Archives for November 2009

Today was the last of our Saturdays on the Farm at Fishkill Farms until spring and we spent this soggy morning honoring the waning light of late autumn. Everyone began arriving on the terrace just as our cozy fire was getting going (with thanks to the Reimer gentlemen!) and we gathered around the fireplace to warm up a bit before the day’s hike. In the spirit of Martinmas, a festival that honors St. Martin of Tours a Roman soldier who cut {Read More}

Hooray for days off! This morning we had over 20-families join us for our hike and picnic at the fantastic Westmoreland Sanctuary in Bedford Corners. We were treated to a dry day and relatively mild November temperatures in the mid-50s for today’s outing, and though I know that the comfortable weather is a good motivator for folks to get outdoors, I’m also going to chalk the crowd up to the growing enthusiasm for Kids Unplugged’s adventures! Thanks to all of {Read More}

There’s a new playground in town, but it isn’t what you might imagine. Tarrytown, New York, with the help of the Natural Playgrounds Company in Concord, New Hampshire, has begun the first phase of constructing a natural play space in the town’s Neperan Park. Unlike traditional play structures, the new playground is built with a child’s natural sense of free-spirited adventure in mind. Conventional apparati like monkey bars and free-standing swings are replaced by rock scrambles, nature paths, and log {Read More}