Category: Calendar of Firsts

Calendar of Firsts, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Summer

Calendar of Firsts ~ Week 28

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

So much is going on in the natural world!

  • It was St. Swithin’s Day on Thursday, heaps & heaps of rain!
  • The meadow is full of wild flowers; I decided to sketch the Poppies & Thistles.
  •  I spotted several caterpillars this week, including this handsome Cinnabar moth caterpillar.
  • The Swallow chicks in the barn are growing quickly, and there are Swallows flying over the field and around my house in the evenings.

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Summer

Calendar of Firsts ~ Week 27

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • Swallow chicks being fed by their parents in the beams of the stables.
  • Swallows dancing over the meadow.
  • Heaps of rain, heaps of snails!

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Our Nature Journals, Summer

Calendar of Firsts ~ Week 26

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My Calendar of Firsts this week:

Quick sketches of two of the beautiful & dramatic skies we had:

  • A pretty sunrise, glowing like opal
  • Rolling banks of storm clouds, lit by the sun
  • A Blackbird on my doorstep who would not leave the worm he was trying to pick up!

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Charlotte Mason, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Summer

Calendar of Firsts ~ Week 25

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • The Summer solstice
  • The Flower moon
  • Rose rescuing exhausted bees by feeding them honey
  • The meadow is full of Cow Parsley
  • The baby Sparrows are out of the nest & flying!

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

 
Calendar of Firsts, Charlotte Mason, Our Nature Journals, Spring

Calendar of Firsts 13 ~ 19 June 2016

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • The Foxgloves are flowering.
  • In the garden we spotted a Speckled Wood butterfly
  • Also a Common Hawker dragonfly
  • Last night’s moon was gorgeous! Almost full.

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Charlotte Mason, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Spring

Calendar of Firsts 6 ~ 12 June 2016

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • A House Sparrow performing acrobatics at the feeder
  • A pretty brown-lipped snail brought to me by Rose
  • A Kestrel hunting over the meadow
  • My foxgloves are coming along nicely!

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Charlotte Mason, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Spring

Calendar of Firsts 30 ~ 5 June 2016

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • A golden-pink quarter moon hung in a lavender-grey sky.
  • A Heron hunting over the local garden ponds.
  • Several Cinnabar moths.
  • My foxgloves are coming along nicely!
  • Two webs full of baby spiders.

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Charlotte Mason, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Spring

Calendar of Firsts 23 ~ 29 May 2016

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • I added the Seasonal Blue Moon again for Monday; it was super-bright, and hung golden-pink in a navy sky.
  • A pair of Swallows dancing in the evening sky against a glorious sunset.
  • A baby rabbit waiting nervously to cross the road.
  • We also had lots of Goldfinches at the feeders in the garden this week.
  • Rose was very busy bug-hunting!

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Spring

Calendar of Firsts 16 ~22 May 2016

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • Cumulonimbus clouds piling up in blue skies.
  • A hungry Great Tit raiding a bush in my garden for tasty caterpillars.
  • Full moon 21st ~ A seasonal blue moon; the 3rd of 4 full moons this season.

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!

Calendar of Firsts, Nature, Our Nature Journals, Spring

Calendar of Firsts 9 ~15 May 2016

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My Calendar of Firsts for this week:

  • We visited a local observatory to watch the transit of Mercury cross the face of the sun
  • Several Holly Blue butterflies
  • Cabbage whites
  • Lots of Jack-by-the-hedge growing around our apple tree
  • The dandelion clocks are out in force!

What is happening in the natural world where you live?

Happy exploring!