The Trilliums joined with the Silver Salmon and Sea Stars this past Sunday for a day of service at our adopted site, Woodstock Farm! The group gathered in the muddy, busy parking lot of North Chuckanut Trailhead before loading onto the bus for a short ride to the service site.
At our Opening Circle, we checked our preparedness, as the weather called for a day of low temperatures and potential rain. We also talked about why we are serving today, and reviewed another motto, Our Cups Overflow. The Trilliums agreed that people are not the only ones whose cups can be empty, and that today we would be filling the cups of the cedars, firs, ferns, fungi, eagles, rabbits, deer, maples Woodstock Farm in all it's bayside beauty. The girls pointed out that even though we "pour our overflowing water" into other's cups, our cups are not really emptying but in fact filling!
With that magical aspect in mind, it was time to get to work! The Trilliums dropped packs, had a quick snack, and then headed down the hill to do trail clean-up and brush removal on all of the trails that weave throughout the Woodstock Farm property. The girls had fun doing a little mud gushing at the beach, and spirits were high as we slipped and slopped our way up the muddy trails and through the forest, ending our first task at a big mossy clearing that presented a new battle: Ivy removal!
At our Opening Circle, we checked our preparedness, as the weather called for a day of low temperatures and potential rain. We also talked about why we are serving today, and reviewed another motto, Our Cups Overflow. The Trilliums agreed that people are not the only ones whose cups can be empty, and that today we would be filling the cups of the cedars, firs, ferns, fungi, eagles, rabbits, deer, maples Woodstock Farm in all it's bayside beauty. The girls pointed out that even though we "pour our overflowing water" into other's cups, our cups are not really emptying but in fact filling!
With that magical aspect in mind, it was time to get to work! The Trilliums dropped packs, had a quick snack, and then headed down the hill to do trail clean-up and brush removal on all of the trails that weave throughout the Woodstock Farm property. The girls had fun doing a little mud gushing at the beach, and spirits were high as we slipped and slopped our way up the muddy trails and through the forest, ending our first task at a big mossy clearing that presented a new battle: Ivy removal!
Without missing a beat, the Trilliums set to work pulling, climbing, cutting, and hauling ivy out of the woods where it was fiercely taking over huckleberry bushes, maples, cedars, and young saplings. We were muddy, sweaty, and determined to keep up the fight when we finally took a break.
With a good chunk of service done and many native plants left free to breathe and grow, it was time for lunch! The three groups rejoined on the bluff where we ate, chatted, and compared mud stains and "battle scars" from our busy morning of brush hauling, weeding, and invasive plant removal. We played a giant game of Spider's Web all together and then it was time to get back to work! Soon enough it was time to walk back to the bus with our GIANT bag of invasive plants, and meet up with families and friends.
Our words of the day? Mud, IVY, Service, Friends!
With a good chunk of service done and many native plants left free to breathe and grow, it was time for lunch! The three groups rejoined on the bluff where we ate, chatted, and compared mud stains and "battle scars" from our busy morning of brush hauling, weeding, and invasive plant removal. We played a giant game of Spider's Web all together and then it was time to get back to work! Soon enough it was time to walk back to the bus with our GIANT bag of invasive plants, and meet up with families and friends.
Our words of the day? Mud, IVY, Service, Friends!
Mottos especially alive today:
Be Prepared
Our Cups Overflow
Safety First
Widen Your Circle
Walk Your Talk
You See It You Own It
Attitude of Gratitude
Be Prepared
Our Cups Overflow
Safety First
Widen Your Circle
Walk Your Talk
You See It You Own It
Attitude of Gratitude
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