. They start a much needed 10 days of from school today, and I’m determined to make sure they spend most of their time outside.  I asked Tina Yerkes, [ READ MORE ]

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