I’m still in the process of taking photos of my filled sketch booklets and uploading them here. Here are a few pages from sketch booklet number 22, which I filled about two years ago.

Back then, I often drew plants and animals – something I’d actually like to do more again. I regularly attended a drawing club at the zoological collection here in Halle (Saale), the drawings of fish, birds and insects are from there.
I also moved during that time, so there are two drawings of my new room in the booklet.

This booklet has traveled with me to Loitz, Stralsund, the Black Forest, and Switzerland. The media I used include collage, acrylic markers, acrylic paint, fineliners, wax crayons, colored pencils, and felt-tip pens.

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I keep a Perpetual Journal; here are my entries from my yard 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week: Gambel’s Quail chicks, Checkered White Butterfly & rain clouds! In 2026 I’ve seen GQ chicks very briefly; no CW b’flies, & no measurable rain for 4 weeks.

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Mai, 16-31. Meisenkinder allerortens, und ganz unglaublich: Bienenfresser-Sichtung mit @Elbwiese. Dazu Sommerblüten, am Zweig und im Glas.
#watercolor #naturejournal #KleineFreuden
✨ Mauersegler ✨

Seit einem Monat fliegen die kleinen Luftakrobaten wieder in unserem Innenhof umher. Ich habe sie genau am 1. Mai zum ersten Mal in diesem Jahr gehört. Hat wer schon früher die schrillen Rufe gehört?
Mauersegler sind perfekt an das Leben in der Luft angepasst und bleiben jetzt bis etwa Anfang August bei uns, bis sie wieder Richtung Süden aufbrechen.
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鸊鷉宝宝 observing grebes raising chicks
#birds #naturejournal
Mai, 1-15. Rapsgelb, Maigrün, Nachtigallenflöt. Und Mauersegler natürlich!
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I enjoy chronicling my art processes; here’s my initial pen work + final watercolor & pen art of a Mexican Night-blooming Cereus, seen in Tucson, AZ but native to Southern Mexico. Read more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/columbine-and-a-night-blooming-cereus

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I keep a Perpetual Journal; here are my entries from my yard 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week: Ironwood & Pencil Cholla in bloom & a Lucy’s Warbler in a nest box. In 2026 our Ironwood haven’t bloomed; we have very few Cholla flowers & no Lucy’s Warblers in our nest boxes.😞

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