Bones, Sandstone, Water
Blog Articles and Illustrations by
Annie Imogene Catura
Free-spirited Naturalist, Artist & Earth Warrior. An intuit encouraging folks to live intentionally. A drawer who writes, blending art, history, and storytelling. Watercolor artist, adventure and history writer, advocate for whole-child education and families being together. Audacious book absorber, lover of woods, water, rocks, and trees. Passionate about all things eclectic music. A listener, curious deep diver, and lover of moments when time disappears.
Catching Frogs
As things speed up in the springtime, my urge to slow down and savor the moment increases …and then I remember that stepping in and spending time with children, walking in their way, is just the medicine I’m seeking.
The Fledgling
I feel like I am watching my upcoming parenting-an-adolescent years in fast forward here on the banks of the North Platte. This mother Bald Eagle stepping back, ignoring the pleading cries of her oversized fledgling in favor of him learning to hunt for himself, but still watching. I literally observed her hiding being a rock and peering over the top at her fledgling. I wonder how long this dance has been happening; a month, weeks, days, just today? I mean, he sounds pretty hungry. Is this the time he is going to do it & get himself some food?
Harvest Season
In that time I gave back to my farming roots and realized a lot about the state of agriculture in Colorado. Mainly, that we're off course. If we're going to be able to sustain ourselves and thrive; we don't need more farmer's markets, we need more farmers.
The Lifestyle of Education
In this picture my (then) six year old daughter, is beginning to read the story of history written in the rocks. She’s collecting information and organizing it, like a Geologist. And just like reading in a story in a book, first she learns the parts {letters, words, sentence, pauses, etc.} and then she learns to read.