Historically, so much great music, art, poetry, scientific discovery, and invention was made during the dark and cold winter evenings while huddled around a warm fire, with a glass of wine or something similar close by. So yeah, nature is great!

 

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nature can be rewarding. if you are a pepper, survivalist and love off grid and have like minded people with you, a community growing , preparing storing and canning your own foods , having some livestock chickens, sheep, goats and cattle, with a vet for the animals a doctor and herbalist/pharmacist. With a group able to co-operate and share the workload, life may be a bit hard but also free from the lunacy of city life.

 

hmm i'm not sure about this. Such seasonalism Art and beauty thrives in sun and warmth as well. Summer and spring in the countryside and by the sea is so inspiring and emotionally fuelling for a creative. Winter i just wait with my brain batteries half full until spring, I find winter so monotonous and grey where i am, not inspiring at all. If i lived up some epic snowy mountain with clear blue skies i might feel different.

I just love working at dawn as a warm day starts, though maybe less so at midday profusely sweating as my pc blasts hot air in my face.

 

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I own woodland land abutting a river. I never go.

 

When I lived in NOHO, NYC, my favorite time was very early on a Sunday morning during the Summer after about 5 am when it was almost dead quiet. I'd grab the dog and head out to the street and just trail behind my girl who was never on a leash and had her way unless we were headed to an appointment. It was always absurdly quiet at that particular time and nixed the notion of "the city that never sleeps".

The absolute coolest thing that ever happened those years of mellow mornings was when my dog came upon another hound and started playing with it. I had been reading as we was walking on the corner of Jones and Lafayette one of those incredible Richard Brautigen poem collections once more, The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster and not paying much mind of anything, engrossed by what was on the page in front of my eyes. Then I heard the deep barreled tone that was engraved in my ear since childhood, much beloved and unmistakable...that of Herman Munster saying, "They really must like each other!". Holy moly, It had to be no other than Fred Gwynn! My 5'7" looked up to his 6"4" with what must have been the biggest, toothiest smile ever to smile a smile...and he was smiling right back down at me. My dog took off looking for new things to smell and pee on and we dog walkers bade each other a pleasant day.

That to me was the best of those early Sunday morns!

 

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One of the homegrown varieties from my garden that I harvested end of October called Strawberry Shortcake from feminized seeds that I bought when in Amsterdam from Barny's.

And you?

 

nature is GOD

 

Go outside? In winter? And waste rent???

#rentmaxxing

 

Samsara Official Trailer #1 (2012)

Baraka Original Theatrical Trailer

Indonesia, Bali, Kecak dance, Borobudur, Bromo

 

Sentier des Roches :

Between 3h and 5h, depending on your physical condition. Forbidden in winter =>





Once per week when visiting family and friends out there. In between, some other trails, a little easier, shorter and less risky.

 

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Possible in winter, but not alone !

Lac du Forlet :

My uncle and aunt were walking this route at 75 years old ! ( I'm tired and freezing just looking at it .)

 

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'Isn't nature wonderful? Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah'.

 

They were off travelling around Europe in the summer, partying and getting drunk!

 

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i get it.. in winter most are afraid of the cold weather and sometimes rain snow..

 

It depends on where you live. If you injure yourself alone in the woods and your cell phone battery happens to be dead, it could cost you your life. Some traffic accidents are fatal. A few years ago, a football manager fell into the harbor basin in sub-zero temperatures, and it took the divers several days to recover his body.

With our first snow and sustained sub-zero temperatures in our North German city, combined with black ice, several people broke their hands, thighs, forearms, and ankles, requiring emergency room treatment, surgery, and hospitalization. That's also incredibly expensive!