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The shorebird time is upon us. The time of heat and mud and undying stench. The time of bloodthirsty mosquitoes and ravenous deer flies. The time of heat shimmer, feather wear…
Inuit art: Goose Inuit Artist: Johnysa Mathewsie Size: 7" wide, 4" high Community: Cape Dorset, NU 11/22 Stone: Serpentine id: b-30181gjjy **Johnysa Mathewsie SIGNATURE Canada Goose carving! Magnificent Movement! Silly Goose is exquisite! He has his large wings spread widely, ready to flew to meet up with his flock. Tomorrow, they flight south for the winter to South Carolina. Sunny days and warm nights until the spring for this proud Canada goose. Johnysa has endowed Silly Goose with all the Canada geese accoutrements: black neck, head and beak with the white stripe under his chin. Add the large muscular body and wings and you have our globally recognized Canada Goose!
There are actually very good reasons that these geese fly at night!
Inuit art: Goose Inuit Artist: Johnysa Mathewsie Size: 7" wide, 4" high Community: Cape Dorset, NU 11/22 Stone: Serpentine id: b-30181gjjy **This Item is Eligible for Our 0% Interest Layaway Plan **Johnysa Mathewsie SIGNATURE Canada Goose carving! Magnificent Movement! Silly Goose is exquisite! He has his large wings spread widely, ready to flew to meet up with his flock. Tomorrow, they flight south for the winter to South Carolina. Sunny days and warm nights until the spring for this proud Canada goose. Johnysa has endowed Silly Goose with all the Canada geese accoutrements: black neck, head and beak with the white stripe under his chin. Add the large muscular body and wings and you have our globally recognized Canada Goose! PROUDLY CANADIAN SINCE 2007 We promise to send you only good things
What kid doesn't love parachutes? My boys have gotten so many of those parachuting army men as party favors, I've lost count. And forget trying to untangle the strings. (Ain't nobody got time for that!) The weather may not have been on our side, but with so many rainy days this summer, eventually you just throw caution to the wind and do outdoor activities anyway. And so it was the day we made DIY parachutes. Making these was simple. We had all the supplies we needed around the house. What You Need Disposable plastic (or paper) cup Plastic garbage sack String (we used some tightly twisted yarn) Paper punch Scissors Tape Measure or yardstick How to Make It First we punched holes in the top of the plastic cups, just under the rim. You'll need to punch four holes equal distance apart (approximately). Next we cut one plastic kitchen garbage sack into a 14-inch square. Since we made two parachutes, we measured and cut the bag with it flattened (i.e. two plies) so we had two squares with only a few cuts. Now we cut four 14-inch lengths of string for each parachute. Our oldest son gathered a corner of the plastic square and tied one length of string to it, leaving only a small tail. He repeated this with the other four corners. Then we tied each string to a different hole on the cup. (TIP: Try to keep the tails all the same length so you don't get a lopsided parachute.) Now all that was left to do was to go to a high place and drop those puppies. My sons perched on the landing of our deck and later our yard's play set. They LOVED watching them gracefully float to the ground. My oldest son tucked the parachute in the cup and dropped it to see what would happen. It sank to the ground with lightning speed. That's gravity for ya! How Does a Parachute Work The cup glides slowly down thanks to something known as air resistance (or drag). When air gets under it, the plastic parachute fans out for maximum coverage; this air resistance slows the fall of the object tremendously. This great activity came from Patricia A. Staino's wonderful book Magic Moments: Super Science with Your Kids. Check it out!
There is something about watching thousands of Canada Geese converge at the same place at the same time that is simply magical. Here’s why my date night during a Sunset Goose Flight at FortWhyte Alive was so perfect.
"HONK! HONK!" This is a noise I hear quite often driving in downtown Houston, but it is also a familiar sound during this time of year. Until recently, I gave little thought to a flock of geese flying overhead. However,...
There is something about watching thousands of Canada Geese converge at the same place at the same time that is simply magical. Here’s why my date night during a Sunset Goose Flight at FortWhyte Alive was so perfect.
Explored #100 (it says it was on page 10 :) Registered at -- Explore #225 on Saturday, May 9, 2009 The Canada Geese are back home. This is a crop from a shot when they just took off the lake and positioning for the perfect V shape formation. The Geese continue North to the nesting grounds. No Photoshop here, it’s a straight image :) Here are some amazing facts about those ‘world travelers’ FACT -- As each goose flaps its wings it creates an "uplift" for the birds that follow. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone. LESSON -- People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. More facts about Geese :)
