Nature Surprises Journal Prompt
Nature Journaling
Prompt 1
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Nature Surprises!
Nature can amaze us in big and small ways every hour of every day. This poem from the Japanese poet, Matsuo captures one of the ways a beautiful but small natural moment or nature surprise can inspire you.
Sitting at my desk on a cold, dark,
December afternoon, I look out the window
And see a squirrel starting back at me.
I just smile. I think he smiles back,
Shakes his tail, and leaps off the roof.
What fun! I feel refreshed.
What can be the subject of a natural surprise you ask?
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Birds
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A beautiful or unusual sky
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A flower
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An insect
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Tree shape or color
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An interesting rock
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Or any sound from nature
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Really anything that is part of nature
In your nature journal you can record nature surprises in many different ways like:
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Record a daily nature surprise with the date, time and location for a week, a month a year, whatever inspires you.
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Draw a picture or make a collage of a nature surprise.
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Write a poem or a story about your natural surprise.