As a lover of nature's details, I was delighted to find Rosalie Haizlett's new book Tiny Worlds. Haizlett set out to travel the Appalachian trail, explore its wilds, and illustrate the tiny creatures who dwell there.
Her gorgeous book is chock-full of colorful watercolor paintings of the fungi, amphibians, insects, birds, mammals, wildflowers and more that she found on her 6-month adventure.
She also offers nature journaling ideas and shares the stories behind her paintings -- how she found birds nest fungi in a flower bed in a city, and how she learned the French name for the Belted Kingfisher after a French-speaking child asked her what she was doing. At the time, Rosalie was photographing the fast-diving Kingfishers in Saint-Maxime-Du-Mont-Louis, Quebec, Canada .
My favorite story was about how, as a young child, Rosalie was fearful much of the time, but when she reached 18, she decided to do one scary thing every day to fight her fears. She began by getting a tattoo on her ankle that reads LOVE>FEAR.
I've been enjoying sinking into this book in the evenings before bedtime, dropping into the beauty of nature in Rosalie Haizlett's words & paintings. I hope you get a chance to enjoy this book and take inspiration from its pages.
You can see more of Rosalie's artwork and order a copy of Tiny Worlds for yourself on her website: https://rosaliehaizlett.com/
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