Natural Time

Nature has its own clocks, its own ways of marking changing seasons and time. Mark the tide (which swells the Mill River) when you arrive. (It will peak just after lunch). Construct an artful sundial to track the day's hours. Look for Spring's early blooming flowers that welcome longer days. Take a walk to listen for the Spring birds stopping to rest on their migration North. Collect rocks that remember changes long ago. Make a model of the Earth, Sun and Moon to remind you to look for the sliver of light tonight that has just begun to grow on the Moon's right side. Map the constellation you should see at bedtime if there are not too many lights where you live.

Construct a timeline on a section of s tree whose rings remember the years your grandparents where your age. Celebrate nature's gift for making sense of everything that happens.