November 5, 2007 

hen I was growing up, I didn't watch alot of TV. My brother and I were busy doing other things, such as art, playing outside with our 'life sized building blocks' (dad gave us 200-some 4x4's), hiking, climbing trees etc. But when I did watch movies it was Saturday mornings. One of my favorites was Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. Then my brother and I would play we were Robin Hood and his Merry Men (ok, there were only 2 of us, but we made it work, we may have even pressed the Beagles and the barncat into being Merry Men too!). This morning I learned that the real Sherwood Forest is in trouble. That made me sad.. then thought about conservation we each can do at home. If you are building a home, see about working with the land and the native established plants and trees. If you are clearing land for pastures or even logging, make sure you do it to help the land and wildlife and not just clearcut everything.

It is snowing again... I will have to go over what I shoveled yesterday again and finish from where I left off and to the gate.