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perididdleBah. Stupid nose.
I'm even more exhausted than before...and I'm far less comfy...due to lack of PJs and more jeans and hoodie. I was poking through a stock image gallery on NSHC and I found this picture of a valley in Idaho. It was all green, covered in wild flowers, trees, more hills in the distance...and I just fell in love. It made me want to just get out and RUN, though the yard, into the field next door, flying down to the creek and just listen to the water...
But as it would be, I'm sick. I'm feeling better, but I'm sick. Nonetheless, I got dressed and hopped the fence and just walked. Listened to the wind through the hay, the winter grass crunching under my feet, my dog trotting along ahead...it all overpowered the sound of the road, even though the trucks should be louder than just nature. But I could barely tell I wasn't in a field miles and miles from any form of civilization. There were birds diving around, I could hear baby foxes yipping by the creek. I felt at home. I overdid it a few times...about seven strides of running with my dog was about all I could truthfully manage, so after the 30 second sprint I did up the hill later I had to sit down and catch my breath. But that wasn't a big deal...I collapsed back onto the grass, Daisy plopped down a foot or two away, and I stared at the clouds move across the sky. I was completely at peace. Nothing went through my head, I didn't worry, I didn't stress, I didn't think about the problems that belong to me or my friends that I usually have rolling around in my mind. Perfect. Silence. Wonderful.
I really needed it, too. It was a very calming experience...I haven't felt that good since...I don't know. Standing alone on top of that mountain in Colorado in June, cantering Bummer through the empty field by those show grounds in New Bloomfield last summer...it's been a while. It's a place I love to get to, but can't usually. I think a lot of people could benefit from the kind of feeling. It's beautiful, and it's simple...I just don't know exactly how anyone could be able to capture it at will.
-Maddy
I'm even more exhausted than before...and I'm far less comfy...due to lack of PJs and more jeans and hoodie. I was poking through a stock image gallery on NSHC and I found this picture of a valley in Idaho. It was all green, covered in wild flowers, trees, more hills in the distance...and I just fell in love. It made me want to just get out and RUN, though the yard, into the field next door, flying down to the creek and just listen to the water...
But as it would be, I'm sick. I'm feeling better, but I'm sick. Nonetheless, I got dressed and hopped the fence and just walked. Listened to the wind through the hay, the winter grass crunching under my feet, my dog trotting along ahead...it all overpowered the sound of the road, even though the trucks should be louder than just nature. But I could barely tell I wasn't in a field miles and miles from any form of civilization. There were birds diving around, I could hear baby foxes yipping by the creek. I felt at home. I overdid it a few times...about seven strides of running with my dog was about all I could truthfully manage, so after the 30 second sprint I did up the hill later I had to sit down and catch my breath. But that wasn't a big deal...I collapsed back onto the grass, Daisy plopped down a foot or two away, and I stared at the clouds move across the sky. I was completely at peace. Nothing went through my head, I didn't worry, I didn't stress, I didn't think about the problems that belong to me or my friends that I usually have rolling around in my mind. Perfect. Silence. Wonderful.
I really needed it, too. It was a very calming experience...I haven't felt that good since...I don't know. Standing alone on top of that mountain in Colorado in June, cantering Bummer through the empty field by those show grounds in New Bloomfield last summer...it's been a while. It's a place I love to get to, but can't usually. I think a lot of people could benefit from the kind of feeling. It's beautiful, and it's simple...I just don't know exactly how anyone could be able to capture it at will.
-Maddy
