There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.
—Henry David Thoreau
These strange times provoke anxiety, and I’ve discovered that nature—even if it’s just what I can see from my front veranda—is indeed calming. The view forces me to slow down and appreciate the infinite leisure that Thoreau found.
The view from my veranda encompasses the trees around us, a quiet street, the endless sky, and mountains out in the distance.
The view from my veranda encompasses the trees around us, a quiet street, the endless sky, and mountains out in the distance.
The sky is ever-changing.
And the birds keep me company.
I’m not the only avid bird watcher in the family.
I revel in the splashes of color from the native bottlebrush, autumn leaves, and flowering rosemary far below.
As I wrote in a previous post, when my world narrowed to my home and its surroundings, my view became deeper rather than broader.
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