by Paula Peeters | Feb 15, 2018 | Events, Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling
This place where I live has a million stories, maybe more. Everyday I glimpse another fragment of plot, perhaps meet another character. Last Sunday a Lewin’s honeyeater gave me a cook’s tour of her larder (the genders of this species look the same, so it...
by Paula Peeters | Nov 23, 2017 | Events, Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling
Rain seems to be the essence of springtime this year in Beechmont. After an early dry start, the almost continuous rain and showers have conjured up carpets of pinkish new raspy fern fronds, a flush of tender bright green leaves in the rainforest (and many blushing...
by Paula Peeters | Oct 29, 2017 | Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
Nearly 3 weeks ago I planned to draw A plant a day for a week. Part meditation, part nature journaling, part learning new species. Well, life got in the way, as it does. I didn’t draw a plant every day. I didn’t always stick to my own rules. Sometimes I...
by Paula Peeters | Oct 10, 2017 | Letter from Beechmont, Nature journaling, Wildlife illustration
What would happen if the first thing people did every day was contemplate nature? Well I know there are certain things that might need to be done first, like visiting the bathroom, getting dressed, having a caffeine hit, etc. (What’s your morning ritual?). But what...
by Paula Peeters | Jul 16, 2017 | Events, Nature journaling
Yay, I finally made it to the Northern Territory! And the Central Australian landscapes were sublime. So much colour and beauty, at every scale: from the mountains, through to the patterns of the vegetation, and right down to the individual animals, rocks and plants....
