BEAUTY

 

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. ~George Washington Carver

 

Nature study is not something planned in my house, just happens. In the spring always seems natural to study nature. Do you feel like that too?
 Who in the Spring could resist the beautiful flowers popping everywhere, the pleasant weather, the happy sings of the birds...not I, not I !
I love to keep around copies of favorite books about nature. Right now we are enjoying:

• Wildflowers of Texas
• A Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America 
• A Guide to Field Identification Birds of North America
• The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

Do you have a favorite book about nature? I would love to know.

 

Dwarf Dandelion and Texas Stork's- Bill

 

Skullcap and verbena (?)

Phacelia

Baby Blue-eyes, Rose Vervain, Phacelia, Erect Dayflower, Wild Onion

Yellow Wood-Sorrel

Spiderwort , Dwarf Dandelion and Yellow Wood-Sorrel



Texas Stork's- Bill

Moss

Nature Tray

 

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Our place is really small and any open space is a luxury right now. So to solve some of our desire to still have a little corner for nature. We are now using a small tray (14"x 8"). I found our tray in a craft store like Hobby Lobby or you can find it  here.

To add a unique touch, I hand painted it with acrylic paints, I used one main color so wouldn't take away from the beauty of our nature finds.

My inspiration for the little designs on the tray come from Nature itself but if you don't know what to do, maybe a collage would be easier, where you could select beautiful nature pictures and add to your tray, it would be a perfect project for little ones too. The idea for my Nature Tray come from a British magazine, from a article about  bringing back The Nature Table  to the classrooms, apparently in England the kids were encouraged to bring any seasonal nature specimens to the classroom to everyone to admire it. The idea to have a specific place for our nature finds was just perfect for us.

But because space is a issue for us right now to add a whole table for that purpose would be impossible, so the little tray was the next best idea.

 I love the simplicity of it and the end result.

I was just planning to write about my nature tray when I stumble is this little post about nature study.

Would like more ideas to nature study? Look here.

 

 

 

 

 

"The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature."

Polykarp Kusch