Category: Our Nature Journals

Blustery and cold, this week has been again, either heavy rainfall or beautiful frosts. The feeders in the garden are very busy, hence Rosie’s sketch this week. The woods are still pretty bare, which gives us the joy of seeing squirrels scampering around, hunting for food.

In my journal I chose to capture the flowering Hyacinth from my dining room table, and the full Wolf Moon.

A wee reminder that if you are using Exploring Nature With Children, then next week is February Week three: ‘Evergreens’.

Happy exploring!

Heaps of rain, sun-shiny days, frosts, high winds, we have had all sorts of weather this week.

We took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on Monday, so Rose chose to sketch some of the birds that came to our feeders in her journal this week.

In the garden, the Snowdrops are in full bloom, and the other bulbs are poking through the ground. I have a potted Hyacinth in the house which I sketched this week. I also sketched what I think was a garden spider I saw making a web in one of our Holly bushes, very early one morning. It was before dawn, and the spider was a tiny wee thing, so I couldn’t make out any markings. I used a photograph to sketch this monster in my Calendar of Firsts!

A wee reminder that if you are using Exploring Nature With Children, then next week is Week one: ‘Earthworms’, though if you are living in certain snowy places on the globe , it may be too cold for this, so swap out for a different week 🙂

Happy exploring!

It has been so chilly here this week. Brrr! (Though my readers from places covered in snow will laugh at my definition of chilly!)

Rose had a couple of caterpillars that she put in an insect case in late autumn, they have both now hatched; here is one of them that she sketched in her nature journal.

Everything here feels rather dreary; mud, mud, and more mud. We have had some glorious colours in the sky, however, which brighten things up no end.

I sketched this week a wee twig from one of our Magnolia trees, and a tiny snowdrop.

The snowdrops are peeping though the ground, and a couple have begun to flower. Candlemas Bells, as they are known always give me such joy. A true sign that spring is on its way.

A wee reminder that if you are using Exploring Nature With Children, then next week is Week three ‘Winter Pond Study’. Are you ready?

Happy exploring!

We have had such a chilly week here; icy rain, sleet, and finally SNOW! Sadly our snow did not last long, but it was terribly exciting all the same.

Rose decided to sketch a lovely cat that has been choosing to visit us since around Christmas time. I love how she captured his eyes, and his wee sticking out tongue.

I sketched the beautiful full ‘Moon after Yule’ that we had on Thursday. Is was so bright and glorious, hanging there in the night sky. I also sketched the tiny potted Daffs that are beginning to bloom on my dining room table. They are a lovely bright touch to my day, and a reminder that spring is coming. The snowdrops are pushing through in the garden, ad I am willing them on!

A wee reminder that if you are using Exploring Nature With Children, then next week is Week three ‘Winter Tree Study’. Are you ready? I am giving away a copy in the Charlotte Mason Nature Journaling group on Facebook, so hop on over & comment on the post to have a chance of winning; I shall be drawing the winner tomorrow.

Happy exploring!