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Acknowledgement

As a settler on Turtle Island, I am endlessly grateful for the opportunity to live, work, love, raise my family here and explore these beautiful lands. I acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples who have been living here since time immemorial and continue to be stewards of the lands and waters through which we travel. As a settler, I also commit to expanding my knowledge about the many histories and voices on Turtle Island, honouring the treaties that govern this land, and upholding my responsibilities to Indigenous Peoples, everyone who lives here now and the land itself.

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Oleksandra Budna

I am passionate about everything nature. I like exploring it, nurturing it, enjoying its bounty, embracing its magic, capturing its grandeur in photos, sharing its beauty with my family and friends, and, of course, doing everything I can to protect and preserve it.

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Dreams of Sleeping Giant – 150 Stories Collection
My balcony garden might be small, but it's a project of hope – The Globe and Mail
My Favourite Summer Memory – CBC Radio Here and Now
My First Didukh – The Globe and Mail
Reclaiming Nature Words: 6 Ways to Rewild Your Vocabulary – We Are Wildness
Seconds Before Sunrise – The Globe and Mail
Things to Do at Sleeping Giant Provincial Park – Parks Blogger Ontario

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One of the best parts about camping is that there's no schedule to follow. Except that of the sun. At Point Pelee, because of its location and shape, I could watch the sun emerge from the water on one side of the peninsula and then say goodbye to it on the other side as it went for a swim in Lake Erie at the end of the day, until another grand entrance the next morning. And even though I am not a morning person, with birds as my alarm clock, waking up early was never a problem. Plus, since I was usually the only person on the beach at dawn, I always felt this beautiful spectacle was put up by the sun especially for me.

Of all the signs of spring, my favourite is a joyful bird choir singing of warmer weather and new beginnings. There was no shortage of birds at Point Pelee this past weekend. And we were also lucky to meet a turtle and a frog enjoying the sunshine along the Marsh Boardwalk.

Point Pelee has long been our spring/Easter weekend destination. Located on Lake Erie, it is the southernmost point of mainland Canada. In fact, its tip is at the 42nd parallel, which is about the same latitude as Rome, Barcelona and Northern California. And sure it lacks the heat of all those places. But during a capricious and unpredictable April, Point Pelee usually comes with a guarantee of warmer weather, no snow, and abundant signs of spring.

My first owl in the wild!!! Meeting this beautiful barred owl near our cabin at Les Toits du Monde was quite a hoot. (It's hard resist owl puns 😁)

Somewhere at the intersection of winter and spring: Beautiful evening on Little Lake Nominingue in the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec

Everything you need for a magical getaway: Enchanted Chalet at Les Toits du Monde, snowy woods, trails to walk, books to read, coffee, campfire, and lots of time to slow down and disconnect

After a mostly snowless and grey winter here in Toronto, we found lots of snow and ice at Windy Lake this past weekend. And it looks like we brought some of it back home with us.

Winter finally made an appearance in Toronto last week with its magical ability to transform the world and reshape familiar spaces

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