The pleasure of going for a walk in a comfortable sweater, knowing it will keep you warm every time, is enough to be happy. Just walk, and see, walk beyond where you have been before. Explore new sights and sounds. There is a whole world out there waiting as you find a new route. Don’t go anywhere, don’t anticipate the destination, just follow your feet. For as Friedrich Nietzsche says, “all truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
National Sweater Day has traditionally fallen on the first Thursday of February, which in 2018 falls on February 1
Host an event for National Sweater Day to help WWF-Canada {WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature (also known as World Wildlife Fund) } protect wildlife and habitats in Canada and beyond.
Locally steps have been taken to protect the wildlife corridor in the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area by city council in 1972.
“He could tell by the way animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to.” Laura Adams Armer
Today due to the rather chilly weather, it may be hard to walk in only sweater without further layers, and it may also be challenging to hear birds sing as they snuggle down awaiting the cold snap to pass ~ a method employed to conserve energy. However here is a beautiful ode by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest
Like a cloud of fire;
The blue deep thou wingest,
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
For directions as to how to drive to “George Genereux” Urban Regional Park
For directions on how to drive to Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
For more information:
Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada north of Cedar Villa Road, within city limits, in the furthest south west area of the city. 52° 06′ 106° 45′
Addresses:
Part SE 23-36-6 – Afforestation Area – 241 Township Road 362-A
Part SE 23-36-6 – SW Off-Leash Recreation Area (Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area ) – 355 Township Road 362-A
S ½ 22-36-6 Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area (West of SW OLRA) – 467 Township Road 362-A
NE 21-36-6 “George Genereux” Afforestation Area – 133 Range Road 3063
Wikimapia Map: type in Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Google Maps South West Off Leash area location pin at parking lot
Web page: https://stbarbebaker.wordpress.com
Where is the Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area? with map
Where is the George Genereux Urban Regional Park (Afforestation Area)? with map
Facebook Group Page: Users of the George Genereux Urban Regional Park
Facebook group page : Users of the St Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Please help protect / enhance your afforestation areas, please contact the Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas Inc. (e-mail)
Support the afforestation areas with your donation or membership ($20.00/year). Please donate by paypal using the e-mail friendsafforestation AT gmail.com, or by using e-transfers Please and thank you! Your donation and membership is greatly appreciated. Members e-mail your contact information to be kept up to date!
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“St. Barbe’s unique capacity to pass on his enthusiasm to others. . . Many foresters all over the world found their vocations as a result of hearing ‘The Man of the Trees’ speak. I certainly did, but his impact has been much wider than that. Through his global lecture tours, St. Barbe has made millions of people aware of the importance of trees and forests to our planet.” Allan Grainger
“If you seek creative ideas go walking.
Angels whisper to a man when he goes for
a walk.” Raymond I. Myers.
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Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area. George Genereux Urban Regional Park. 