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| Komorebi in our summer forest |
If you had to describe your life in five places, which sites would you choose and why?
When we bought our current home, I considered the nearby forest to be a bonus, but not a really significant one. I had no idea how important it would come to be for me, especially after we adopted Kane. It is my escape, a quiet sanctuary.
I love how the tall, tall trees make me feel small. I love the komorebi -- this is the word the Japanese have for when sunlight filters through the trees - the interplay between the light and the leaves. It makes me happy.
I love the surprises around each corner.
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| Silly wabbit! RUN! |
And if you go slowly enough, there is always a small bit of beauty.
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| Wild bell flowers |
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| Even thistles are pretty |
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| I don't know the name of this wildflower. |
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| Probably poisonous, but so pretty! |
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| These had a Lady's Slipper shape to the flower. |
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| A whole meadow of thistles! |
In truth, they are free gardens -- no need to mulch or weed or trim or edge or divide or replant. They are just there for the enjoying.
Even better if there happens to be some water nearby!
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| Kane enjoys a little mid-walk splash to cool down. |
I've been reading a lot of L.M. Montgomery's writing lately -- Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, etc. -- and have noted that Ms. Montgomery would have been quite contented if she could have earned a living (or as she likes to say, "done something worth while") simply by writing about the gardens and forests around her.
(To be honest, I often skim those long descriptive passages, and I sense that her editors humoured her by keeping as many as they did.)
Nevertheless, I really identify with her passion for those woodland spaces and meadows. They are magical and bring out some kind of primitive comfort for me.
What about you? Is there a place that gives you that feeling?
What about you? Is there a place that gives you that feeling?
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the great outdoors definitely gives me much inspiration, solace, hope.... just Everything! whether it is the wild woods, a beautiful beach, or my own garden. My happiest moments have probably been those that are spent outside. I suspect because it makes you "step outside" your own self in some way. get out of your own head....quiet the brain noise. you know?
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly! Though I will say that arid places (like deserts or rocky mountaintops) don't do the same thing for me. I feel exposed, perhaps even agoraphobic.
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