August was a busy month, filled with high elevation camping in Colorado, and a lot of cool mountain hiking back home. Even though the lower elevations took on a hot and parched look, at 9,000 feet and higher the wildflower season was far from over as evidenced along roadways and trails, where fresh, colorful blooms could still be found.
The highlight of the month was a 3-1/2 day visit from my brother Bob and grandniece Livi. At 15 years of age, Livi is already a fine artist, and took to nature journaling like a pro! It was great fun discovering and sketching nature on our daily hikes. She even got a chance to hold one of the adult ornate short-horned lizards we see frequently along various trails, and then found a baby lizard on her own, hiding nearly motionless under a small plant. Her smiles were priceless!
Despite the high temps, it was a month of good days and nights, ending perfectly with the rising of a rare Super Full Blue Moon! If you missed it, there’s plenty of time to prepare for the next …… which occurs in March 2037.
Once again, a big shout-out to “Made by Fay” for the inspiring “Littles” idea! These pages are fun to create, and remind me of monthly highlights as I revisit my previous “Littles” posts. Hope you’re enjoying them too, along with the ending days of the season.
Stay tuned for the next installment of “Littles.”
September 14, 2023
a curious nature 
Delightful wildflower sightings and mentoring your grandniece! I’m intrigued by the thread-waisted wasp — wow, what a skinny waist! Amazing! Your moon is gorgeous – yikes, 14 years until the next one! Hope we’ll have clearer skies then. Thanks for sharing your Littles!
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Thanks so much for the comments, dear Karen! This approach to journaling is growing on me, Little by Little! Hahaha! Are you participating in Wild Wonder?
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The Littles are such a great idea, Barb! I am attending Wild Wonder Live, but today has been greatly interrupted by a rogue smoke detector that has needed my attention more than I wanted to give it! Thankfully, I’ll have lovely recordings to watch later. I did listen in to a few while I was troubleshooting, though! Are you attending, or planning to get the video pass afterwards?
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Thanks again! I’m beginning to fish about for a new theme or series tho. Guess I’m restless. Wild Wonder …… unfortunately I’ll not be attending this year, even bough it looks like an awesome lineup of speakers, instructors and interactive sessions. Good for you tho! You’ll get so much out of the sessions despite rogue smoke detectors!
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Have you tried Skillshare? I am always finding inspiration there and trying new creative projects — good deal for $99 per year!
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Thx for the tip!
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So cool you got to spend such quality time with your niece. I can mentally visualize your interaction as you shared your love of nature and art with her!
I love the Native American proverb, nothing could be truer. I just wish there was
a majority instead of a minority that embrace this concept.
This year I’ve found so many different species of grasshoppers, bees, ladybug beetles and butterflies in my flowerbeds and how they interact with each other. Unfortunately, I’ve also observed how much aphids love and thrive on my swamp milkweed, uggh.
I have a special folder in my email where notifications of your posts go to automatically and I see I have a lot of catching up to do! Take care my friend ❤️!
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Thanks so much for reaching out and sending wonderful comments on my latest post, Cass! It’s so good to hear from you. Wow, how long has it been? I really thoroughly enjoyed my visit with Livi. Even though we do a lot of online chatting and sharing of art works, this was the first time I’ve actually seen her since she was a wee baby. We had a great time! And it was fun to spend time with my brother too. Excellent that you’ve observed so many different insects. Yeah, well, aphids! I hope you enjoy catching up with the backlog of my posts (when you have time)! Happy reading! Hope you, Gerry, Max and Kitty are all doing great, and as summer winds down, hope the season has also been wonderful. Hugs!
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Your pages certainly convey that there’s a lot going on! I especially like the fir cone sketch.
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Thanks so much, Jean!
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