NAVAN CLUEMINATI Clue #3

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Painted Trees on Rocks
CLUE # 3 - Leave No Stone Unturned
Head out today on a field trip in search of your special rock. Then have a Team Paint Party. Choose a theme (not necessarily WI related) for your painted rocks. Each team member, paint and decorate your special rock based on the theme your Team has chosen.

Each team member will then take their rock and hide it for someone special. Hide it in a spot where they will be sure to find it. Send us your Team photo with the painted rocks along with your Team story telling us why each team member chose to give their painted rock to their special person.

Up to 5 Bonus points for how creative your theme is expressed in the paintings of your group of rocks. Don’t forget to follow up with your special person to make sure they have found their hidden rock.

TEAM CLUEMINATI

MEMBERS : Sheila Minogue-Calver, Erin Foreman, Doreen Noble, Trudy Irwin

Recently across Ontario and Quebec we experienced a Derecho Storm which caused stunning damage locally. For those who don’t know what a Dereco Storm is, it’s a long-lived, straight line wind storm associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system. Derechos can cause hurricane force winds, tornadoes, heavy rains and flash floods.

It was easy for us to begin selecting a theme...’something about the natural world’.

With the echos of chainsaws in our brains and aching muscles from trunk, limb and brush clean-up, we contemplated

the memory of gracious, much loved trees that were decimated and we all agreed the theme should be ......... Trees! (With all their symbolism, purpose and beauty).

The tree is a symbol for WI:

- Trunk (FWIC)

- Large branches(In our case FWIO)

- Smaller branches (individual WI units)

- Twigs (individual women)

- Seeds (ideas and initiatives undertaken)

- Roots - in the community

Trees grow and change - so has the WI; so has our unit; sometimes they are damaged, but they continue to survive and thrive. An example in our case is the recent derecho and the catastrophic tree damage. Many trees are now gone but many survived and continue to grow and get stronger. Our community came together to help one another. The WI was an integral part of a community BBQ which was held to acknowledge and thank the community.

Trees are often a symbol for ancestry and the WI keeps a record of our local history through the Tweedsmuir books. Trees are strong (so are the women of the WI).

Trees provide oxygen, shade, wood products, fruit, homes for wildlife, artistic inspiration, and just as the trees provide - so does the WI with initiatives, financial and moral support to those in need.

We found our rock treasures, spent a wonderful afternoon painting, lunching, talking, laughing. All while admiring the beautiful trees that survived in one member’s beautiful, shady yard. (And we succeeded at overlooking the many, MANY stumps).

Here are the Team Clueminati Members gathered on Erin's deck proudly displaying our artistic endeavours. Note her beautiful shady backyard. She lost so many trees in the storm, but her yard is still lovely. The rocks all had special meaning to each of us (funny how 'just any rock' is not good enough!).Women’s Institute 125th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt

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