There are many ways you can get familiar with nature, but I think that one of the best ways is to take a small place and visit it often.
Merritt Gibson The Old Place: A Natural History of a Country Garden
Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.
William Shakespeare
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
John Keats
"...on this whirligig of Time We circle with the seasons."