by Paula Peeters | May 12, 2020 | Books, Nature journaling
We’re all a bit tired after packing and sending all of those books! So how are you going in this strange time of COVID-19? Feeling overwhelmed, or embracing a slow-down? Missing friends and family, but perhaps also discovering new ways to connect? Out of work...
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...
by Paula Peeters | Mar 22, 2020 | Nature journaling
The earth seems to be shifting under our feet. Nothing seems certain, and it’s easy to let our anxieties and fears grow. That is, if we focus on human affairs only. Because out there, in nature, the world is going on. Lives are born and lives end. Trees that are...
by Paula Peeters | Jan 18, 2020 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
Rain has emphatically returned to Beechmont in the last few days. Overnight we received 167 mm! I don’t like to complain about the lack of rain here, since we still tend to receive far more rain than many drought-ravaged places in Australia. But I guess...
by Paula Peeters | Dec 24, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
The Queensland Lacebark Tree Brachychiton discolor Along a path strewn with brown fire-killed leaves; dried, drought-killed leaves, and scattered with charcoal and ash – I find this: Opulent pink flowers, freshly tumbled, two hundred or more. While above me springs...
by Paula Peeters | Nov 5, 2019 | Cartoons, Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
I visited the Barambah Environmental Education Centre (about 50 km west of Gympie, Queensland) back in August. I ran a nature journaling workshop for the staff, and did some field work for a series of illustrations for a little book about the centre. Here are some...
