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Mist Connections is more than events — it’s a community. Join us to slow down, discover, and reconnect with nature, yourself, and others through guided walks, themed groups, and shared experiences in Belgium.

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A Winter Pause, Rooted in Nature

Winter is a quieter season for Mist Connections.

While guided walks pause, the work continues in other ways: observing the landscape in its dormant state, deepening my training in nature interpretation, and preparing future experiences with care.

This season is less about gathering groups and more about reflection, learning, and conversation. If you’re curious about this process or would like to explore my work with me during the winter months, you’re warmly invited to get in touch.

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Nature Insights

A Path Back to What Matters

Mist Connections fosters a community where people reconnect with nature, themselves, and each other. Through guided walks, workshops, and gatherings in English near Huy, Belgium, we share experiences, knowledge, and moments of wonder.

Autumn transforms the river's melody. Crunching leaves and gentle currents are music to my ears.#autumn #soundsoftheseason #crunchyleaves

When I tell her to wait, she already looks around for her sit-spot. This behavior is going to come in so handy during our guided walks. #cosmo #NatureGuideDog

This lake at Zilvermeer felt so much like Minnesota that for a moment, I felt like I had folded time and space, standing in two of my homes at once.

There is a beautiful new path through the woods in Héron, about ten minutes from home which goes right in front of badger 🦡 den.

My Junior Guide and I are trying to decide when to head out for a guided walk there.

One of the best parts of going for nature walks with Lili is feeling my inner child come out to play

Now, I will never know if this chicken thought we were going to give it food, pets, or a reason to go to jail. You gotta respect this kind of dedication.

The absolute chaos of a bag of carrots. The giggles make it all worthwhile

These are the wolves who kindly contributed fur for my forest painting series.

They are freaking majestic!

Took three shots to get the video, but my goodness was she ever proud of herself.

POV, you decided to join Lil and I for a lovely Autumn nature walk.

Sometimes...

Well, sometimes you just gotta frolic.

#frolic

The woods were filled with fungi but my bag couldn't hold them all #badpuns #notmushroom

Hiking through the Swamp of Sadness with my girl Artax...#neverending #swampofsadness #artax

The sound of Autumn leaves falling 🍁

Nature's ASMR

This little caterpillar was the star of our walk today. First, it climbed onto Lili's hand and wouldn't let go, and then we spent several minutes just observing how it moves around in the environment.

#caterpillar #caterpillar🐛 #inchingalong

Lately, I have been reading Tristan Gooley's "How to read water" and it is changing the way I appreciate water. These ripples caught my eye today because of just how different they are on each side of the rock.

Isn't nature beautiful?! 😍

#tristangooley #howtoreadwater #runningwater #rockycreek #ripplingwater

My favourite part of visiting these woods is the creek. #momentofzen #creekside #runningwater #peacefulspaces

This week, I have discovered my new favorite snail species with adorable spotted shells #discosnails #snail

What a beautiful spring day for a nature walk with François, my family, and a large number of participants. François always has so much knowledge to share, it's truly a pleasure to spend the afternoon with someone so passionate!

This week, I was pleased to have my daughter along for my nature walk with François. Her curiosity and enthusiasm always make the walks even more enjoyable, for everyone except the crows.

I may never see one of these in the wild again. The 💀 Death's head hawkmoth is getting rarer every year.

They are enormous and so damn fuzzy that I could hardly resist the urge to pet it. 🦋

I'm so grateful for the people who told me about it so I could go see it for myself. It's kinda nice to have developed a reputation as the bug person at work. 🪲

Beautiful Belgian blue cows rest in a field while late summer swallows flit around to fill their stomachs before migration starts.

I'm happy that we have guests today. If we hadn't, I may not have gone into the garden all afternoon and I would have missed the beautiful peacock butterflies all over my laurel!

Oh to be a tiny little toad with nothing to do but crawl through the clover.

Overgrown wisteria makes for two very entertained kids.

A few minutes ago, Lilly and her neighborhood friend were begging for a tablet. Now they're happily pruning my whole garden to decorate their crowns.

I love running around the wetlands with the participants of our activities. Sometimes we're extremely lucky and get to witness extraordinary events. Just watch!

My visit of the castle grounds was once again cancelled due to rain. Well, if I'm going to get soaked anyway, there are worse places for that than alongside the moat

This adorable little round mouse fell, somehow, into an empty trash can outside last night. Fortunately we heard him this morning and could release them before it was too late.

I hope we meet again, little mouse, hopefully in better circumstances.

If you're ever in Hotton, make sure you visit Riveo to learn all about the life hidden within Belgium's rivers.

I find it amazing how similar the fish are to what I caught when I was little and my dad would take me fishing.

#fish #momentofzen #justkeepswimming

A brief visit with one of my favorite trees. This willow has well established roots on both sides of the Mehaigne river.

If you had told me twenty years ago that someday, just for something to do on a Sunday evening, I would be going to a 17th century castle for a bit of theater, I'd have never believed you.

A beautiful place to take a break. I think I could sit here for hours and just listen to the frogs.

Yesterday was such a beautiful day for roaming the castle grounds

We celebrated the end of our second year of nature guide studies with a full day hike around Han Sur Lesse. I haven't had a chance to go here before, but I will certainly be coming back!

You don't have to go far to explore nature. I discovered these adorable insects while topping off my wildlife pond after this heat wave.

I especially loved how the little back swimmers who had a blast feasting on the little critters pushed around by the current.

I adore this fountain ⛲ it is so wonderful to pause your walk on a sunny day so you can fill your water bottle at such a lovely spot.

A beautiful swan enjoying the weather with me.

Nature is slowly reclaiming the banks of the Hoyoux #momentofzen

This painting hit me hard today. It was painted to memorialize the victims of the plagues. The sight of the deceased mother still holding her child is heartbreaking.

We had so much fun searching for organisms to identify along the Charmille. It's amazing how much the habitat can differ with just a few hundred yards between sites.

I think that this statue is one of the most beautiful in the whole city. I really hope that they keep it for the new esplanade.

The light was beautiful this evening. The Meuse shone like a well polished mirror and the cry of gulls was louder than the traffic

I found this wonderful old waffle maker on FB marketplace, besides the fact that it was made in Huy, I'm struggling to find more information.

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