Create a nature journal.

“Recently we walked along the pristine Witsand beach at the Breede River estuary at low tide. There was so much to notice and, although I didn’t bring my phone along to take photos, I made detailed mental notes as we walked. I noticed the shells, the seagrass, seagull feathers, patterns in the sand, patterns of floating sand particles in the little water ripples, algae growing on exposed rocks, holes in the sand, whelk shell patterns, twigs and driftwood. At times, as I looked carefully, the patterns looked like abstract art. It was beautiful. When we got home, I sat quietly and created a double-page spread of our beach walk in my nature journal”

“It was a rather windy day, but not too cold that I wasn't able to sit comfortably outside. The place that I chose to sit was on top of a large fallen tree near a small bridge. This tree rested across a dried up stream that I could look down into. For a while I sat on the tree, near where the base had been. I found it amazing to see all of the small details about this spot that I had not earlier observed. In front of me there were small plants growing out of the bark, creating what looked to me to be a small forest on the back of the tree. A tiny little oasis in the middle of this large forest. It was completely undisturbed, even myself as I clumsily clambered up the side of it had not destroyed any of these little plants. There was moss covering the back of the tree as well, making a little green carpet under the tiny forest. As I looked further around me I noticed that everywhere there was new life and new plants growing where the old ones had fallen.”