A meditative, creative practice of mine over the years has been making nature mandalas. Most often I go on walks in my neighborhood collecting various flowers, leaves, seeds, and plants building them on my driveway for display. I have a florist friend who gifts me used flowers and allowed me to make giant mandalas in front of her downtown shop. I like to incorporate objects found and collected from other places and love making a mandala whenever we travel. This practice helped me learn seasons and what time of year it is based on what I start to see blooming.