Spring Hike & Sketch

David and I hiked through a wetland, in search of Spring Peepers singing.  

While he was taking photos of the area (like the B&W film photo above), I sat on a boardwalk and sketched the landscape with colored pencils.  

The past few days had been rainy, and the water was muddy and turbulent.  Not the best conditions for hearing frogs sing, but we did hear a few.  We'll have to come back when conditions are better.

Still, it's been fun getting out in nature to see what's happening.  And it feels uplifting to be using more colors to draw in my nature journal than the grays and browns of winter!

Early flowers like Coltsfoot are blooming. What a delight to see bright signs of life again in the woods!

I hope you take time to make some observations in a sketchbook or journal this week.

Happy Creating!