My Calendar of Firsts Week 40
The highlight this week was the Harvest Moon! I also sketched a Lime leaf and a Sycamore seed.
Category: Our Nature Journals
Our Nature Journals Week 39
Rosie’s phenology wheel for September:
A conker, and a teeny jar of blackberry jam to represent Michaelmas!
My phenology wheel for September:
A conker, and Michaelmas daisies to represent Michaelmas.
Calendar of Firsts : week 39
Michaelmas daisies, ripening Holly berries, and the feast of St Michael.
What have you been journaling this week?
Our Nature Journals Week 38
The autumnal equinox: Ragwort, Rose Bay Willow Herb, and an oak leaf. The year moves on toward winter.
Rose spotted a Kingfisher on our equinox walk, so that was all very exciting!
In my Calendar of Firsts, I sketched the Tufted Vetch. I love how pea-like it is!
Happy exploring!
Our Nature Journals Week 37
Acorns, Hawthorn, Curly Dock, Blackberries, and Elder. Recording the folklore around these beautiful plants.
Rose recorded a little about seed dispersal
My Calendar of firsts this week: Rosehips and Guelder Berries.
Calendar of Firsts Week 36
This week we were back to our lessons. There is definitely a change in the air; the mornings are darker, and I am aware of the scent of autumn in the chill mornings.
This week I sketched the Ivy berries and a Rose Bay Willow Herb leaf.
Nature Journals Week
This meadow is bursting with activity today. The sky was full of huge billowing clouds, and everything is slowing going to seed, preparing for winter’s rest.
Elder, Oak, Red Clover, Hawthorn.
For my Calendar of firsts, I sketched the Elderberries & a Swallow. Which I managed to make look like a Penguin!
Our phenology wheels for August:
No liturgical festivals this month, so I sketched an apple from the garden, and Rose sketched a basket-full that she collected to represent harvest-time.
I also sketched Hawthorn, Rose sketched the carrots and potatoes she grew.
Calendar of Firsts Week 34
Still heaps of rain, but a little more sunshine, too.
I sketched a tiny wee ladybird on a thistle, and on of the fallen cherry leaves. Autumn is fast approaching!
My Calendar Of Firsts Week 33
The Hawthorn berries are beginning to turn and the Thistle is setting seed.
Even more rain!
This Week’s Calendar Of Firsts
This week’s Calendar of Firsts;
Holly leaf, Burning Bush leaf, Full Grain Moon, and bats swooping overhead at twilight.
Have you been enjoying the Perseid meteor shower this weekend?
Happy exploring!
My Nature Journal Week 31
I don’t have much to share with you this week; the girls have been away this week riding, and I have been pounding the keyboard, working on the soon-to-be-released Guided Journal to accompany Exploring Nature With Children.
I have been able to work on my Calendar of Firsts, however. I sketched the Ragwort that is filling the meadow right now, and a wee common wasp that was buzzing around. I also noted the rain. The never ending, heavy rain!
Happy exploring!