Out Side In Nature

February Wander. Badgers working the hillside just above Tooth Lake.

OSIN Summer Camp is right around the corner. Check the dates and sign up soon. Contact Peter Bergen [email protected]

February Wander. Badger digs up Gopher’s nest.

OSIN Winter Camp 2020. Wet frosty mornings and sun soaked afternoons. Solstice Season, no time better to be out on the land.

OSIN Thanksgiving 3 Day Camp and Winter Camp Week coming up. Comment below if you are interested and available. Winter Camp 12/28/20 to 1/1/21 Thanks for supporting Nature Connection for Kids in Petaluma.

February Wander. Turkey Convergence in the hillside meadow.

Sun coming over the hill. Harvest Time: Buckeye still flowering. California Bay, Buckeye, Live Oak Acorns. First toss Atl-Atl. Field Guide Bird Time. Solar Oven Cooked Pies and Crawdads at Tooth Lake.

February Wander. Turkeys displaying in the middle of I Street

OSIN Fall Break Camp. Wow, picking up where we left off in Summer Camp 104*F, today. Definitely a day for a Tooth Lake hang. ...A little off ....Fall Camp with no Beaver (your handwash bottle is still full) Morning Sky ~ Late Afternoon Sky (Glass Fire Smokey Front)

Fall Break Camp next week! 9/28/2020 Two spots available for campers 10ys and older. Action~Adventure ~Pie Call Peter 707 225 2404 [email protected]

Hey OSIN Campers Check this out If you have a minute I'd love to hear a highlight from this years OSIN Summer. Thanks, Flicker

Buckeye Buds are bursting. Badgers are working the hillsides hunting gophers. Turkeys hogging the road!

Another OSIN Summer Camp "In the books"... To Much Fun. Gratitude to Everyone who helped navigate this peculiar year with it's health and safety hurdles. What's next? Parents, let me know what would serve your kids in the coming months while they are 'Distance/Zoom learning. After school? Weekend? Other ideas?

OSIN Aug 10-14 camp. Next camps ??? Fall Break Sept 28... Hey would you be interested in OSIN Nature after Zoom a couple days a week?

OSIN Summer Fun!!!

OSIN Camp Just a taste of last weeks camp. Great sit spot stories with sweet engagements with Deer and Scrub Jay and Opossum and more!!!

OSIN July 2020 Camfire cooking and another trip to Tooth Lake Hotter than July, Camp Week

A little taste of OSIN Summer Camp July 2020

What do you do to cap off a super fun and safe week of OSIN OWL Camp? Eat-My-Dust

I Have a feeling someones have been lurking around OSIN FB Page checking on Summer Camp>>>> Well get your OSIN Summer Camp On. Rumor has it that "Bobcat" my be in Camp this summer??? I put out the dates to campers that emailed me over winter/spring and they gobbled up their spots.. And there are spots available in most camps. I have two spots in the first camp, next week, June 8-12 I need to fill. If you are interested in any camps email [email protected] . I will post the remaining dates on Saturday.

Sonoma County Health has permitted summer camps and Tara Firma and OSIN have a Health Plan worked out that allows safe access. Every year summer camp is a little different... 2020 OSIN Camp promises to be different in a different way. I will post new safety protocols, farm access (Drop-off & Pick-up and more) Camp size will be smaller and the lower age limit will be 8.5 yrs old. More details will be in the camp registration email that will post later today. Thanks Flicker aka Peter

Sonoma County just announced that summer camps are permitted with specific safety protocols to be implemented. Today I met with Tara Firma Managers and we discussed how to separate camp kids from the farmers and residents. I think we came up with a good plan. The Farm Managers will discuss the plan options with the farmers and residents and get back to me. I'll keep you posted. Peter aka Flicker ...............................................................................................................Amendment No. 3 to Order of the Health Officer of the County of Sonoma No. C19-09 https://socoemergency.org/amendment-no-3-to-health-order-n/

Thinking about Summer Camp. What are your thoughts in the season of Covid-19

Goose on Guard Duty

Pigs in the Mud

Visiting Ane Carla Rovetta today in her Chicken Coop Studio where she is taking a deep dive into creativity. She is repurposing her landscape paintings with Ink Resist Technique. Check it out. FYI Social Distancing w/ long selfie stick Please tag friends in the comments and/or share I’d like to build an audience for Ane Carla and have her present Stories, Art/Skills online. With schools and Nature camps closed we are looking for new income streams New Territory fosters Creativity. Peace, Peter Bergen

Hey OSIN Families, Flicker here. I'm missing Spring Break Camp as some of you may be. I'm thinking about doing a Virtual Camp. If you would like to see that, comment below with"OSON VC" Also have your OSIN Kids comment with answers to questions in the video. Any other stories/questions/comments welcomed. Thanks, Flicker

Don't miss this! Kathleen Lockyer is the Truth!

OSIN Winter Camp. Taking it to the Woodshed!

That’s a wrap on OSIN 2019 & Opening of OSIN 2020 Camp Year. Winter Camp December 30~January 3.... Always a favorite!!!

A taste of OSIN Fall Camp. 100 degrees at the top of the hill. Tara Firma Farms

Hey River Montessori and Cherry Valley join OSIN for Fall Break Camps. We have a few spots available. Thanks, Peter

Check out the dates for OSIN Fall Camps, Thanksgiving Camp, and my favorite... Wet and Wild Winter Camp (Dec 30 - Jan 3)

OSIN July 22-26 Camp. The long coming summer heat kicked off the Blackberry Harvest. Blackberry Pies & Bullfrog legs cooked over the campfire... and more

OSIN July 22-26 Camp... Summer finally arrives Hot!!! Fire... Spears!!! More to come...

A small window into OSIN Camp 7/8-12. Name that plant? Do you have a nose for bones? Fish Spear...Fancy Cooking Sticks, Willow Gall... Trail Camera shots... TUVU's and more...

Here's a taste of OSIN July 1-5 Camp (First photo throw Back to 2011 'Beaver Dam") Refreshing Owl's Fire Pit, Cow Carcass @#PigPalace, Jedi Training, Trail camera @#The Lounge, Bat vs Moths, and "Eat my Dust"

Here's a taste of OSIN July 1-5 Camp (First photo Throw Back to 2011 "Beaver Dam") Refreshing Owl's Fire Pit, Cow Carcass @#PigPalace, Jedi Training, Trail camera @#The Lounge, Bat vs Moths Game, and "Eat My Dust"

Owl Camp week at Tara Firma Farms. Wrapping up with Solstice evening at Tooth Lake and Honoring Circle.

OSIN June 3-7 Summer Camp... The season begins. Bucket List? June 17-21, July 1-5 have spots for your feral kids!

Check it out. Owl Camp has a spot open. June 17-21. 3pm to 9pm.

Some OSIN Summer Camps still have spots available... Have You Ever Had To Much Fun!!!

OSIN Spring Camp #2 Plant Medicine... Fresh Badger Digs, Hail & Rain ...and so so much more OSIN needs a photographer to shadows us for a week... these photos just scratch the scratch of the surface of The OSIN Experience

He OSIN Families... let your kids see this video made by my friend Nettie Lu Lane

Out Side in Nature Summer Camp Registration is open. Contact Peter Bergen [email protected] Check the Flyer for dates.

OSIN Spring Camp #1 A few photos from the Wet & Wild Spring Camp. Fire was the theme and the kids met the challenge in the rain and wet terrain. Bull Frogs are Back!

Out Side in Nature Spring Break Camps has a few spots open. Come Join the Adventure. March 18-22, March 25-29. Contact Peter, [email protected]

Are you interested and available to help facilitate a small group of kids at OSIN's Spring Break Camp? Mon - Fri, 8:30 - 3:30 March 18 - 22. in Petaluma, Ca. Have you seen the Buckeye trees pushing their new leaves... :) I'll tag a bunch of you that do the same kinda thing... if you can send someone my way that would be much appreciated. Call/text/email... Peter Bergen 707 225 2404 [email protected].

The rain is coming down in buckets and the wind has the big trees dancing.... and as I listen to the Winter Storm pounding on the roof, I'm dreaming of Summer... OSIN Summer Camp. Have you been to an OSIN Summer Camp? Comment below with a camp highlight. Summer Camp 2019 dates will be posted on Monday.

OSIN Winter Camp 2019. This year instead of rainstorms and flooded creeks...it is cold... 29 degrees this morning. Ice on the Duck Pond and the hose faucets are frozen.

"Delivery of "New Fireside Furniture" OSIN Kids doing the heavy lifting. Thanks, Zach and Marin/Sonoma Arborists for the 9 redwood rounds.

Coyote Conference, April 3-7, 2019. Clem Miller Education Center, Point Reyes National Seashore Pt Reyes, Ca. Join us at the West Coast Conference of Earth Skills Schools.... Our Third year offering this unique gathering where we will be sharing best practices, building relationships with others in the Earth Skills Educational Field, and "Having to much fun! Applications Due Jan 6, 2-019. Go to www.earthskillsAlliance.com for more info. If you have participated in past ESA Conferences, please "like" and post a "comment" below. Would love to hear from you. Cheers

I'm loving listening to the downpour of rain on the metal roof. Grateful that the Thanksgiving Rains refreshed the air and cleared the smoke that came from the distant Camp Fire. We scheduled a Thanksgiving Three Day Camp and due to the hazardous air quality, it was canceled. A highlight from the afterglow is the "Love Letters" I received from some of the OSIN Families. Your kind thoughts and words are much appreciated. Thank You, Flicker.

Hey OSIN Families check out RxOutside and Like Kathleen Lockyer’s Page. Great nature based/children content!!!

This Stick has so me stories to tell. OSIN Summer Camp 2018

OSIN Summer Adventure late summer fun at Tara Firma Farms.

OSIN July 4th Week Camp. Frogs, Fish, & Fire... plus

OSIN Twilight Camp. At our closing circle, in the waning light, a Barn Owl perched in the Coast Live Oak. A fitting moment for Solstice Week Camp.

OSIN Twilight Camp On top of the world, bathed in the light of a setting sun

Dropping into some wood carving projects at The Nature Nook. Some of the girls in camp took it upon themselves to give the Nature Nook sign a new life!!!

Twilight Camp. So much fun and so little light for photos :)

OSIN Summer Camp week 1. Have You Ever Had To Much Fun? Frog legs on the campfire and more.

Imagine changing the course of another's life by simply inviting them to a Bird Language event. In 2003, I crossed that Nature Connection threshold and said "Ye...s" when invited to check out a Bird Language Sit with Jon Young. Grateful every day to that "Someone" who thought to ask me..... Is there anyone you can think of to invite to next weeks Bird Sit in Oakland? Locate the "INVITE" option on the event page and Personally "Invite" a friend. Molly Tsongas Garret Conway Lisa Donahue Jon Young Kathleen Lockyer Elena Canaris Amelea Canaris Chiara Symens-Bucher Guy Galante Deidre Martin Kanyon Sayers-Roods Lonner Holden Step into a little Village Based, Personal Relationship, Community Building. Click Event link below https://www.facebook.com/events/162910144373715/ See more

Ready or Not here they come. Fire by Friction and Stories from the Old Days w/Ane Carla Rovetta. Clem Miller Ed Center in Pt Reyes Park. 60 5th graders from Windsor, Ca.

On a cool and foggy evening on the Northern California Coast. A little Fire-by-Friction to warm the 60 kids from Healdsburg as stories unfold around the fire circle. These girls added their creativity in Honor of Fire.

Just what the doctor ordered. A big dose of Out Side in Nature! OSIN Summer Camps are filling fast. www.outsideinnature.com [email protected]

Stories about"stone cooking" in Morocco and more... Sitting at the feet of the Elder Starling. Some Knife work. Rings of Fire Everyone in Camp lit a One-Match-Fire. . Summer Camp is around the corner. Contact me if you are interested. [email protected]

OSIN Spring Camp 2 A few of persistent fire makers. Yeah!!!

OSIN Spring Camp 2. Early morning welcoming committee. The One-Eyed-Black -Cat is back. Prepping Mugwort Syrup for Pete’s Pies. Taking it for a spin. Lunch under the Double Oaks. Spring time at Tooth Pond.