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| photo courtesy of geeksugar.com |
As I looked at my pumpkin on November 1st, I looked down with
sadness. I am not a big fan of the month of November. I guess because this the
time of year when everything starts to really become winterized. I start to
feel the chill of the winter blowing in. The heaters in my home are start to
bang, clink and clunk.
I have to laugh and shake my head. I'm not
ready to say goodbye to fall and why should I? It's not Christmas yet. We still
have thanksgiving to celebrate!
We at Radnor Nature Preserve love
Thanksgiving and go out of way to show it. Unlike many preserves and gardens,
we do not turn on our Christmas lights until Black Friday. Do not get me wrong,
we put up wonderful lights and displays for the holiday season but today in our
world of "go big or go home" we try to enjoy the little things.
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| white tail rabbit- photo coutrsey of purdue agricultural department |
We encourage visitors to come this time
year because this is one of the few times of the year we are not crowded and
it's still wonderful out. It a wonderful time to explore the preserve. Animals
are everywhere. It's very normal to see a cotton-tail rabbit, white-tailed deer
or even a hawk flying but this fall a flock of wild turkeys have moved in as
well.
Living on the preserve I frequently wake
up to these odd birds fighting as seen in the youtube video below by
WildBlessings2
These animals are something that should
not be taken for granted. We forget that these animals were plentiful during
the first Thanksgiving and provided resources to the Pilgrims and Native
Americans.
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| Children collecting leaves Courtesy of laughingchildren.com |
We focus a lot of our education programs
here a Radnor Nature Preserve about talking about the natural world. November's programs tie nature to the first Thanksgiving. We work with children to help them to
understand that turkeys are wild animals and do not come from a farm or at
least did not at first. We teach them history and even have some arts and
crafts projects teaching them to use resources around them to make beautiful
thanksgiving decorations.
So on that Wednesday before Thanksgiving, when many school are off
or even on a weekend when the sun is out and the air is slightly crisp. Come
celebrate and learn about the first Thanksgiving by connecting back to nature
because soon Radnor Nature Preserve will turn-on it’s Christmas lights.
Until Next Time -
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