by Paula Peeters | Mar 7, 2021 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling, Writing
He waits on the bright green grass, alone. As I approach, he walks quickly away (wood ducks don’t waddle). Dark head held high, a cautious eye looking back, watching my every step. I walk by, and he settles back down on the grass, waiting. Wood ducks are grass-eaters,...
by Paula Peeters | Feb 24, 2021 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling, Tales of science
Forests are hard to describe. So much complexity, so much thriving life. Colours, light and forms change with the seasons, and over time. How to fit all that into words or pictures? The ways to describe a forest are infinite, and each approach will also be influenced...
by Paula Peeters | Nov 19, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons, Nature journaling
One of the lovely things about living in Beechmont is that we never really know what we’re going to find on our early morning dog walk…
by Paula Peeters | Sep 6, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling, Tales of science
Recently, a friend told me that she was going to transition. From being a she to becoming a he. It’s something she’d wanted since puberty. I could hear the relief in her voice, and a happy anticipation of a new, precious and exciting life ahead. But many people find...
by Paula Peeters | May 6, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal
A family of yellow-tailed black-cockatoos have been a steady presence over the last few weeks. Mum, dad and a baby, it seems. The baby is often whining – in its loud, creaky way – for something. Is it food, is it just attention, who knows? We see them...
by Paula Peeters | Mar 27, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
Chooks are irrepressible, despite the uncertainty of their lives. They give me inspiration. Here’s a nature journal spread of our backyard flock that I completed last night. In case you’re interested in doing some nature journaling yourself, here are the...
