I noticed the leaves falling very slowly. Many times there were branches a meter long with only three small leaves. For one of my posts, I made a drawing that showed the beautiful mix of green leaves and others already starting to turn golden, still strong even with the wind on a cloudy day in […]

Recently I had my second day of volunteering at Woodberry Wetlands. The first  day started with a lot of luck! It didn’t rain, and we were able to spend plenty of time removing weeds, replanting small trees, finding lots of worms, and talking a lot. It was incredible to meet people from different parts of […]

Nostalgia is the word that comes to my mind when I think about all the artistic ways in which nature is represented around me. Many times I like to listen to music while I’m sitting by the lake, but I also feel that nature produces its own kind of music, and I don’t want to […]

I spent some time at the lake. It was a busy day with a lot of movement of people on both sides of the lake. There are many changes in my mind and I think this deeply affects the way I experience each sensation more abruptly than usual. The smells, the colors, the movements are […]

Today was an amazing day, I did my volunteering in a natural conservatory that is about an hour and a half from Queen Mary University. I met with a group of volunteers, and since I and a few others were new to the place, our leader Clare gave us a tour around the area. We […]

Sometimes my sit spot is empty, just me and the canal. Sometimes it’s busy, with all kinds of birds. Sometimes it’s noisy, filled with all sorts of conversations coming from different people. But there are also those I don’t notice — the ones who are at the sit spot only in imagination, or watching from […]

I come here every day. It has truly become my place of peace. I can’t go a single day in this university, in this city, actually in this country, or even on this continent, without coming to this same spot, sitting at the edge of this little dock, and watching the ducks as they play […]

Birds, trash, and duckweeds were the three things that caught my attention while I was walking along Regent’s Canal. As I walked back to college, I passed by a canal. I had always crossed that bridge, but I didn’t know exactly what it was for. Then I noticed several people crossing that bridge. At first, […]

I write this first post directly from London. I have just arrived an hour ago, and I haven’t yet had time to find a corner to call “home” in this new city. So, before I root myself here, I want to share a place from my old home in Brazil This place is in Bangu, […]