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Wild foraging: 🌿 fiddlehead ferns
I love this time of year! Here in central coastal California, the fresh green grasses growing tall, miner's lettuce and chickweed...
Melinda Nakagawa
Feb 223 min read
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Mushroom Season, Mushroom Joy!
finding mushroom in nature, sketching and nature journaling them
Melinda Nakagawa
Dec 317 min read
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Gift from the Bees
In my recent Drawn to Bees workshop 🐝we focused on seeing and experience nature more deeply through our nature journals. This was time...
Melinda Nakagawa
Nov 24, 20243 min read
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"There is something infinitely healing in the refrains of nature...."
I was drawn to take book off my bookshelf and reread it today. Rachel Carson's The Sense of Wonder is a beautiful book full of nature...
Melinda Nakagawa
Nov 12, 20244 min read
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A calming practice ~ Slow drawing
Life can be hectic. And sometimes things just pile up when you already feel like you're juggling more ball than comfortable, or an...
Melinda Nakagawa
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Being imperfect and messy
One of the things nature teaches me is that its okay to be imperfect and messy. It’s taken me a long time to get here with my drawings in...
Melinda Nakagawa
Oct 4, 20243 min read
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What I learned from Prunella, the Self-heal flower and how to tune into nature’s wisdom
Prunella vulgaris is the botanical name for self-heal, a plant that’s been used for a variety of natural healing long before chemical...
Melinda Nakagawa
Oct 1, 20246 min read
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Fun Skill building: Quick gesture sketches to build drawing skills
✏️Have you had challenges drawing that bird that flutters around or the cat that keeps changing position? ✏️Do you avoid sketching moving...
Melinda Nakagawa
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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Listen to Nature sounds as a calming practice
Easy ways to listen to nature for a calming practice.
Melinda Nakagawa
Aug 1, 20244 min read
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Mockingbird message 🎶
I'd like to share how I tuned into Nature's call, and how it informed my actions and perspective and offered a way to focus my energy....
Melinda Nakagawa
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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Tune into nature’s wisdom for personal guidance and healing. Being All of You Podcast interview with Haylee La Rose
Podcast interview with Haylee LaRose.
Melinda Nakagawa
May 1, 20242 min read
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A new way to take in nature
Recently I stumbled across an Instagram reel highlighting the wildlife that uses a particular nature crosssing (a fallen tree) over...
Melinda Nakagawa
Apr 21, 20242 min read
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Rest as a crucial step in nature’s cycle
Nature invitation: Rest Rest is an important phase as nature moves through its cycles and rhythms. Nothing is ever standing still. It’s...
Melinda Nakagawa
Apr 17, 20243 min read
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7 Ways to Welcome and Nature Journal SPRING
As we shift away from cool reflective winter days and welcome the gentle warmth of spring, it's the perfect time to renew our connection...
Melinda Nakagawa
Apr 5, 20244 min read
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Let the River of Song flow through you
Here in the northern hemisphere, the wintry weather is making way for the awakening energy of spring. Bird song, fresh new green leaves,...
Melinda Nakagawa
Mar 22, 20244 min read
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How beauty shows up on my page
My process of nature journaling, quiet the inner critic, and let nature's beauty shine
Melinda Nakagawa
Feb 27, 20244 min read
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Wander through last year's nature journal to anticipate this year's treasures
revisit last year's pages to anticipate what you might see this year
Melinda Nakagawa
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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🌤 Clouds: How Nature journaling clouds helps me let go of perfection
Last week I spent a few days in the mountains and enjoyed big beautiful skies. I took lots of photos because I wasn’t able to nature...
Melinda Nakagawa
Jul 14, 20237 min read
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Magnolia Wisdom
Have you ever had a thought that pops into your awareness seemingly out of nowhere? Like a nudge to do something? I often do, and I’ve...
Melinda Nakagawa
Jul 3, 20234 min read
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Mindful Nature: Mind-full of the moment
Living in today’s world can feel overwhelming at times. So many things distract us while we try so hard to concentrate on that one task-...
Melinda Nakagawa
May 29, 20234 min read
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