Melinda Nakagawa
Melinda Nakagawa
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Wander through my nature journal: March 2024
Travel through the pages of my nature journal for March 2024.
Rescuing injured seabirds, flowers in the garden, Shells at the beach, trees forms and bird song, poetry and wildlife trail cam journaling.
Nature journaling is about being with nature, capturing what you experienced in a sketchbook with sketches, words, and colors. Its not about fine illustration, but capturing the moment- the esseecne of you moments with nature.
Melinda Nakagawa
website: Sparkinnature.com
Membership: Spark Collective
Free trial here: www.melindanakagawa.com/
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Melinda Nakagawa, M.Sc, is an internationally recognized naturalist, nature connection mentor and author who has led workshops at Stanford
University, Monterey Bay Aquarium, local museums and educational
institutions, and has featured on various podcasts. She founded Spark
in Nature to develop offerings that bridge science, nature, art, and
heart to awaken one’s innate connection to nature, and stimulate an
intuitive ability to listen creatively to the language of nature.
She uses various tools, such nature journaling-a practice that brings
a deeper nature awareness and connection through sketching to see,
and writing to understand, the natural world in an open-hearted,
playful manner. She’s inspired hundreds of people to successfully
move beyond their fears to draw with ease, and retrain their sight to
see beyond ordinary nature to reveal unseen wonder.
Join Melinda for her nature journal travel trips and workshops or
become a member of Spark Collective, an online learning collabora‐
tive for nature journalers and creative entrepreneurs to connect,
inspire, and expand their work.
Website: SparkinNature.com
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Mini forest walk journal
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I took a small folded booklet with me on a walk in the forest to capture highlights. Learn more about how to nature journal with an easy, loose style so that you can quite the inner critic and enjoy more nature connection time. sparkinnature.com Instagram @sparkinnature182
Pine forest birds in spring
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Birds in the Monterey Pine Forest, Rip Van Winkle Park, Pacific Grove, CA April 6, 2023 Birds heard: Acorn woodpecker rack-up Pacific-slope flycatcher- peewheep Dark-eyed Junco bjzee Purple finch- spiral rising Song sparrow- Spotted towhee- jeer jeer Chestnut-backed chicadee- chirping Sparkinnature.com
Sparkling Spiderwebs
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Exploring spider web diversity in my yard, in the sparkling morning dew.
MBNJC_Cahaba SD 480p
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Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club online with Melinda Nakagawa, Spark in Nature Guest Amy Sides takes us on a virtual trip to the Cahaba River in Alabama to explore the Cahaba lilies with our nature journal. Nature Journaling is being in nature, noticing and wondering about what we encounter and recording what we experience. For more information on nature journaling: sparkinnature.com/events To ...
Pan-Pacific Nature Journaling: Look High and Low
มุมมอง 2023 ปีที่แล้ว
The Pan-Pacific Nature journal sessions bring together nature journalers to reach across the Pacific Ocean. It is an interactive online session. Anyone is welcome to join us. The live sessions include time for outdoor nature journaling, and time to share our discoveries. This recording is only the beginning where we introduce a nature journaling prompt and a warm-up practice. To be notified of ...
Nature Journaling Valentine Love
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The Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club meets weekly online. All are welcome to join us. Nature Journaling is observing nature and recording what we experience. We do this with a combination of words, pictures, and numbers. For more information on nature journaling: sparkinnature.com/events To make a donation to support free and low-cost quality nature journaling workshops and events: sparkinnatur...
Explore ordinary nearby nature with a nature journal
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A dog walk became a nature journal walk! What new things can you see in your ordinary nature? Join me for nature journaling on Sundays live and online. SparkinNature.com/events Melinda Nakagawa Sparkinnature.com Bridging science, nature, art and heart to open your eyes to wonder
Micro world of mosses- Nature Journaling MBNJC
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The Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club meets weekly online. This week, one of our members, Victoria Grape will be sharing her passion for mosses. These diminutive organisms live in an entire universe unseen by most of us. Victoria will take us into the micro forest so we can get to know the incredible diversity, beauty, and magic of mosses. Nature Journaling in observing nature and recording what...
MBNJC Oct 25 Arcadia
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The Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club meets weekly online. This week we explored Arcadia Wildlife Refuge in Northampton and Southampton, Mass. Jan Roby-Crystal, Art House Director took us on a virtual trip to nature journal through Arcadia, and along the Art House Trail. Nature Journaling in observing nature and recording what we experience. We do this with a combination of words, pictures, and ...
MBNJC Aug30 Plankton
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The Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club meets weekly online. This week, Janai Southworth, host of PacificPlankton takes us on a micro safari of live plankton from the waters of San Francisco Bay. Plankton are tiny organisms that drift in the ocean. They come in a rich diversity of shapes, colors, and sizes. Janai will guide us through the amazing wondrous wildlife living in a few drops of seawater...
Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club: 5_17_20A Color walk and nature journaling
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The Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club meets weekly online in spring and summer of 2020. Each call is in two parts: Part 1: Introduction and Demo, Part 2: Sharing reflections and our journals after nature skethcing.
Introducing our alpacas
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Soleil, Dot and Rhody- three Huacaya alpacas.
Drawing Bird Song 1 of 2
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Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club online meeting- May 3, 2020. Part 1 of 2 Learn different ways to draw visual representations of bird sounds in your nature journal.