Earlier this year we had over 30 Queen Butterflies eclose in our yard! 😍 Here’s my Perpetual Journal art chronicling this excitement! I also posted 3 Butterfly success stories with photos on my blog https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/lots-and-lots-of-queen-butterflies

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2/2: Many of our Spring wildflowers started blooming in January & February this year, including this Lupine I illustrated in my Perpetual Journal. Read more on my blog https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/mid-winter-flowers

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1/2: Many of our Spring wildflowers started blooming in January & February this year, including this Mexican Poppy I illustrated in my Perpetual Journal. Read more on my blog https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/mid-winter-flowers

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1 of the joys of keeping a Perpetual Journal is seeing what happened this week in previous years. Here’s my PJ art of Tucson nature observations 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week. In ‘23 we got snow. In ‘26 the temp’s been over 90°!

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Sometimes we see mammal/bird/reptile/arthropod visitors in our yard & other times we only see evidence of their visits like tracks or hearing bird song or using our sense of smell! Here’s a Javelina track I illustrated in my Perpetual Journal. Read more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/a-red-tailed-hawk-and-a-javelina

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Here’s my recent Perpetual Journal watercolor art of rain clouds floating over the Catalina Mountains, Tucson, AZ. You can read about my art process & see a photo of some cool clouds on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/rain-clouds-and-dark-storm-clouds

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For #SuperbOwl Sunday, here’s my Perpetual Journal art of 2 very superb owls: 2 Great Horned Owls calling back & forth (duetting) along with a Cooper’s Hawk & a small Mexican Poppy plant.

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We’ve seen Fall foliage & Spring wildflowers this Winter in Tucson! Here’s my Perpetual Journal art of blooming Brittlebush. We attribute our early flowers to record heat, Dec.’25. Read more @ my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/fall-foliage-and-spring-wildflowersin

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In Oct. I painted in my Perpetual Journal 3 Queen Butterfly pupae we had then. Fast forward 3 months—now we have 🥰17 Queen Butterfly pupae🥰 on/near our Milkweeds! Maybe they’re descendants of our Oct. pupae/butterflies?

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I feel so fortunate to get to see Bobcats in my own yard here in Tucson, AZ! 😍 Here’s a Bobcat I drew recently in my Perpetual Journal. Read more about the Bobcat & see my art process at https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/drawing-complex-vs-simple-subjects

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