{"id":2158,"date":"2013-03-25T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2013-03-25T08:44:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T16:44:50","slug":"mindful-moment-signs-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/mindful-moment-signs-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Moment: Signs of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2192\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 504px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2192\" alt=\"IMG_6180\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6180-880x1024.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6180-880x1024.jpg 880w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6180-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Saskatoon Berry bush with its first spring leaves about to open.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0An activity that you can do with your children (from about age 3 up) is take a walk through nature with a sketch pad in hand, looking for signs of spring. Give each child her\/his own sketching pencil and small sketch pad to carry along on the hike.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2189\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 554px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2189\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2189 \" alt=\"IMG_6176\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6176-1024x643.jpg\" width=\"554\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6176-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6176-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6176.jpg 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A pregnant deer resting in the grass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I usually wait until the first spring flowers are blooming and then we head out in spring coats to search for any and all natural signs of spring. Your kids will love looking for budding flowers, and any animals out and about. Have your crew stop and sketch each sign they discover.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2190\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 554px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2190 \" alt=\"IMG_6177\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6177-1024x816.jpg\" width=\"554\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6177-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6177-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A brave ground covering plant&#8211;the first to sprout on our mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The sketch books become treasured items over time, especially if you keep the same sketch book and use it each spring. My teenage daughter recently found her &#8216;signs of spring&#8217; sketch book that she started when she was only five years old.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2191\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 630px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2191\" alt=\"IMG_6178\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6178-1024x581.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6178-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6178-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6178.jpg 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A little pine cone eating bird taking a break from lunch. As it munched through the cones it made such a racket, I thought it was a squirrel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The photos in this post I took last weekend on a hike. I really had to look for signs of spring as very little has blossomed on my mountain. I only brought my macro lens so I wasn&#8217;t able to take any close-up pictures of distant objects (such as the deer in the second photo above).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2193\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 630px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2193\" alt=\"IMG_6181\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6181-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6181-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_6181-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ice on moss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0An activity that you can do with your children (from about age 3 up) is take a walk through nature with a sketch pad in hand, looking for signs of spring. 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