If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
On Sunday, I met with members of the Front Range Nature Journaling club at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science so we could spend time drawing whatever interested us. I'm still fairly new to nature journaling field trips, so it's not surprising that I learned (or was reminded) of important things about nature journaling... Continue Reading →
I first saw Tony Foster's Lockdown Diary during his talk at the Wild Wonder nature journaling conference two years ago. He painted things he saw on his daily walks during a 56-day COVID lockdown. Though I'm not good at "every day," I wanted to create a compact local nature journaling project of my own. Result:... Continue Reading →
Accepting my limitations is a constant battle for me. I'm interested in more things than one person could ever hope to do. My chronic conditions just make it all harder, forcing me to sacrifice some activities in order to do others. I knew this going into the virtual Wild Wonder 2022 nature journaling conference and... Continue Reading →
Last fall, I observed a bald eagle bathing on the lake shore. Later, I walked the beach looking for any prints the eagle might have left. Journaling about bird tracks seemed like an easy task, but it wasn't until I compared tracks from different birds that I really learned something. The beach was covered with... Continue Reading →
On June first, I was toying with the idea of giving myself a nature journaling challenge for the month, like I did last July. Three different families of Canada geese have been feeding in our yard and while I've been watching them closely, I hadn't gotten out my journal to record my observations. When I... Continue Reading →
