Blinn

I like that you recorded the scientific name...the watercolor looks good too!

I began nature journalling when I started teaching almost thirty years ago.  I wanted to record my experiences of the natural world, not only with words, but visually, because my words sprang from my observations of beauty and fascination in the natural world. Still at it...Still trying to improve. Never an artist, but want to be better, and have gotten better, but still far from producing a page that truly reflects my experience. Looking forward to seeing that happen. I love the idea of connecting observation, and the drawing, with the thought, which is the writing. That is the heart of the journal for me. Then the journal conveys the story of the soul's connection to place. The journal, for me, should become the story of that connection, and many of the journalists shared their stories, both about process, but also, they shared so much more.   I write inspiring quotes in my journal too, as well as my reflections on them...Again, it is a visual and written record of the story that is inside me as the inside connects with the outside.