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| photo by walker: Brina Li |
It was a grey cloudy day. The Sunset
Community Centre was booming with activity: Women dancing on two different
floors - one with ribbons and fans and one with sweet moves, a large number of
children in a karate class, parents waiting in the lobby, and people preparing
for an after-hours birthday party for a little girl. With so much activity, will anyone be
available for this walk?
We were joined by a wonderful group of
teenagers, the ones who were dancing with the sweet moves, and by a local
historian.
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| Julie and the Gang exploring an Arbutus tree |
Today, we did a sort of multi-sensory walk. Focusing on listening, smelling, touching, looking and not talking, while exploring and still sharing discoveries around us with each other. We were able to feel and touch plants and trees, smell some flowers, hear some sounds, and even see some chickens!
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| Walkers in Blossom Snow |
The blossoms were out! They were showering
down upon the streets making them pink with their pedals.
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| Sidewalk dated 1930 |
Here is something Rob, a local historian
pointed out, a sidewalk labeled with the date 1930. Some history to discover
here for a future walk!
We encountered some chickens upon the walk. One of the girl's reactions to discovering that there were chickens behind this fence was priceless - jaw open and eyes wide with surprise!
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| Chicken friends |
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| a little mossy friend |
The most wonderful thing about this walk was the feedback we received at the end:
"I felt calm...and that means a lot from me because I am always stressed out."
"We were able to do a fun walk and work on our biology project at the same time!"
"I never knew there were chickens in my neighbourhood."
"Oh! my neighbour has chickens too! They hang out on the sidewalk sometimes."
"What?!"
"I never realized how many plants and smells were in the neighbourhood."
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| a bus stop bench see-saw kinda ending |
Come join us on our next walk, May 19th at 4:30pm! We will be exploring Fraser Street.
xo,
Matt & Julie