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

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...

Forest Scents

Forest Scents

Christine Snyder

The tall dawn grass was glistening with dew from a few glorious days of steady rainfall. My sneakers were soaked through in only a couple hundred yards, making me think...

Forest Scents

Christine Snyder

The tall dawn grass was glistening with dew from a few glorious days of steady rainfall. My sneakers were soaked through in only a couple hundred yards, making me think...

Seeking the Somatic

Seeking the Somatic

Christine Snyder

All we could see were the Mesquite trees illuminated by our headlights in front of us, but I knew we were surrounded by them. The night air was thick with...

Seeking the Somatic

Christine Snyder

All we could see were the Mesquite trees illuminated by our headlights in front of us, but I knew we were surrounded by them. The night air was thick with...

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....

Backyard Birds

Backyard Birds

Christine Snyder

Last weekend, a student brought in Amy Tan's book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, to share at our Nature Journaling class. Amy Tan is a bestselling fictional author, but during the throws...

Backyard Birds

Christine Snyder

Last weekend, a student brought in Amy Tan's book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, to share at our Nature Journaling class. Amy Tan is a bestselling fictional author, but during the throws...

Joy is in the Air

Joy is in the Air

Christine Snyder

The daffodils are blooming, the apple and pear trees have burst into little white and pink pom poms, and the tulips are emerging from the ground. Every day I see...

Joy is in the Air

Christine Snyder

The daffodils are blooming, the apple and pear trees have burst into little white and pink pom poms, and the tulips are emerging from the ground. Every day I see...