Tag Archives: Urban Forest
Another Walk In The Woods
A beautiful Thanksgiving weekend, perfect for taking in the fall foliage. Still not as many reds in the trees as usual at this time of year and a lot more green. The temperatures have been warmer than normal for this time of year, which I guess slows the colour change down. The parking lot was […]
Back To Mer Bleue
It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the leaves haven’t changed colour yet, and we had an hour between engagements, so we headed back to Mer Bleue. Last Sunday we had walked one of the forest trails. Yesterday, with less available time, we chose the boardwalk that goes over a marsh and peat bog. It was […]
Another Sunday Stroll
I have occasionally rhapsodized here about the joy of living in Ottawa with its hundreds of kilometres of walking trails and who knows how many hectares of urban forest. Okay, somebody knows the exact numbers for both but I’m not going to look it up. I was raised with acres, I have no idea how […]
A Walk In The Woods
Sunday was a beautiful Spring day, so instead of going home right after church we went for a walk. Ottawa is blessed with an abundance of urban forest. I looked it up and though the numbers seemed a little fluid, it seems the city has about 40,000 hectares of forest and parkland. That number seemed […]
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