Bujo cover page for May & June 2025.
Theme: pleasant surprises and unexpected discoveries, which were mainly from nature (although technically, everything is from ‘nature’ including humans and human created things).
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We were at a park, and saw a graceful blackbird with a pop of bright, bright orange on the wing. Then, it flew - and the bright orange part was even bigger. It had been hidden in the wing. I found out it’s called a red-winged blackbird.
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We walked on and a little ahead were piles of petals on the ground from a tree. The petals were large, light beige colored, and each one had a streak of vivid orange at the base. I didn’t take a photo because I was running out of storage on my phone at the time, but hope to go back at around the same time next Spring and find those petals again.
The bright orange color - first hidden in the blackbird’s wing, then on the petals that were otherwise drying and neutral in color, was surprising and pretty.
Another pleasant surprise was that I actually found an art prompt challenge that I wanted to do. The flower challenge. This was the first, and so far only one I have done. It was very helpful to my mental health at the time, to do this as a daily thing.
The Bitcoin pizza day rally was also a nice surprise, but I suppose that is just because people like to do something meaningful on a special date.
After 3 years, I finally figured out a place to hang the wire flower lights from our previous apartment.
So those were the highlights of May and June. When drawn onto the same page, it shows some themes and meaningful connections. I think the theme partially comes from choices I made. Like how one choice will lead to another similar choice, because it’s based on my values and interests. I guess I value observing things in nature, helpful things that people do, and stories that are encouraging, while showing pain and hardships, including, how do you respond when encountering human violence.