We're hardwired to look for patterns, repetition and rhythms. This is why the firsts enchant us – the first early spring flowers, the first snow in fall/winter, the migration of birds. The patterns in nature give us something to hang onto. Our own lives are also infused with rhythms and patterns - from our routines and daily activities to traditions and holidays we celebrate.

Paying attention to the rhythms of our lives as intertwined with nature satisfies a deep-rooted hunger and provides comfort that cannot be found elsewhere. The more we pay attention, the more we see that the extra ordinary really is the extraordinary.

Modern Field Journaling simply records it all.

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Taking Better Field Notes

Taking Better Field Notes

Over the weekend, I spent time entering in the data Mike has kept on snowstorms over the years into the Phenology Page. But as I entered the snow amounts, I found myself wanting to know more. Sometimes two or three days in a row showed up – and while the amounts were fine, I also wanted to know was it all one storm system? Flurries moving through? Was it light, fluffy powder snow that fell or… Read more...

Trail Cam 2 Feb 2012

Trail Cam 2 Feb 2012

We’ve moved the webcam back to looking at the shop since it hasn’t picked up much of anything lately. And, on this, you can see the fox mark the area below the bird feeder. They should be breeding about now. Trying this one out through Vimeo simply because it’s 165 images. I haven’t downloaded the images captured since it started snowing (and it’s still snowing as I write… Read more...

Right Now 3 Feb 2012

Right Now 3 Feb 2012

Take a moment and jot down all that’s going on right now. I just did that to fill in a card for Project Life, but any type of RIGHT NOW journaling works for anything you want to record and to help you seal the moment in your memory. I find it an easy way to take field notes.  Read more...

Project Life: Week 4

Project Life: Week 4

Just an average week – Sorry about having to cover up the story there, but it’s something we’re just not quite sure how it’ll turn out yet. I’ll share this page again  when we know more.  Read more...

Project Life – Week 3

Project Life – Week 3

Here’s how week 3 turned out: I’m using my Clear Date Stamps for the main journaling card, and erased the middle of a .png file from Becky Higgins’ Clementine Digital Elements and just added in a few words about the snow shoeing photo. The Sticker on the ‘hay train’ photo is just an Avery product from the store. Added in a print of a screenshot of the WSJ which we’re… Read more...

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  • Janet
    (31 December 2011)
    The wind has finally calmed – and we’ve lost about half of the snowpack on the ground. More brown showing through.
  • Janet
    (29 December 2011)
    Chinook wind this morning is quickly ‘eating’ all the snow we got shortly before Christmas.
  • Janet
    (5 December 2011)
    Brrrrr – the low this morning was -4° F. Woke to 2" more snow on the deck.

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