Drawing Yourself Back to Nature: Nature's Whispers

Whisperings from Angelina and the Wild Onions Journal Spread

Welcome to the second leg of the Draw Yourself Back to Nature Blog Hop! This nature journaling e-course promises a delightful journey and I am looking forward to getting to know and visually chronicling my backyard and neighborhood parks! If you would like to know

Kelly asked me to take an activity from the course and create a journal page around it. I chose "Nature's Whispers" because I am always feeling Nature is speaking to me -- sometimes loudly calling, sometimes softly in whispers. The above journal page is a result of me responding to Nature "whispering" to me. If you would like to know how I created this journal page go here.

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And don't forget to continue on the blog hop by clicking on these links:
April 13 Kelly Johnson
April 14 YOU ARE HERE NOW (Also registration opens now for Drawing Yourself Back to Nature)
April 15 Grace Howes
April 16 Kiala Givehand
April 17 Kelly Johnson


Angelina and I often take walks around our yard and gardens, giving me a well-needed break from the computer or housework. I find these moments comforting, meditative, often playful. On a recent mid-afternoon walk, she led me to the far left-hand corner of out back yard, which faces the wetlands. Two river birches have grown up into that corner.

Angie stopped and sat about 6 feet from the second birch and the open wire fencing and stared out into the wetlands. I wondered what she was looking at and walked closer. Nothing was in the wetlands and them my gaze was drawn to the river birch beside me and I saw these delicate white wildflowers growing near the trees base.

I "knew" this was what I was supposed to notice -- these tiny trumpet like blooms. Just one little bunch. How did they arrive at this place? I wondered if they were a rare wildflower. They had such beautiful green lines inside of them and small golden stamen filled with pollen. I took a few pics and wandered back inside.

Finding them took me back to a childhood memory. I remember wandering in a small "woods" abutting a neighbor's yard. Really it was just a few scrawny saplings but it called to me (just like the blooms in my here-and-now yard). As I wove through my childhood "forest" I spied groups of bright white, tiny blossom -- all lined up in a row on one stalk. I was fascinated with their v-shaped little blooms with bright yellow tops. An unusual shape -- they were like magic finding them in such an odd place. Later on I identified them as "Dutchman's Breeches".

The blooms in my yard were only wild onions -- very common in this area of Northern California. In fact, we actually have tons of them in our front yard. But none in the back yard so these took me by surprise. But the memories they sparked in me were Magic!

To read about how I created my "Nature Whispers" journal page visit this page.

If you would like to enter my raffle to win the hand-decorated Paperblanks journal pictured below sign up for my newsletter here, and then leave a comment in this post's comments section. I will announce the winner on Monay, April 20th in a blog post.

To continue on the blog hop by clicking on these links:
April 13 Kelly Johnson
April 14 YOU ARE HERE NOW (Also registration opens now for Drawing Yourself Back to Nature)
April 15 Grace Howes
April 16 Kiala Givehand
April 17 Kelly Johnson

Enjoy the Draw Yourself Back to Nature E-Course! I'm already totally psyched about it!