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Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Bonus Post #2: My Favorite Tools

Hello again nature journalers! In the previous post, we talked about some helpful hints for nature journaling including some amazing resources in the nature journaling community. Today, I’m going to dive in and show you a few of my favorite tools for creating my entries in my nature journal. So without further ado, here areContinue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Bonus Post #2: My Favorite Tools”

Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 6: Help! I’m Stuck!

Welcome back to our series on nature journaling! We’ve covered the basics, from what it is, to how to find a nature nook, and all about how to incorporate words, numbers, and sketches. And hopefully you’ve had a chance to try out some new strategies in your practice. But what do you do when youContinue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 6: Help! I’m Stuck!”

Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 5: Sketching It Out and Drawing It In

Hello and welcome back for Part 5 in our series about getting started with your nature journaling practice! For previous posts and other resources, click here. Now we finally find ourselves at the entry about drawing. Before we dive into technique, I want to recap a few key ideas: 1. Nature Journaling is MORE THANContinue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 5: Sketching It Out and Drawing It In”

Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 4: Beyond Measure (Numbers)

Welcome back for Part 4 in our series about nature journaling! Now we’ve talked about finding a space and adding writing to your practice. But today’s topic is one that is near and dear to my heart as a math/science teacher for nine years – NUMBERS! Math in Nature Journaling? Before we go much further,Continue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 4: Beyond Measure (Numbers)”

Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 3: Words, Words, Words

Hello and here we are at part 3 of our series about getting started with Nature Journaling. So far, we’ve talked about a general overview of the practice and how to find your nature nook outdoors (or indoors – if needed). Which brings us to some of the practice of journaling itself – starting withContinue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 3: Words, Words, Words”

Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 2: Find Your Nature Nook

Hello and welcome back for part 2 of my series about Nature Journaling (check out Part 1 here for a general overview) ! With the practice of nature journaling, before we can do the work of journaling, we have to find some nature. So today’s post covers a few different suggestions for how to findContinue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 2: Find Your Nature Nook”

Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 1: What is Nature Journaling?

For the New Year, I decided to start a series of posts about starting nature journaling. But before we dig into the tips and tricks, I figure it is best to start with a short explainer. What is Nature Journaling? Often times, when people think of nature journaling, they tend to think of detailed drawings,Continue reading “Getting Started With Nature Journaling – Part 1: What is Nature Journaling?”

The Joy and Wonder of Nature Journaling

Though I may not always have thought of myself as an artist, I think I have always thought of myself as someone who nature journaled – even if I didn’t name it in that way. Pencil Miles One of my earliest memories of writing was in a small journal, white with little pink flowers, aboutContinue reading “The Joy and Wonder of Nature Journaling”