Nature Journal: Introduction
Isn’t it strange how activities which we used to shy away from can become one of the best parts of our day? I often laugh to think of all the conversations I have had with my mum regarding “nature study” as I learnt to call it growing up. I detested the hour each day which my siblings and I were forced to spend outside, studying the world around us. We were instructed to read a passage regarding some topic and then observe said topic in nature, record what we observed, and even draw a slight sketch. Looking back, it brings me great amusement to remember my distress as I now often engage in a sort of nature study all on my own instigation. It is this which I wish to document here on the blog, a personal journal of sorts. I wish to make note of all the simple things which have brought me so much joy in these dark days, to encourage me to be a little less pessimistic and a wee bit more appreciative. Here I shall include my musings and notes on piffle, on thoughts and fears, dreams an...