Celebrate Canada Day early at Nature Nocturne!

 Photo credit: Martin Lipman © Canadian Museum of Nature Canada Day in the Capital is one of the most iconic events of the year! People come from all over to celebrate our nation’s birthday. But what about the night before? The Canadian Museum of Nature is throwing a Canada Day

Oh Wild October Wind

 Oh wild October wind With your breath of fury Take the autumn leaves And make them all scurry Carry them with you Along pastures and fields By brooks and streams Where the Birch trees kneel Bend the Maples Make their branches sway But leave the wildflowers For another day Spare

A Single Birch Leaf

 When country trees Howled and creaked Like a wooden floor A single birch leaf Stood its ground And would not bend Against the wind Or yield to its roar Beckoned to follow By oak and maple It refused to go And chose instead To greet the snow Why does a

All Trees Must Relent

 I hear the autumn breeze Whispering softly to the trees Let go, let go, let go of your leaves Not yet, not yet reply the trees Our leaves are too beautiful to die Even if the time is nigh But die, but die they must Said the breeze with a