by Paula Peeters | Jan 12, 2023 | Books
A walk in the mountain forests – What is this book? I’m not sure how to describe A walk in the mountain forests. My previous books were relatively easy to pitch: Here’s a book that you colour-in, here’s an introduction to nature journaling, here’s a kid’s...
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 | Sep 14, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Cartoons
A cartoon about last weekend’s unprecedented fire at Binna Burra. It’s wobbly because that’s how I feel right now. But all around our house the birds are singing and I heard a koala bellow just before I posted this. So life goes on, and I’m...
by Paula Peeters | May 5, 2019 | Cartoons, Nature journaling, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
Bellbirds were once a part of Binna Burra, but not in my memory. It seems that the bird species that gave its name to Bellbird Clearing, Bellbird Lookout and Bellbird Track was long gone before I first visited the park. But that has all changed now, because a pair of...
by Paula Peeters | Mar 3, 2019 | Beechmont Nature Journal, Nature journaling
Woo hoo! Here we go with issue two of the Beechmont Nature Journal, featuring baby (or moulting?) birds, bell birds popping up in a surprising place, and a giant of the forest. Everyone is happy here because we have RAIN at last. And I have a new sketchbook to play...
