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cilla4progress

(24,760 posts) Thu Apr 11, 2024, 12:29 PM Apr 11

My conclusion after my usual scrolling sesh this morning is [View all]

a lot more folks need to get outside in nature if they can. Take a walk. Garden. Sit on the porch. Notice the birds, the trees, the sky, the smells and sounds.

Perspective.

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My conclusion after my usual scrolling sesh this morning is [View all] cilla4progress Apr 11 OP

Good advice! Easterncedar Apr 11 #1

It is not good advice. I was hiking on Sunday. I stepped in fox poop. 3Hotdogs Apr 11 #8

Fox poop cilla4progress Apr 12 #27

I volunteer in the local (N.J.) swamp. There is fox poop, raccoon poop, muskrat poop and Great Blue Heron poop. 3Hotdogs Apr 12 #41

Cool! cilla4progress Apr 12 #43

Now that sounds like the beginning of a good story. 3Hotdogs Apr 12 #44

I keep stressing to people the moniss Apr 11 #2

Yes! cilla4progress Apr 11 #3

It's raining 🌧 today. Emile Apr 11 #4

I love cilla4progress Apr 11 #5

Will Your Next Prescription Be 20 Minutes of Nature a Day? erronis Apr 11 #6

Yes! cilla4progress Apr 11 #7

Absolutely. And it can just be sitting in a quiet space and listening. erronis Apr 11 #9

Wonderful - cilla4progress Apr 11 #10

I always recommend Green Therapy! 🌳🌷 electric_blue68 Apr 12 #30

I can hear nature trying to enter through our skylight. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 11 #11

Nature can be wonderful, beautiful. But it also gives us our problems such as aging and diseases. erronis Apr 11 #13

Where I live, there's this thing called weather that doesn't always cooperate. ShazzieB Apr 11 #12

Well, cilla4progress Apr 11 #14

Absolutely! ShazzieB Apr 11 #15

Wonderful! cilla4progress Apr 11 #17

Did that yesterday Warpy Apr 11 #16

I've always been intrigued with NM, cilla4progress Apr 11 #18

The wanderlust years? Warpy Apr 11 #19

It really is a nice state. Elessar Zappa Apr 12 #21

Well, I love Wentachee and that area GenThePerservering Apr 12 #20

Glad you love it here! cilla4progress Apr 12 #23

I love New Mexico Bayard Apr 12 #32

I traveled through NM to get to AZ, Flagstaff... electric_blue68 Apr 12 #33

I love NM too - grew up back east womanofthehills Apr 12 #42

Sounds beautiful. electric_blue68 Apr 13 #45

I have a plot in the community garden pfitz59 Apr 12 #22

Sweet and salty here. mentalsolstice Apr 12 #24

Ecstatic - cilla4progress Apr 12 #25

Sounds very relaxing. The first time I ever row boated was ... electric_blue68 Apr 12 #35

Great idea, and good suggestion wendyb-NC Apr 12 #26

As though everything's just fine, nothin to see here. Think. Again. Apr 12 #28

Er... Why would you say this? ... electric_blue68 Apr 12 #34

I absolutely agree with you about the positive benefits... Think. Again. Apr 12 #36

Not mutually exclusive cilla4progress Apr 12 #37

So sorry you were seriously threatened! How hideous! That certainly could give you... electric_blue68 Apr 12 #38

I appreciate your words, and you're right... Think. Again. Apr 12 #40

We have a flood watch. Voltaire2 Apr 12 #29

Us too, It has been raining for 3 days. debm55 Apr 12 #31

Yikes, good luck! electric_blue68 Apr 12 #39