Journaling Through the Seasons
Encourages CONNECTION with NATURE
by
Spending time OUTDOORS
&
Recording your OBSERVATIONS in
a nature journal
Use your SENSES
OBSERVE with a purpose
Slow down and NOTICE both big and small
animals, plants, and events
RECORD your experiences in
words, stories, numbers, sketches, colorful drawings, songs, and more!
Use the Weekly Prompts to help with
RECORDING your observations
January
A New Year, a New Way of Noticing
Snow Poems (a.k.a. MinneSNOWta Poems)
Winter Warmth: A time to fluff, cuddle, gorge, & shiver
Stories Written in Snow
Winter Colors
March
Spring Awakening: Emerging Signs of Small Mammals
Music to your Ears: Winter turns to Spring
Spring Equinox: All Things Being Equal
The Return of Robins, Bluebirds, and Red-winged Blackbirds
Great Panther Constellation Rising
May
Small Wonders, Endless Surprises
Return of Monarch Butterflies
Baby Animals
Rain Storms and Storm Water
Names of Full Moons
July
Milkweed and Monarchs – Life Stages
Mosquitoes and Dragonflies
Power Plants, Plant Powers
Dog Days of Summer
Drawn to the Lake
September
Who Dines Here?
Up, Up & Away – Migration as a Way of Life
Autumnal Equinox: All Things Being Equal
Curious about Color Change
Harvest Time: Digging in the Dirt
November
February
Asleep for the winter: Who’s hibernating?
Popping Trees Moon (February Full Moon – Lakota)
Lake and Pond Ice
Our End of Winter “Relationship with Trees”
Early Nesters
April
Perspective of April Weather
Ice Out
Color Match: Spring Greens
Arbor Day
Woodland Wildflowers coming into Bloom
June
Sunshine and Shadows
Water, Water Everywhere
Long Summer Days
The Amazing Cattail
Sights and Sounds at Dusk
August
Cicadas
Wind Pollination…Achoo!
Acorns are Falling
Goldenrods in Bloom, Supporting an Entire Community
Shorebirds and Shorelines
October
Arrival of the Snowbirds: Dark-eyed Juncos
Crisp Autumn Days
Frost and the End of the Growing Season
Animals Preparing for Winter, Already?
Images of a Spooky Season
December
Contributing Writers:
Holle Despen
David Grack
Ed Pembleton
Sil Pembleton
Graphic Design:
Galen Erickson
David Grack