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Today I had a nature journal outing and partway through I felt so pleased with what I had captured on the page that I ke...
09/10/2026

Today I had a nature journal outing and partway through I felt so pleased with what I had captured on the page that I kept looking and looking at it, instead of paying more attention to nature. 😅

I had to remind myself that I can look at my nature journal any time after I go home, and it will be a great reminder of everything I observed here, but THIS is the time I have to BE HERE with my body. To notice the lake, the plants, the birds, the sky.

It is great to let yourself be happy with what you have created! 💗 Especially if you have worked through the opposite problem of being a perfectionist and being too hard on yourself and your work, only seeing its flaws.

But it is also a common challenge for artists, creatives and makers to not spend so much time appreciating what you have already created that it distracts you from continuing to create.

Isn’t it amazing that we are living creatures with bodies that do things!??I remember being in AP Bio in high school (ba...
09/09/2026

Isn’t it amazing that we are living creatures with bodies that do things!??

I remember being in AP Bio in high school (back in 2014) and learning about how all our body systems work at the cellular level, at the biochemistry level.

I remember thinking: it seems almost miraculous that our bodies work at all. They are so complex, it seems like a miracle that things don’t go wrong with them more often than they do (speaking as someone with a genetic chronic illness).

And humans are just one species!

I also remember thinking how we spend so much time learning about the human body, but every single species alive is also deeply complex like we are. Some of them in similar ways, and some of them in very different ways, some single-celled, some multicellular, but all have so much more going on than meets the eye. And we all function and we’re all alive.

I’m taking a moment to just be in awe of that this morning.

If you’ve been scrolling for a while, this is an encouragement to pause and take a step outside.Take a few deep breaths....
09/08/2026

If you’ve been scrolling for a while, this is an encouragement to pause and take a step outside.

Take a few deep breaths.
Feel the ground underneath you.
Feel the air on your skin.
Listen to the sounds in all four directions around you.
What do you smell?
Keep a soft gaze and notice what you see in front of you and in your peripheral vision.

Then, find something you think is beautiful.

The three main “languages” of nature journaling are Words, Pictures, and Numbers. It’s good to use all three because the...
09/05/2026

The three main “languages” of nature journaling are Words, Pictures, and Numbers.

It’s good to use all three because they help your brain pay attention to what you’re observing in different ways.
But it’s OK to have a favorite!

Which one do you gravitate towards most? (Mine is words).
Which one do you want to try using more?

My next newsletter "Setting Intentions for Nature Journaling" is coming Friday the 28th. Subscribe to get it and stay in...
08/22/2026

My next newsletter "Setting Intentions for Nature Journaling" is coming Friday the 28th. Subscribe to get it and stay in the loop on everything I'm creating!

(Disclosure this is a suggested prewritten message from Kit, not AI I think, but not my original words. I'm just copy pasting it because I am tired...anyway, please sign up to my new newsletter! :) )

🤔💭❓ Getting to see a Robin's nest so close up made me wonder: Did humans learn how to weave baskets from seeing bird nes...
06/21/2026

🤔💭❓ Getting to see a Robin's nest so close up made me wonder: Did humans learn how to weave baskets from seeing bird nests?
Their crafts-bird-ship is very impressive

Some tiny cute mushrooms growing on the side of a cliff!
06/20/2026

Some tiny cute mushrooms growing on the side of a cliff!

Where I live, it is:-Cedar Waxwing in Serviceberry season-Firefly season-Milkweed Starting To Bloom season -Spotted-ches...
06/19/2026

Where I live, it is:
-Cedar Waxwing in Serviceberry season
-Firefly season
-Milkweed Starting To Bloom season
-Spotted-chest fledgling American Robin season

What's happening in nature near you?
What micro-season are you in?
What do you notice that happens at this moment in the cycle, year after year? Which events in nature coincide with each other?

And what does it feel like to be aware of that?

06/19/2026

Where I live, it is:

-Cedar Waxwing in Serviceberry season
-Firefly season
-Milkweed Starting To Bloom season
-Spotted-chest fledgling American Robin season

What's happening in nature near you?

What micro-season are you in?

What do you notice that happens at this moment in the cycle, year after year? Which events in nature coincide with each other? And what does it feel like to be aware of that?

~Rebecca 💚

06/18/2026

Today's mask honors the Serviceberry and Gray Catbird! In addition to Cedar Waxwings, Catbirds really love the berries too. And this morning when I was sitting in the backyard, a Catbird briefly landed only a few feet away from me! 😍

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