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Well, Jake, I had an hour long adventure in the nearby "woods" - nature area along our local lake with my 4 yo grand. It was 28f, but damp and breezy - by the last 5 min he was asking to go home in spite of an energy drink at the halfway mark - we were climbing over cut down brush, examining seeds, looking at the ice forming...
Smile for the day - he was examining something on the ground, and said "look I found more seeds!" I looked and it was deer scat, which I explained. Then of course he had to know why...We also found a beaver-felled tree and one well-drilled by large woodpeckers, leading to many discussions of what different animals eat.
When we got home, he was cold (so was I) and starving. Time to pull out the "puffy jackets" and hand warmer packets next week.
Sue
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I've been enjoying more than the 3 weekly walks because of some milder temps and no wind. But like @jakedduck1 and some of our other walkers, just the thought of temps below 60 make me shudder. And like @wisco50, while it is all relative, I, can remember all the outdoor activities we enjoyed in winter while living in Duluth so many years ago. Now, I am grateful to be living in an area where our weather never stays the same for long and we can experience all four seasons within one week. smiles
@sueinmn, your mention of the discovery of the beaver-felled tree reminded me of one of my most treasured nature "finds" of a small, white birch log gnawd at both ends at an isolated beaver dam in Canada. That traveled to many a TX ele. classroom for years afterwards and eventually was given to the first grandson. Now I wonder if it is still in the family.