Showing posts with label Eastern Bluebird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eastern Bluebird. Show all posts

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Spring Nature Journal Update

So much is happening right now in nature!  Out on a walk in the state park, we stopped for a rest, and I found this lovely tree with lichen growing up the trunk.  
As I was drawing it, a male Eastern Bluebird perched nearby and sang.  Absolutely enchanting!
Now I get to keep this memory and return to it in my nature journal.
Digging in the garden as I planted potatoes, carrots, onions and beets, I turned up this large pupa (2-3" long).  Looking it up online, I discovered it was the pupa of a tomato hornworm or sphinx moth.  I tucked it back under the earth where I'd found it in the hopes that a lovely moth will emerge.

What is happening in nature around you?  I hope you take a moment to sit outside and make some sketches & observations in your nature journal.

Happy Creating!