This blog is an illustrated journey of simple learnings I receive from the natural world. I gain great insight from this practice of reflection and I hope it will spark curiosity in you.

Little Moments

By a River

By a River

Christine Snyder

I had a think by a river last week. Actually, I’ve had a lot of thinking sessions by rivers this past week. My family and I went on a multi-week,...

By a River

Christine Snyder

I had a think by a river last week. Actually, I’ve had a lot of thinking sessions by rivers this past week. My family and I went on a multi-week,...

Solstice

Solstice

Christine Snyder

Happy solstice :)

Solstice

Christine Snyder

Happy solstice :)

A Little Love and Attention

A Little Love and Attention

Christine Snyder

A few months ago, my husband transplanted this hedgehog cactus into our backyard after he found it disturbed from trail building behind our house. I wasn’t sure that it was...

A Little Love and Attention

Christine Snyder

A few months ago, my husband transplanted this hedgehog cactus into our backyard after he found it disturbed from trail building behind our house. I wasn’t sure that it was...

The Time is Now

The Time is Now

Christine Snyder

I had the great fortune of seeing a blooming Evening Primrose yesterday morning. These flowers come out at night and are often spent by the morning, waiting all year for...

The Time is Now

Christine Snyder

I had the great fortune of seeing a blooming Evening Primrose yesterday morning. These flowers come out at night and are often spent by the morning, waiting all year for...

Nurturing Creativity

Nurturing Creativity

Christine Snyder

I never quite know the cause, but the symptoms are always the same. Discontent, grasping for a direction, lethargic; this is when I know I am in a creative rut....

Nurturing Creativity

Christine Snyder

I never quite know the cause, but the symptoms are always the same. Discontent, grasping for a direction, lethargic; this is when I know I am in a creative rut....

Finding their Own Path

Finding their Own Path

Christine Snyder

After a fresh snow, the ground becomes a record keeper, in space and time. You can see where animals, and people, tend to group together, leaving their prints behind. A...

Finding their Own Path

Christine Snyder

After a fresh snow, the ground becomes a record keeper, in space and time. You can see where animals, and people, tend to group together, leaving their prints behind. A...