Southeastern NC

Today we learned an amazingly powerful and important skill: How to safely wildcraft plants and make herbal extracts from them. Actually, we started with one safe and easy to identify plant. Each plant is unique and so the only generalization to working with wild plants...

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 makes things interesting!

It was just cold and wet enough to really appreciate having a tarp shelter and fire, and warm enough that...

 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 good that we spent the day exploring by the Frog Pond. 

On our walk into opening circle, Ava and Maebel noticed a str...

After such focused compass and mapping work (which was still fun!) it was nice to have a relaxing day to explore our imaginations and play games. It was quite chilly so a fire was the first order of the day. We've been learning how to safely use tools, so anyone who wa...

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 help to plan the adventure!  

Each clan had to use all of the mapping skills we have been working on - songlines, compass bearings a...

 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, but not quite out yet and when we arrived at opening circle, there was another note from the Wood Gnomes! 

We also had...

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 had a wonderful time figuring out the descriptive clues and finding the treasure! We ended up at the Frog Pond and had a magical after...