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1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations |
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At home today; Spring; The land that still has tall trees; The spirit of a countryman; Walking the dog; Sap-boiling time; The force that through the green fuse; Elegy for a place that is lost; "Where did you go?" "Out."; There's a wake in town tonight; A kind of pearly grey day; The lottery; A time apart; The death of a deer; Tree planting; The flowery woods; The coil of things; The predator, not the prey; A little night music; Beekeeping beginnings; The rocks remain; Field evolution; First lessons with the canoe; As a turtle to water; Summer; Sugaring for moths; Roadside spraying |
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Hanging clothes is fineHeron census; Through a child's eyes; A passion for ferns; Canoeing the Snake; The Thunder Bird; Again and again; A rabbit in the house; Northern orioles; A field of tall grass; Barn swallows; The stone garden; Henri Fabre; Stargazing; Whiteness at dusk; Reunion; Where cardinal flowers grow; Horsetails; Goodbye to the land; Autumn; Quinte revisited; No time to lose; Pond succession; The harp of wind; Dye plants; Sanctuary; Apple-stealing time; Dear Jack letter; Wild harvest; No reason to go; The parlour organ; Miss Fanny; Leaves for Red Lake |
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A patch of blue sky is enoughCountry fire; Land longing; Sombre; The friendly fox; A barn lament; A pine's death; Fear in the woods; Winter; Making peace with winter; Chickadees; An artist's Christmas cards; Bird nests in winter; The house on Indian Hill; The black buck; Owling at dawn; Pleasant Valley; At home till the end; Insects and domesticity; Snowbound is fine; Valentine; And then, and then and then; New life for an old basement; Winter ponds; Sally; Cabin fever; The third meeting in four days; Grog's story; Shotgun living; Afterword, October 1994 |
| Summary |
A celebration of the joy of living in harmony with the natural world, leading you through the fields, woods, and shores of a conservation area near the Rideau Lakes |
| Notes |
Originally published: Westport, Ont. : Butternut Press, 1987 |
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Print version record |
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McQuay, Peri Phillips, 1945-
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McQuay, Peri Phillips, 1945- |
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Foley Mountain Conservation Area (Ont.)
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Nature.
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Nature.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Nature
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554883592 |
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1554883598 |
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