Welcome, forest friends, to the first International Forest Therapy Days! We have named this event International Forest Therapy Days. But as it happens, the definition seems to still hang in the air. Who practices forest therapy? A human being to a human being in the forest environment? Who is the therapist anyway? Theift up our [...]
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Inspirational moments
My #peonies in a dish I got when grandma died.
That dish, a couple of her daisy ear rings, a poncho... and the most precious memory of all, the letters she sent to grandpa during the war.
Grandma worked as a Lotta in the paramilitary organization for women, grandpa was some sort of a commander (maybe not, I don't know about rank). I took a break from reading those letters for about 10 years after I had made a huge discovery which brought me 3 new cousins and now already passed away uncle. My grandma had placed the hints in the letters for us to find. Bless that woman <3
After all these years, I am feeling called to read further. I wonder what tricks she has up her sleeve now..Her letters to grandpa are full of love, hope, plans for the future and never an unwavering thought or a line slipping into those messages. Of course she was testing him, and teasing him. But she would not let him down but carried him with her plans for after the war.
But how did she keep her own spirits up? I never got to ask her that.
Reading those letters shows me the kind of woman she was. A passionate one. A kind one. A perceptive one. A woman of depth. One who saw the big picture. (Clearly I am a woman of a certain age because I start feeling more and more connected to my ancestors)
#digging #diggingyourroots #roots #genealogy #grandma #mummi #healing #loveletters #letters #grandparents #family #suku #infp #hsp
What a lovely surprise from the #bestemployer ever. Flowers for the employees just because. You have no idea how I needed this. Hartelijk bedankt @bosplus <3
Beauties from @blommm
#naturehelps #beautyheals #flowers #flowerchild #beautyeverywhere #naturelover #grateful #caring
Who knew it was lady bug season?
The larvae, the pupa & the grown bugster all in one bush.
The freshness of the grown lady bug and its still yellow wings..so new to this world.
#ladybug #noticenature #stages #naturewonder #microcosm
#microscale #bugs #bugworld #world #transformation #infp #hsp
I share my living area with many elderly. During the lockdown many of them are sitting cooped up inside, even more than usual. So on my evening walk, as I was admiring the wildflowers growing at the side of the road, I heard the voice of Roger Ulrich reminding me how “simply looking at nature can raise our moods and restore from stress”. I don´t really need Dr Ulrich to remind me of this, picking flowers is very common in Finland, especially in the midsummer, when nature is brought in from doors and windows to celebrate her beauty in the heart of the summer.
So, I picked a bouquet and thought I would bring it over to common living space of the building.
But there was another voice in my head too. That was that of a “doorsnee” Flemish citizen, who would remind me that one is not supposed to pick wild flowers. "Verboden, he". But I thought, if anyone asks anything, I am going to tell them it´s for a good cause, a small bouquet for the enjoyment of a lot of elderly.
When I got home, in front of my building lay a bird. A dead one. She looked like a thrush of some kind.
There it was – the price of my plundering of the roadside. I looked around for a place to bury it. It was difficult in the yard where everything was paved, so I found some sticks in the bush and picked up the poor bird and gently lay her in the bushes, placing one of those wild flowers on her chest. The energy exchange was even.
But I kept thinking about picking flowers, connecting with nature and enjoying the beauty. How much more ethical or ecological is it to buy flowers from a flower shop, that sells cut flowers that are grown on some agricultural field somewhere, and where herbicides and pesticides are used to maximize the yields?
Should we stop with both practices?
Seeing those wild flowers inside the house gives you a reminder of what is outdoors in that spot where they grow, how the sun feels on your skin there, how high the birds fly right there on that field. What do you think?
#wildflowers #ethical #naturesbeauty #life #death #energy #respect #mood #elderly #conservation #natureprotection #meadow #giveandtake #lifeanddeath #infp #hsp
