{"id":6206,"date":"2020-10-24T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T19:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2020-10-24T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T19:51:56","slug":"episode-149-riverwood-a-delight-for-the-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6206","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 149 RIVERWOOD…A DELIGHT FOR THE EYES"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 149   RIVERWOOD \u2026 A DELIGHT FOR THE EYES<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlan, let me take you to Riverwood for a walk.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cToo busy.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou are not that busy.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAwwww!\u201d<\/div>\n

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As  things turned out, Marjorie was  correct.  How could  I<\/div>\n
ever be so busy that I nearly missed Riverwood in full colour<\/div>\n
\u2026complete with two cute Indian  dancers having a great<\/div>\n
time filming themselves and smiling for my camera.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Riverwood  is  a huge tract of forest bordering the Credit River.  Long ago it was a private estate but now is open for all to <\/div>\n
enjoy.   Not just humans, by the way.  All sorts of wild life live here but are not seen  very often.  Several pairs of coyotes rear their<\/div>\n
young in secluded  corners of Riverwood.   Deer manage to co exist if tenuously.  Riverwood is a  treasure\u2026not to be missed right<\/div>\n
now.   So  pack  up your troubles in your old kit bag and head for Riverwood.<\/div>\n

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WHAT IS RIVERWOOD?<\/div>\n

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Riverwood is hard to describe.  Best definition?  \u201cRiverwood  is a 150 acre wilderness in the centre of the City of Mississauga.\u201d<\/div>\n
Much  more  could be said.   But let\u2019s just consider the wilderness aspect in this photo essay.  The two charming Indians dancers<\/div>\n
hint at the cultural significance of Riverwood but today it was the wilderness that was dominant.<\/div>\n

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And  what a delightful surprise, these two young ladies  were dancing in he forest, all alone with their camera.  Smiling at our<\/div>\n
intrusion.  And their colourful clothing complemented to forest or vice versa.   We live in an enchanted land for sure.<\/div>\n

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Bird feeders are located here and there in the wilderness drawing photographers and birders both.<\/div>\n

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From a Riverwood high point it is  possible to hide and look for deer or coyotes on the flat Riverwood grassy plain below.<\/div>\n

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Put yourself in this picture.  Easy to do.  Drive to Riverwood and take a hike in any direction.   Too bad that those of you in<\/div>\n
England, Switzerland, USA, Scotland, Korea, Australia cannot visit Riverwood.  I  hope my pictures are something<\/div>\n
you can enjoy.<\/div>\n

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This \u201cPine Forest\u201d sculpture fits so well with Riverwood.  When we visited the sculpture<\/div>\n
there was a little boy hiding from his mother in the forest below. See if you can find him.<\/div>\n
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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Oct. 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EPISODE 149   RIVERWOOD \u2026 A DELIGHT FOR THE EYES alan skeoch Oct. 24, 2020 \u201cAlan, let me take you to Riverwood for a walk.\u201d \u201cToo busy.\u201d \u201cYou are not that busy.\u201d \u201cAwwww!\u201d As  things turned out, Marjorie was  correct.  How could  I ever be so busy that I nearly missed Riverwood in full colour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}