After taking the summer off, Nature Journaling is restarting and will continue on Zoom.  It will take place on the last Sunday of every month.  

Together we explore a different aspect of nature in each session.  We learn a little about our topic (typically a particular type of plant or animal) Then we explore it by using drawing, words and memories.  Sometimes I will ask you to come with an easily found natural object; leaf, flower, fruit.  Sometimes (particularly when our subject is within the animal kingdom) we will work from shared photographs.  

These sessions are opportunities to reflect on different aspects of the natural world.  We make drawings as a tool for observation and insight. We will write descriptions of what we see.  Sometimes the drawings end up being visually pleasing, but that isn’t really the point.  The point is to learn to observe and appreciate.  Sometimes we will plumb our memories to recall personal associations with natural items and places.

At the end of our time together we share insights that we gained from our practice.  

In the September session we will be considering conifers and how they are different from flowering trees.  I would ask that you come to the session with a bit of a branch from a conifer and, if possible, a cone that goes with the same tree.