Moving onto the third Friday of my project 699 pages have been added to the Reading Log count of 2,470 advancing the total to 3,169 kilometres. I'm now in the wilderness forest of Quebec south-east of the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir. If you want to find exactly where I am, visit Goggle Maps and enter "53 N 75 W" and you can see where I am.
I'm enjoying the camping trip in the forest with it's eastern white pine, eastern hemlock, red pine, yellow birch, sugar maple, and oak treas. I am also very happy I no longer have to worry about the migratory birds on Akimiski Island, NU wanting to make a snack of me. As for what time it is here, I'm still only two hours ahead of everyone in Saskatchewan. So if it's 9:30 am in Shellbrook it is 11:30 am here.
I hope you were all able to get out on Sunday the 27th to enjoy the parade! If you did, did you see the decorated Library car with pictures of me as well as a 'me' made of balloons on the roof of the car? I was only sorry that because I was in the parade, I didn't get to see all of the very neat entries and floats except for the ones in front and behind of me. Hope you all got lots of candy and pictures though!
And did you see the draft horses pulling the stagecoach? Riding it was a fantastic opportunity but I wouldn't want to be underfoot of those horses--their hooves are the size of dinner plates! I sure don't want to be a centipede pancake!
Ms. Carswell was also wondering if any of you made it to the Theatre's Variety Night as she was a part of the production. Not singing, but acting in a skit called "At the Talkies". If you were she hopes you enjoyed the performances and didn't mind too much the trip home in the rain.
The PDF templates will be posted this evening so you can print the Reading Log off at home so keep up your reading!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Out of the Water and Camping
The second Friday and 1,808 pages have been added to last week's Reading Log count of 662 bringing the kilometres I've travelled up to 2,470! So I've crossed Lake Winnipeg and am out of Manitoba, through Ontario, and into Nunavut. Not only did I have a multitude of lakes and rivers to swim through while crossing through the northern forest I've already touched the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. How you may ask? Well I had a short swim in James Bay which is at the bottom of Hudson Bay, onto Akimiski Island and am camped on the eastern shore. It's a good thing that I'm walking during the summer as the eastern portion of Akimiski Island is an important feeding ground for various species of migratory birds, so important that it is a federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Not a very safe place for an insect like me during the fall and spring!
One other interesting thing about being on Akimiski Island is I'm in a different Time Zone. Here I'm two hours ahead of all you readers back in Saskatchewan. So if it's 12:30 pm in Shellbrook it is 2:30 pm here and lunch has long since past. Which is a good thing as I don't want to be some bird's lunch!
As you can see on the left of the screen I've gotten my picture up! It took a lot of figuring out and using the Help function of Blogger but I got it worked out and started a photo album inPisaca Web Albums. I hope in future to use it to host the photographs of the Monthly Draw winners and other events that Ms. Carswell will host back at the Library while I'm trekking away.
One other interesting thing about being on Akimiski Island is I'm in a different Time Zone. Here I'm two hours ahead of all you readers back in Saskatchewan. So if it's 12:30 pm in Shellbrook it is 2:30 pm here and lunch has long since past. Which is a good thing as I don't want to be some bird's lunch!
As you can see on the left of the screen I've gotten my picture up! It took a lot of figuring out and using the Help function of Blogger but I got it worked out and started a photo album inPisaca Web Albums. I hope in future to use it to host the photographs of the Monthly Draw winners and other events that Ms. Carswell will host back at the Library while I'm trekking away.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Things Are Going Swimmingly
This is the first Friday of my project and you helped me walk 662 kilometres! That's a great start and I'd like to give Tyra G. a big centipede hug for being the first person to turn in a Reading Log! It got me out of Saskatchewan into Manitoba and so far into Manitoba that I'm twelve miles off shore from Grand Rapids into Lake Winnipeg! It's a good thing I'm a strong swimmer! So I'll be doing the centipede-paddle while you all read furiously!
During the week I had my helping Librarian visit two of the schools in the area, Wild Rose Elementary (K-8) in the Shellbrook R.M. and Shellbrook Elementary (K-5) in the Town itself. She'd like to tell you she had a fantastic time and that you guys asked some really good and fun questions. She now knows that if I get stuck in any of one of the oceans I'll need an inflatable raft with a hundred paddles and mountain climbing gear with toque and mittens with one hundredwinter boots when crossing any mountain ranges. Ms. Carswell intends on visiting W. P. Sandin School (6-12) later on and hopefully the teenagers aren't too busy with their graduation stuff!
I'll also be posting up PDF templates of the Reading Logs and other material soon so that you can print them off from your computer at home if you have one, instead of coming into the Library all the time to get new Logs because you filled up the one you have.
During the week I had my helping Librarian visit two of the schools in the area, Wild Rose Elementary (K-8) in the Shellbrook R.M. and Shellbrook Elementary (K-5) in the Town itself. She'd like to tell you she had a fantastic time and that you guys asked some really good and fun questions. She now knows that if I get stuck in any of one of the oceans I'll need an inflatable raft with a hundred paddles and mountain climbing gear with toque and mittens with one hundredwinter boots when crossing any mountain ranges. Ms. Carswell intends on visiting W. P. Sandin School (6-12) later on and hopefully the teenagers aren't too busy with their graduation stuff!
I'll also be posting up PDF templates of the Reading Logs and other material soon so that you can print them off from your computer at home if you have one, instead of coming into the Library all the time to get new Logs because you filled up the one you have.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Welcome to My Project
For a hundred years Shellbrook has invested in teaching children to read and for over fifty it has invested in its Library. That is why I love living here. In the next few months, I’m going to need help walking around the world at Shellbrook’s latitude of 53°. This is my way of celebrating Shellbrook’s 100th Anniversary.
For every page you read I walk a kilometer. For example, to get me to Prince Albert, Shellbrook readers must read 45 pages. The Librarian at Shellbrook is my helper and most willing to hand out Reading Logs. Just write down the title of what you read (book, magazine, manga, etc.) and the number of pages you read. Hand in your Log every Friday. Every page counts and every Reading Log enters your name in a draw.
The exciting prizes are Shellbrook related. Monthly draws are gift certificates for a variety of businesses in Shellbrook. The final Friday of my walk is November 13, 2009. This will give me time to soak my feet and rest up for the big draw for a McNally Robinson Booksellers gift certificate and Shellbrook Centennial Coin Set on Wednesday November 18, 2009.
For every page you read I walk a kilometer. For example, to get me to Prince Albert, Shellbrook readers must read 45 pages. The Librarian at Shellbrook is my helper and most willing to hand out Reading Logs. Just write down the title of what you read (book, magazine, manga, etc.) and the number of pages you read. Hand in your Log every Friday. Every page counts and every Reading Log enters your name in a draw.
The exciting prizes are Shellbrook related. Monthly draws are gift certificates for a variety of businesses in Shellbrook. The final Friday of my walk is November 13, 2009. This will give me time to soak my feet and rest up for the big draw for a McNally Robinson Booksellers gift certificate and Shellbrook Centennial Coin Set on Wednesday November 18, 2009.
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