This month I’ve been inspired by my kindergartener. We went for a nature walk just up the street from our house and ended up collecting a little handful of interesting things. My Mikey is so interested in the small things in the world around us. He picked up moss and little hunks of asphalt. Things that I wouldn’t have given a second thought to. We came across a wild herb garden behind an old hospital up the street and found some fennel which smelled sooo yummy. We were especially captivated by a strange pokey fruit that looked like a berry but grew on a tree. We googled it and found out that it was actually a type of dogwood and is apparently edible although neither of us dared to test that theory out.
The little things that we ended up with were strangely beautiful when layed out together. For me, so much of creativity is just learning to really see what’s in front of you. There is often beauty to be found in the simple things around us. I took some pictures and I’m imagining a sort of urban botanical drawing from them. It feels like a very interesting and inspired idea.:)
I feel like we adults can learn a lot when we can switch perpectives and view the world through the eyes of a young child; turning our eyes to the small things and approaching everyday life with a sense of wonder… Happy foraging!!
