Christine

I've spent the last half hour skimming through the multitudes of posts in this discussion.  I recognize similar reasons for taking this course in several of the posts, and enjoy reading so many of them.  As for me, I started photographing birds about 15 years ago and have enjoyed watching their behaviors but would very much like to draw them as well.  I was fortunate enough to move to the Northern coast of California where I enjoy an actual window on the meadows and coastline of the Pacific.  There is so much to journal here from wildflowers to birds, sea life, interesting mammals like foxes, cougars, and those little rascals--raccoons.  I thought all the styles of journals were interesting but I particularly liked the first one with the boxes showing several observations on one day, and also the one that started as a journal a day having one item journaled a day, then went to journaling a month.  Starting it as a journal a day really encourages one to do it!  I also liked our instructor's journal of the Galapagos, a place that I intend to visit hopefully in the next couple of years after I become more proficient at nature journaling.  :)