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The Best Stress Relief

5/6/2014

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I have just returned from a long walk in one of my favorite places.  Its a former "nursery" where trees and shrubs were grown.  It is, sadly, planned for "development."  When I began walking , I had a knot in my chest.  I felt stressed and anxious.  This is what, in fact, brought me out on this walk today. I knew I needed this perfect connection with nature.  As I walked, the knot began to soften until it was gone.

I wear a vest with pockets. In my pockets I carry my car keys, my camera and my cell phone.  Around my neck are my binoculars.  In this way I am ready to ramble about until the sun sets. Then I turn and head back to my car.  This makes me supremely happy and content.  This never fails me.  After an hour or so, I begin to feel like I could dissolve into my surroundings.  That I could stand and evaporate .  I feel such peaceful bliss.

The scene above is early into my usual route.  The pond on the left is part of the nursery irrigation system.  There are many little ponds like this one that I think are connected .  It was quiet as I passed it on my way in.  As I was on my way out, at about 8:00 the Spring Peepers were calling!  I stopped to listen and noticed also a beautiful yellow warbler.  It was darting about catching insects.

On the side of the pond that is visible is also a place where Coyotes apparently stop to leave their mark.  I see "scat" in various stages of disintegration.

The little roadway you see is one of many.  This is what the property is like.  Lots of these very appealing roads leading past so many things to look at.

I rarely see a person . I almost never see a vehicle or house.
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5/23/2022 05:11:41 am

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    Deborah Costine

    Thanks for stopping in! 
    Since I am as interested in nature as I am in puppetry, my thoughts here will be about both.  My old house in a little neighborhood along the river provide me with daily opportunities for enjoying nature. I have a garden,two apple trees (which I love to climb and prune) plus a bit more lawn than I'd like.  I plant various shrubs and things to create pathways. From the back of my studio I can look almost directly down at the river. There is almost always someone paddling by; Mr Beaver, Ms Muskrat, The Otter twins- Nellie and MInnie, plus lots of ducks and geese - and the occasional human.

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