Miriam H Morrill
@mhmorrill.bsky.social
Outdoor adventure, art, and nature journaling. Retired biologist and wildland fire management specialist. Creator of Pyrosketchology: An Illustrated Guide to Nature Journaling about the Fire Environment.
It has been fun visualizing my travel journal. I like to include a monthly map with our travel locations, route elevation profile, monthly temperature/ phenology observations, bird/migration observations, my now my travel days.
May 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It has been fun visualizing my travel journal. I like to include a monthly map with our travel locations, route elevation profile, monthly temperature/ phenology observations, bird/migration observations, my now my travel days.
Here are a few of my April Port Townsend, WA bird sound journal pages.
April 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here are a few of my April Port Townsend, WA bird sound journal pages.
Wrapping up some of my April travel, phenology, and bird migration journal pages. I love to have overview maps, tables, and graphs to help my think about the big picture and interconnectedness.
April 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wrapping up some of my April travel, phenology, and bird migration journal pages. I love to have overview maps, tables, and graphs to help my think about the big picture and interconnectedness.
Here are a few of the my travel and nature journal pages from our visit to southern Arizona and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument that I have not yet shared.
#traveljournal #naturejournal
#traveljournal #naturejournal
March 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Here are a few of the my travel and nature journal pages from our visit to southern Arizona and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument that I have not yet shared.
#traveljournal #naturejournal
#traveljournal #naturejournal
This didn’t come out the way I’d planned, but did capture some of the birds I’ve seen on the ocotillo blossoms over the past couple of weeks. #traveljournal #naturejournal #desertblooms #sonorandesert
March 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This didn’t come out the way I’d planned, but did capture some of the birds I’ve seen on the ocotillo blossoms over the past couple of weeks. #traveljournal #naturejournal #desertblooms #sonorandesert
I have been exploring ways to create maps for my travel journal and love the look of fantasy/game play maps. I am still struggling with sketching the scale of terrain elements, but adding the site banners and shields shows terrain, vegetaion, etc. #traveljournal #naturejournal
March 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I have been exploring ways to create maps for my travel journal and love the look of fantasy/game play maps. I am still struggling with sketching the scale of terrain elements, but adding the site banners and shields shows terrain, vegetaion, etc. #traveljournal #naturejournal
I was trying not to jump up and down with excitement when I saw these three Harris’s hawks outside the campground or Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
#naturejournal #arizona
#naturejournal #arizona
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I was trying not to jump up and down with excitement when I saw these three Harris’s hawks outside the campground or Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
#naturejournal #arizona
#naturejournal #arizona
A few more of my February nature journal pages.
March 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A few more of my February nature journal pages.
I had forgotten to share my nature journal pages from February. Here are some of the critter observations.
#naturejournal #traveljournal #arizona #arizonawildlife
#naturejournal #traveljournal #arizona #arizonawildlife
March 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I had forgotten to share my nature journal pages from February. Here are some of the critter observations.
#naturejournal #traveljournal #arizona #arizonawildlife
#naturejournal #traveljournal #arizona #arizonawildlife
I wrapped up my #traveljournal pages from our visit to Quitobaquito Springs, Arizona from a few days ago. What a magical place at sunset and so easy to see a few rare and endangered species. #naturejournal
March 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I wrapped up my #traveljournal pages from our visit to Quitobaquito Springs, Arizona from a few days ago. What a magical place at sunset and so easy to see a few rare and endangered species. #naturejournal
Old town Bisbee, AZ has historic buildings, numerous murals, art galleries, museums, and restaurants. I rarely sketch buildings and urban settings but wanted to capture some of the scenes in my travel journal.
#bisbeearizona #bisbeeinn, #traveljournal #urbansketching
#bisbeearizona #bisbeeinn, #traveljournal #urbansketching
February 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Old town Bisbee, AZ has historic buildings, numerous murals, art galleries, museums, and restaurants. I rarely sketch buildings and urban settings but wanted to capture some of the scenes in my travel journal.
#bisbeearizona #bisbeeinn, #traveljournal #urbansketching
#bisbeearizona #bisbeeinn, #traveljournal #urbansketching
Happy New Year! One of my resolutions is to journal more of my human interactions, so I had to sketch my New Year’s Eve by the campfire with friends.
January 2, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Happy New Year! One of my resolutions is to journal more of my human interactions, so I had to sketch my New Year’s Eve by the campfire with friends.
Today, at first glance, I could only see creosote, but looking closely, I noticed a variety of flowers and wildlife in the Mojave desert just outside of Death Valley National Park.
December 19, 2023 at 1:57 AM
Today, at first glance, I could only see creosote, but looking closely, I noticed a variety of flowers and wildlife in the Mojave desert just outside of Death Valley National Park.
We had a nice day in Death Valley. Perfect weather and cool to see Badwater Basin with water and reflections of the mountains. We heard that the last time was about 18 years ago.
December 17, 2023 at 3:40 AM
We had a nice day in Death Valley. Perfect weather and cool to see Badwater Basin with water and reflections of the mountains. We heard that the last time was about 18 years ago.
I have been working on how to enhance my observation skills and SA around temp, relative humidity, weather systems, like cold fronts, as well as weather and phenology relationships. I use a color code for avg temps and a generalized blue color range and Cyanometer for RH.
December 9, 2023 at 10:43 PM
I have been working on how to enhance my observation skills and SA around temp, relative humidity, weather systems, like cold fronts, as well as weather and phenology relationships. I use a color code for avg temps and a generalized blue color range and Cyanometer for RH.
What a great place to hike and nature journal. It was too windy to hear many birds, but still magical hiking into tall maritime chaparral that created tunnels.
#naturejournal #sketchink #arttoolkit #stillmanandbirn #maritimechaparral #burtonmesaecologicalreserve
#naturejournal #sketchink #arttoolkit #stillmanandbirn #maritimechaparral #burtonmesaecologicalreserve
December 9, 2023 at 4:06 AM
What a great place to hike and nature journal. It was too windy to hear many birds, but still magical hiking into tall maritime chaparral that created tunnels.
#naturejournal #sketchink #arttoolkit #stillmanandbirn #maritimechaparral #burtonmesaecologicalreserve
#naturejournal #sketchink #arttoolkit #stillmanandbirn #maritimechaparral #burtonmesaecologicalreserve
I’ll be giving a talk about Pyrosketchology on November 1st at 3:30 PM PST. If anyone would like to listen, the Zoom link information is on the flyer.
October 23, 2023 at 11:47 PM
I’ll be giving a talk about Pyrosketchology on November 1st at 3:30 PM PST. If anyone would like to listen, the Zoom link information is on the flyer.
I just finished a journal spread for my early October sighting of bighorn sheep in eastern Oregon.
October 22, 2023 at 7:17 PM
I just finished a journal spread for my early October sighting of bighorn sheep in eastern Oregon.
Enjoying the autumn colors in Oregon.
October 6, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Enjoying the autumn colors in Oregon.
A few of my recent nature journal pages of some of my favorite observations this year.
#naturejournal #birds #mountaingoats
#naturejournal #birds #mountaingoats
September 12, 2023 at 2:34 PM
A few of my recent nature journal pages of some of my favorite observations this year.
#naturejournal #birds #mountaingoats
#naturejournal #birds #mountaingoats