In October, ten EarthLinks Workshop participants and three volunteers took nature trips to Look-Out Mountain, the Mother Cabrini Shrine and Buffalo Bill’s Grave. While enjoying brisk fall walks through the Lookout Mountain wildlife preserve, the sun warmed us up and gave us a sense of quiet connection to the earth. We found deer families and Albert’s squirrels doing what they do [...]
On August 10, 2011, our Day Trips into Nature program made an excursion to Alderfer/Three Sisters Park in Evergreen, Colorado. Our trip leader, Beth, volunteer trip assistant, Pam, and six women from the Gathering Place spent all morning enjoying shady mountain trails and open meadows in the park. They hiked through a beautiful evergreen forest [...]
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On Thursday, June 2, 2011, EarthLinks’ Day Trips into Nature program took Workshop participants to spend the day in Eldorado Canyon State Park, near Boulder, Colorado. Participants and volunteers enjoyed a beautiful mountain creek in a magnificent canyon setting, hiked trails with panoramic views, watched rock climbers through binoculars, learned about the geological and recreational [...]
It’s officially Spring, which means the garden season is upon us! We’ve begun planting seeds in our workshop which will be transplanted into the garden once the danger of frost is past us — probably around Mother’s Day. We’re keeping busy working with our participants to sow a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers for [...]
Continuing our series shedding light on creatures in peril and how you can help, let’s take a look at Bat Boxes from EarthLinks! You may already know that single- and double-chamber Bat Boxes are available for purchase in our Online Shop, but do you know why they are so important? As anyone who has spent [...]
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