What better time to start thinking about spring projects than mid-winter when temps have recently been plummeting as low as -50 degrees with the wind chill. It gets rugged here in northern Minnesota, and on days of being cooped up indoors, it tends to lead to many different indoor projects, dreaming up ideas, and getting […]
Hello! I hope you had the chance to join Nature Art Exploration a few days ago for Supporting a Young Plant Enthusiast: Part 1. If you haven’t, check it out! I hope you all enjoyed your FREE BOOK from Herb Fairies. There’s still time to download it if you haven’t had a chance. Today, marks […]
The above Calendula photo was taken by my 7-year-old son last year. Nature photography is a shared bliss on all of our adventures. The love for foraging, wildcrafting, and herbal gardening is first nature for my son. Since he was young, he’s been following his father and me on endless adventures of harvesting wild foods, […]
Last month, I had the wonderful opportunity to take an educators’ course on Nature Journaling. It widened my perspectives on how to incorporate nature journaling into child education and re-lit my passion for journaling in nature. We explored methods of nature journaling aimed at building and strengthening relationships with nature, cultivating skills of natural observation, […]
Spending time in nature is something that continues to decline in the fast pace of today’s society. This human nature disconnect is like a growing epidemic that continues to suck in our next generation and perpetuates the alienation of our society to the natural world. The Earth Institute at Columbia University has a great article […]
