Nature Notebooking

I recently have been re-reading material about Charlotte Mason. She was an educator in the 1800's who felt that we waste so much time on dumbed down books and textbooks that make you bleary-eyed. I have tried in the past for the kids to have a nature notebook but it is a bit more difficult when you live in the city. Not impossible, just more difficult. We have started anew in the past couple of days and it is going better this time. We are currently watching a caterpillar make a cocoon in some plants that the kids gave me for Mother's Day, which are sitting on my kitchen counter. We decided to go on a nature walk today after lunch on the property across the road from us which the owners have graciously given us permission to go tramping on. We saw some wonderful things but our favorite was the Juvenile hawk that was just sitting on a fallen log. We were able to get very close to take pictures. We could hear the mama hawk in the distance trying to draw attention to herself and away from her baby. We hope that it isn't hurt but aren't really sure of hawk behavior so we thought we would check back in a day or so to see if it is still there. Nature notebooking gives us a chance to stop and appreciate all of God's wonderful creation. Romans 1:20 says "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse". Basically all nature screams of a wonderful Creator.