

Gray Squirrels 2017-2018 : Week 22 - Pine Needle Oil
Today we learned an amazingly powerful and important skill: How to safely wildcraft plants and make herbal extracts from them. Actually,...


Gray Squirrels 2017-18: Week 21- Animal Games
Brrr! It does not feel like Spring! On the bright side, we had so much fun making a fire and shelters in wet conditions, the weather just...


Gray Squirrels 2017-2018: Week 20 - Boats and Spiders
Our backpacks felt so light without all of our cold weather gear in them! The overcast day turned sunny and almost downright hot! It was...


Gray Squirrels 2017-2018: Week 18- Adventures in Botany
After such focused compass and mapping work (which was still fun!) it was nice to have a relaxing day to explore our imaginations and...


Gray Squirrels 2017-2018: Week 17 - Mapping Challenge
Those pesky Wood Gnomes were back with another challenge! This one had a sweet reward at the end, but there was a catch - they needed our...


Gray Squirrels 2017-2018: Week 16 -Salamanders and Compass Explorations
It was nice to have a return to weather that felt a little bit more like March! The air was crisp and clear, small plants were budding,...


Gray Squirrels 2017-2018: Week 15 - Forest Gnome Scavenger Hunt and Frog Pond Explorations
We started out the day with gratitudes and a surprise! A mysterious Wood Gnome had visited our circle and left us a scavenger hunt! We...


Gray Squirrels 2017-18: Week 14- Journaling and Exploring
We had a beautiful day! It was a little chilly and overcast, but that made movement games fun! Having the cloud cover was a good...


Gray Squirrels 2017-18: Week 13 - Ecological Inventory
Our community is really getting into the "swing" of things! We had a fun day exploring and revising our sense of direction! Part of...


Gray Squirrels 2017-18: Week 12 - Fire and Community Compass
We opened our Tuesday gathering with the Deer Bounding Challenge!. This game allows us to leap like deer over our backpacks. The...