BLOOMING PO'NT

by Andy Dean

Blooming Point is a golden strand 0f shining, shifting, sandy dunes That slope and sweep

And soar majestically,

Gliding gracefully, —

Down to the sea.

Blooming Point is a surging wave. A swelling surf;

And breakers rolling,

Splashing, tumbling,

Lapping lightly

0n the gently sloping,

Curving of the shore.

Blooming Point is a peaceful beach 0f gulls, and creatures Of the ocean.

Jellyfish, mussels, crabs and clams.

Lobster claws and strands 0f seaweed, Irish moss, And stones of sandy red.

Blooming Point is salt—water marsh 0f leathery leaf of goldenrod. “Bayberry bush and sweet gale shrub Dragonfly and damselfly

Iris, blue - and red-winged blackbird Toad and toadstool,

Lichen, frog.

And in the boggy soil

The cranberries grow

. And a million spiders, spin their webs.

Blooming Point is fresh water pond Ducks, black, - and cattails tall Alder catkins, rush and sedge,

And along the edge,

The skeletons of trees

That sadly drowned, and stand bereft 0f life, but somehow strangely dignified, And silhouetted guard the home '

0f yellowthroat and song sparrow Bittern, heron, goose, merganser, Goldeneye, - and grebe.

Blooming Point is green savannah waving grasses, farmers pasture, Maple trees, and tract of fir and spruce. Willows, ferns, - woodpeckers

Black-capped chickadees

Juncos, warblers, robins, strawberries Violets, asters, bunchberries, blueberries, Cloudless days and brilliant skies. Blooming Pbint, - is Paradise!

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ISLAND NATURE TRUST

The Island Nature Trust has appointed Diane Griffin to the position of

Executive Director of the Trust.

Mrs. Griffin has been the Natural Areas

Co-ordinator for the province of Alberta since 1977, but has taken a leave of absence from that position to return to her native province.

For the next year the priorities of the Island Nature Trust will be acquisition of’natural areas, creation of public awareness of the importance of having such areas maintained in a natural state and provision of biological information on a contractual basis to the Department of Energy and Forestry on woodland natural areas. woodland natural areas possess at least one of the

following characteristics: 1. uncommon or rare species

such as at Royalty Oaks

2. very old or large trees such as found in Townshend Nbodlot 3. an association of trees and other plants that are representative of the original majestic forests that covered the Island Anyone who is aware of any woodland that exhibits these characteristics is asked to contact the Island Nature Trust at Beaconsfield, 2 Kent Street in

Charlottetown or to phone 892-9127.

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