Posts by Olivia Sams
10 of the Best Summer Camp Games
Ah, summer break. A time for leisure, recreation, and takin it easy – especially if you’re spending part of it with your friends and family! But a ten year old can only sit while the adults play cribbage for so long… Here in Minnesota, you’re going to be hard-pressed to find someone with no childhood…
Read MoreFive Unique Adventures on Fish Trap Lake
You’ve planned a trip to central Minnesota and are staying on Fish Trap Lake – but what will you do? Relax on the shore, listen to the loons, read…but your legs are antsy, and your soul longs for adventure. Welcome to Fish Trap Lake! Surrounding the dead center of Minnesota is over 1,160 acres of…
Read MoreMinnesota’s Native Pollinators: A Dying Breed
The foremost pollinator in everyone’s minds is the bee. Usually, the honeybee. But honeybees are invasive, and are in fact native to Europe. While they are helpful, making space for them results in us losing our native pollinators. So let’s meet them and see what we can do to help them. Imagine: you’re walking through…
Read MoreA Simple Guide to Father’s Day
Whether it’s your first time putting something together for your dad, or you’ve exhausted all your usual options, or this is the first year you get to celebrate your husband being a dad, we’re here to help! Holidays centered around parents can always be tough, for a myriad of reasons. Still, the most common issue…
Read MoreTop 5 Tips To Stay Safe on Your Summer Adventures
As summer begins to fully round the corner, many plans have already been set, and some already in motion. You can pack as much bug spray, bandaids, and water as you want, and you still may face scenarios you aren’t ready for. But isn’t that part of the adventure? Summer and winter are the two…
Read MoreA Simple Guide for Mother’s Day
Whether it’s your first year putting something together for your mom, your fifth, your twentieth, or the first time you get to honor your wife in such a way, getting gifts for mothers can be difficult. That’s why we’re here to help! Mother’s Day can be difficult for a multitude of reasons, but one of…
Read MoreSpring Photography in Minnesota
Spring holds a grip on human society, and has for as long as we’ve existed. Every culture around the world has some sort of celebration for the end of winter or the end of the rainy season. So it makes sense that spring photography is both so beloved, and so difficult. Searching “spring aesthetic” on…
Read More5 Crafts to Welcome Spring
Sunlight has already begun to stretch longer, and the world smells fresh again. Soon, flowers will start springing up! But that beauty and light doesn’t need to stay outside your home–let’s look at some crafts you can do to bring spring in! Have you felt it? That rush of energy in the wind? The warmth…
Read MoreHibernation Hobbies: Surviving the Dark Seasons in MN (Part 2)
As frost has settled in the panes of your windows, your mind itches for something to do. Your fingers do as well. The dark seasons are here, and with them, the chance to pick up a new cozy hobby. The Depths of Hibernation Season Even in the middle of winter, with the sunrise of…
Read MoreHibernation Hobbies: Surviving the Dark Seasons in MN (Part 1)
Do you feel that? The chill off the lake? The peace that flows through a body in the blue hours of the morning? It could mean only one thing: the dark seasons have arrived, and so has hibernation. An Introduction to Hibernation and the Dark Seasons “What are the dark seasons?” you may ask.…
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