December 2000 Meeting
at Walter's
(Photos by David Browne
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We had up to 12 people participating in the
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- A visit to a large private collection
of arrowheads and other artifacts.
- We watched a couple of movies
featuring Tom Brown Jr.
- On Saturday evening we held a
"giveaway". This works as follows: Each person brings
something that is (or was) useful and meaningful to them, that it is
now time to release and pass on to another. It must be a
specific object that has personal meaning to you, not a copy of a mass
produced item that can be readily purchased anywhere (like a CD). We
gather in a circle and tell the group about the object that we have
brought. Then, while one person beats a drum slowly, we exchange the
objects at random. When the drum stops, what we have is now ours. We
then tell the group what we have received and what it means to us.
- After that we had a few drumming
sessions.
- Then out for a nightwalk in nearby
Sudden Marsh, where we exercised our perception of light and dark
("good" and "bad") areas.
- Sunday afternoon we went for a 3-hour
winter tree and shrub identification walk led by Dave Locky.
This was very informative, and the notes from this walk
are on the Wildwood Survival website.
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The private
arrowhead and artifact collection
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Here is a portion of
the main collection. |
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Here is another view,
of most of the main collection. |
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Some nice pieces in a
display case |
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While we were looking at the collection, we were visited by an
alien.... |
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An
Atlatl weight in excellent condition.
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The gang. |
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We were visited by a
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
just outside the door
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Tree ID Walk near Waterloo
The notes
from this Tree Identification walk are posted on the Leatherwood
Trail website. As well, there are also notes from another
tree
ID walk conducted by the Kitchener Waterloo Field Naturalists in
Feb/01.
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Our first stop was to visit the largest
White Elm tree in the Region of Waterloo.
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This is a magnificent tree,
with a height of 30 m, and a diameter of 138 cm.
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The twig boards were a valuable teaching
aid for us.
The weather was blowing wet snow and cold.
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Our walk leader, Dave Locky.
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The end.
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The notes
from this Tree Identification walk are posted on the
Ontario Trees website. As well, there are also notes from another
tree
ID walk conducted by the Kitchener Waterloo Field Naturalists in
Feb/01.
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