Better late than never
they say. Nature felt this was the time to deliver the rains it had
held close all summer onto the lands here in the Beaver-Valley area.
I’m sure the rivers and ponds were quite thankful but it was a bit
much for our monthly Beaver-Valley & Blue Mountain Tracking Club
meeting to go out on the land.
While not quite perfect tracking
weather it was a great opportunity for us to gather in the bottom of
the newly renovated Kimbercote barn and scrape some wood into fine
new bows.
With projects in hand
we settled in for a nice day of carving and conversation. Between
draw knife strokes we talked of deer moving through the property and
acorn production. We tillered and reminisced of tree climbing in our
youth. Kyle shared some great stories of growing up from B.C. to the
East Coast and a special ‘Thank You’ goes to Lisa Christine, who
made a wonderful salad to share.
Hopefully next time we
can get out and put our noses to the ground but to be honest we can
do that anytime by ourselves. We get together to share with each
other and build community. Some days don’t always take you to the
places you think you’ll end up at when you walk out the door but
this one gave us an opportunity to build connections with people we
can relate to which is what community is really all about.
~Garrin Carter
2012 Apprentice
(Photo credit: Nicole Carter)
