I think so many people go that 3 score year and ten without seeing’. Maria. We owe it to ourselves to take in as much of this brief time we are gifted as possible.😊❤️
Hello Nigel, this is one of your best! The colours in the landscape around you are stunning. On my walk this morning I saw crocuses and daffodils in flower. That seems like a month early to me. Apparently the earth is moving through the photon belt at the moment which means there is literally more light in the world. It happens every 12,000 years. Maybe that explains what seems to be an early Spring. This morning I read the following words which sum it up for me. 'The best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything.' God Bless Nigel. ❤
What a beautiful landscape. I see what you see. It’s living in the moment and taking in the visuals and your surroundings. We all need to slow down and observe. Wonderful uplifting walk and talk.
I live in an Indigenous community..... totally hearing what your saying, in a different way... I see the town as beautiful and I'm privileged to be here.... but another would see dirt, rubbish, broken cars... and stunning people 🧡🙏🧡
I wonder if some people always just look and others always see. If you can see I believe some of life is magical. However if you look you miss so much. Maybe this defines why people are so different. The concept is fascinating.
@@lovelyskull3483 I think that being able to clear your mind lets you concentrate more on your surroundings. Some people’s minds are just rushing around non stop.
Thanks for the reminder My friend, that is why i ride my bicycle full time, whole different perspectives, thanks much love ftom the mountains of western north Carolina. Pease & love
Good morning! I finally made it as the first comment! Insomnia has its perks!! What a nice walk today. So much beauty around you. I love to just sit and feel the breeze and listen to the birds. My idea of heaven. Peace and love to you and sweet Molly..❤
@@John75Mulhern I agree wholeheartedly. Being old and retired, I sleep when I can. Usually 3 hours at a time, but then I can nap anytime I want so I take full advantage of that. My dogs are always up for a nap!
As a fellow sufferer I sympathise. Here's something that has helped me. Apparently in the middle ages people had two sleeps at night. They would wake up around midnight or early hours and get up and engage in activity. They would then go back to bed and continue to sleep. I think it's called 'bi phasal sleeping'. So I don't worry if I wake in the night, I just get up and do something useful or interesting! Good luck! Peace and love.
@@denisehay8895 Thanks!! At least I have a name for it now. Lol My daytime naps usually last about 2 hours. When I wake, I usually do get up and do something. To just toss and turn gets us nowhere and eventually I get sleepy again. 🌺
I agree! I love to dawdle and make little detours, watching the sky, the changing landscape, I delight in flowers and blossom. Watching insects is a particular passion of mine, chatting to interesting people, making friends with dogs..just taking it all in!
I’m an American, and someone I know went on a trip to the Grand Canyon and her opinion was ‘eh… it’s just a really big hole in the ground’! WHAT??? What a beautiful video. You are such a gift.
The Grand Canyon is probably the greatest example of this. ‘Look at that. Look at the layers of rock, of age. How was it formed? When? How? What cataclysm happened? What animals calls it home?…. And on and on. All this taken in a nanosecond. 😊
Great walk Nigel. I am one of these people that talk when I am walking. I tell myself what I am seeing and this also helps my memory capture what I have seen. When my friends ask about my walk they are so surprised with what I saw and remembered. I smile to myself. Love to you and big hug for Molly.
@@MikeWood-yc1er That’s very true. Even in time set aside for leisure, some people still feel the need to get from A to B in the shortest time possible.
Yes Nigel, it doesn't matter where you are. It's about really looking. Anyone can see but not everyone is looking! When you really look in your own street you can notice things you have never seen before.
@@primalenglandI really think most people don’t actually “hear” otherwise there would be no “piped” music…Don’t you think it would be great if they taught more about this in schools? …listening to the trees…hearing which tree is rustling..they’re all different…then (instead of plugging earphones in whilst walking) listening to the beautiful birds songs and the sounds in the countryside….How different our country would be indeed. 🎵
@@jenniferbate9682 I think people today just don’t equate the sounds of nature with enjoyment and mental health and well-being and just a bloody lovely thing to get immersed in. I listen to podcasts as I’m out and about, but I also listen to nature. Sometimes I get transfixed, and don’t realise that I’ve stopped in the middle of nowhere, just to listen. 😊❤️🐕🦺
That’s a beautiful location, passive watching is something we do all to often, learning the skill to see things takes time, now and then both are good, it’s often when we’re behind a camera that we actually see nothing at all
Hearing the river near you was a moment of mindfulness and loveliness 💗 love your green and purple hat 💚 another fab message Nige, bless you! Hope you and Molly have a great Friday and weekend ☺️
This ties in with something I've been wanting to ask you about, Nigel! You've mentioned it in a couple other videos, but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on meditation. Meditation has helped me tremendously over the past year and a half. I've gone from a man who didn't feel as though I had much value, and that because of that I didn't deserve the life I have - which is a wonderfully blessed life, truly! The feeling of a better man coming in, tapping me on the shoulder, kicking me out, and saying "thanks for saving my spot" was ever present. Meditation has given me clarity to see through that noise, and to see that it was just noise. To see that I am a good person, and that my life is a blessing given to me because I do deserve it. It has allowed me to be in the moment, to practice really seeing what is around me rather than thinking of worries of the past of future. It's a practice I'm still working on, but you mentioning "seeing rather than just looking" is spot on! Peace and love from the US! Love the channel, and I truly thank you for it! (Also, for fun, just in case it's interesting info for you, I'm in my mid 30's)
I love your comment because it gives me something to get my teeth into. You mentioned that meditation has given you clarity to see your own self worth and value. This is the magic of meditation and why everyone should practice it. Meditation is not only a uniquely personal thing, it is so diverse in its value in society. We both practice meditation for hugely different reasons. I’ve never lacked confidence. I’m a boomer, born in the 50s and growing up in the flower power generation. It was so hedonistic that only about 50% of us came out at the other end. It was fabulous. I’ve always flirted with Buddhism and meditation, but only on the edges. I started meditating seriously after a heart attack and bypass 16 years ago. I have chronic heart failure, and was advised that meditation might help……. And boy does it! I practice walking meditation, but am only still scratching the surface. Meditation can lead you down a rabbit hole, but the trick is to find what suits you, and be happy with that. I’ve meditated daily for years. It actually doesn’t intrinsically mean much, but if I didn’t I would probably have an existential crisis. You know what I mean? It becomes a natural, effortless part of your life that you hold no importance to, but it is the cotton that holds all those other bits together. You meditate to easy your mind I meditate to ease my body We both meditate to affirm our personal quality. Thank you.
@primalengland Thanks for the reply! I started meditating for my mind, now I do it because I enjoy it. The peace is lovely! I recommend it to everyone!
Today is a bright sunshiney day, high blue skies, spring definitively more than just a promise, though frosty early morning. Winterlings are out! Precious yellow forebodes of all the lovely little spring flowers! The small birds are getting cheeky again! Sky and light are always my most important features in landscape! I can walk near the ocean's edge for hours, only water, sand and sky! There is so much change! Now add plants, land formations, seasons, more complex fauna ... 🤯 I love your content, did I mention? 🤗🐶 Peace and Love to You All out there 🌈💝 🪷
Bonjour Nigel and Molly…i enjoyed your musings today and was quite breath taken by the many different hues of greens surrounding your walk…what a magnificent landscape! It was a pleasure to hear and see you guys today ~ Greetings from over the pond 🇨🇦
Hi Nigel, you know what Im not seeing properly and thats Life! I just bumble along mon to friday, and I get to Friday and my elderley friend says whats your plans, where you going? 😮I get so caught up in doing for others, I have lost sight for myself... Im craving adventure you know, just take off on a friday, tell no one, camp out in my car with a couple bottled beers and just escape my life I live, just for a sense of adventure! But here Iam, warm with heating on and enjoying a very nice bottle beer Theakstons Old Peculier, has a strange cartoon photo on it in gold, it says 1741 seal of the official of the Peculier of Masham. Whats Masham. 😂 For Mash Get Mash 😂 Omg ready made mash with the Hot water Kettle, tin tuna, and butter 😂 that was me in the 90s as a Newly trained Hairdresser 😂 Great weekend everyone, the adventure has started already 😂
'Seeing the buildings' is so important (to me). I live in Leicester, a city not known for much. Like many others in Britain the city was carved up with roads on the 1960's and many old buildings were demolished to make space for concrete shopping centres and offices so there's seemingly nothing to see. But look up a little, as you say, above the shop fronts and in many places there are some wonderfully decorated old buildings. In many cases three or four storeys up there are small spires, finials, fancy brickwork and stained glass put there almost for no one to see, it makes me wonder what the architect's motive was. Maybe they did it just because they could? There's plenty to be seen in many ordinary towns if you know how to look. Cheers👍🏼
Absolutely. Sounds very much like the mining, cotton town of my youth. Let’s home the planners have the foresight to preserve them. I’m not holding my breath.
Nigel, I’ve shared some of your videos with a particularly gloomy friend and mentioned that you’re an “ordinary” master of present moment awareness. You don’t just “appreciate”, you “APPRECIATE”. I’m working on that myself. That’s why I watch your videos and enjoy them so much. Keep up the good work! 😂😁
Nigels' positivity is definitely contagious. No matter the weather or the circumstances, he always finds the joy and beauty in the day. I always try to do that too. At our age, life is short but if we really "see", it makes a big difference in our daily lives for sure.
@primalengland your very welcome X I started painting 5yrs ago and that is when I started to truly see !! I just marvel at colours now and season changes and get excited when my bulbs are coming through in my yarden pots lol thank you for your informative rambles they are great Diane and Kai 🦮🐾🩵
Many people dont like it, but I hunt for meat. If you want to learn to see, walk and stalk hunting is a good way. You have to see the animal before it sees you. You learn to look through and behind bushes and trees and not at them. You move a few yards, stop, look and listen. Once you have found the animal you have to stalk it to get close enough for a good shot. In order to do this you have to watch the animal as you stalk. If it looks up, you stop. When it lowers its head to feed or look away you move slowly. Moving you have to look to see you dont clatter a stone, step on a dead branch or get caught up in a bush. You become part of the veld around you, not just some one passing through it.
Great story writing. Reminds me of Mama llama Kayla, her Husband Big Daddy, in Louisiana used to hunt, and Fish... he told a story when he was in the lake, and a Alligator was near him and his fishing friend... his whole life flashed before his eyes. He wrote it, and his wife persuaded him to tell in for us subscribers great story, had me captivated till the end!
I think the ‘hearing’ is even more important than the ‘seeing’, Jennifer. If we don’t ’see,’ it only really affects us. If we don’t hear,’ we can do a huge amount of damage. ❤️🐕🦺
I inherently dislike hiking with people who are all about covering the ground as quickly as possible. I prefer the hiking pace of a child that wants to stop and look at everything. “Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them." - John Muir
I remember spending a day in the Lake District with a friend and his wife. They rushed off into the distance, and when I finally got the pub at the end of the walk he said. “We’ve been here for ages.” To which I replied, indicating over my shoulder. “And I was up there all that time.”
@ That’s it. I can kind of smell it in my memory, but yes, I’ve heard it described thus before. Our walks take us through loads of areas of gorse. I’ll be aware in the next few weeks. 👍
People ask what can I possibly see along my regular walking route in our campground in Texas. Shapes , colors, textures! The thick and pickly nopales of cactus, draping green Mesquite leaves, feathery brown grasses, velvet like sage leaves , spiky Yucca, gnarled and twisted Live Oak trees, the surprise of a purple blossom, pelicans and gulls swooping over the arroyo, an occasional bottle nosed dolphin breaching the water surface.. I could go on and on. All of this and so much more if you haveveyes to see.
What do l see? Rubbish dumped everywhere! I’m less inclined to go to concerts these days- cost but the phenomenon of people watching a show through their phones. I’m always fascinated by old industrial buildings and structures, makes me go back in time at who built it and ran it.
I like to visit trees and had a route in the city i used to live in. It doesnt matter so much when im homesick for a place because ii find new trees or whatever else in a new place.
‘Forest Bathing’ is a term used more and more these days. Trees are much bigger than us, have been around much longer than us and, for the most part, are far more attractive than us. 😊
As an artist, I know exactly what you are saying! I look at things over your shoulders all the time - such gorgeous colours everywhere!
I think so many people go that 3 score year and ten without seeing’. Maria. We owe it to ourselves to take in as much of this brief time we are gifted as possible.😊❤️
So true. Moments of joy can be seen, heard, touched, smelled and tasted 🌳🌳🐾🐕🙏❤
@@CathrineH-h1h Absolutely! Moments are fleeting. We need to savour them as they rush by. 😊❤️🐕🦺
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"😄❤
@@Seamus3051 Is that why people cringe when they look at me?
Hello Nigel, this is one of your best! The colours in the landscape around you are stunning. On my walk this morning I saw crocuses and daffodils in flower. That seems like a month early to me. Apparently the earth is moving through the photon belt at the moment which means there is literally more light in the world. It happens every 12,000 years. Maybe that explains what seems to be an early Spring. This morning I read the following words which sum it up for me. 'The best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything.' God Bless Nigel. ❤
Thank you for those words. 🌹
What a beautiful landscape. I see what you see. It’s living in the moment and taking in the visuals and your surroundings.
We all need to slow down and observe. Wonderful uplifting walk and talk.
Slow down??? My bones have partially ossified NOW!🫤🇺🇸
I live in an Indigenous community..... totally hearing what your saying, in a different way... I see the town as beautiful and I'm privileged to be here.... but another would see dirt, rubbish, broken cars... and stunning people 🧡🙏🧡
I've been meaning to say this for awhile to all the lovely people here...'See' you all, on the flip. Peace and love
@@66bub Ha! Well said. 😊👍
I wonder if some people always just look and others always see. If you can see I believe some of life is magical. However if you look you miss so much. Maybe this defines why people are so different. The concept is fascinating.
@@lovelyskull3483 I think that being able to clear your mind lets you concentrate more on your surroundings. Some people’s minds are just rushing around non stop.
Thanks for the reminder My friend, that is why i ride my bicycle full time, whole different perspectives, thanks much love ftom the mountains of western north Carolina. Pease & love
Nice. I go for a daily jog around my town, and its like going on a tour. Id love to go see those mountains in NC one day.
@@miltongibson615 It’s the same when you drive down a town street, the walk the same route. It’s like going through a totally different neighbourhood.
Great talk Nigel. I cant be reminded of this enough enough. Its all to easy to forget to look and observe , in the hurly burly of life.
@@SIERRATREES I think that’s much of it. The pace of life doesn’t allow us to clear our minds and make space for new experiences.
Nigel, I love your videos! Peace and Love to you and Molly ✌️🥰
Good morning! I finally made it as the first comment! Insomnia has its perks!! What a nice walk today. So much beauty around you. I love to just sit and feel the breeze and listen to the birds. My idea of heaven. Peace and love to you and sweet Molly..❤
Been through Insomnia before, not nice. One thing I learned to do was not to stress or worry about it 🙂
@@John75Mulhern I agree wholeheartedly. Being old and retired, I sleep when I can. Usually 3 hours at a time, but then I can nap anytime I want so I take full advantage of that. My dogs are always up for a nap!
As a fellow sufferer I sympathise. Here's something that has helped me. Apparently in the middle ages people had two sleeps at night. They would wake up around midnight or early hours and get up and engage in activity. They would then go back to bed and continue to sleep. I think it's called 'bi phasal sleeping'. So I don't worry if I wake in the night, I just get up and do something useful or interesting! Good luck! Peace and love.
@@denisehay8895 Thanks!! At least I have a name for it now. Lol My daytime naps usually last about 2 hours. When I wake, I usually do get up and do something. To just toss and turn gets us nowhere and eventually I get sleepy again. 🌺
I agree! I love to dawdle and make little detours, watching the sky, the changing landscape, I delight in flowers and blossom. Watching insects is a particular passion of mine, chatting to interesting people, making friends with dogs..just taking it all in!
@@julieclarke9278 So many people miss out on so much. ❤️🐕🦺
You never get bored looking up at the sky: the scenery is always changing.
@@robertmaccreight4910 That is so true.
I’m an American, and someone I know went on a trip to the Grand Canyon and her opinion was ‘eh… it’s just a really big hole in the ground’! WHAT???
What a beautiful video. You are such a gift.
The Grand Canyon is probably the greatest example of this. ‘Look at that. Look at the layers of rock, of age. How was it formed? When? How? What cataclysm happened? What animals calls it home?…. And on and on. All this taken in a nanosecond. 😊
Great walk Nigel. I am one of these people that talk when I am walking. I tell myself what I am seeing and this also helps my memory capture what I have seen. When my friends ask about my walk they are so surprised with what I saw and remembered. I smile to myself. Love to you and big hug for Molly.
Very well put. We should appreciate it before it's gone. for sure.
Being an appreciator is allowing for extra time to stop and look deeply.
@@MikeWood-yc1er That’s very true. Even in time set aside for leisure, some people still feel the need to get from A to B in the shortest time possible.
Yes Nigel, it doesn't matter where you are. It's about really looking. Anyone can see but not everyone is looking! When you really look in your own street you can notice things you have never seen before.
Thank you primal. It's a bit like hearing but not listening isn't it
Absolutely. In fact, I think listening is as important, if not more so, as seeing.
@@primalenglandI really think most people don’t actually “hear” otherwise there would be no “piped” music…Don’t you think it would be great if they taught more about this in schools? …listening to the trees…hearing which tree is rustling..they’re all different…then (instead of plugging earphones in whilst walking) listening to the beautiful birds songs and the sounds in the countryside….How different our country would be indeed. 🎵
@@jenniferbate9682 I think people today just don’t equate the sounds of nature with enjoyment and mental health and well-being and just a bloody lovely thing to get immersed in. I listen to podcasts as I’m out and about, but I also listen to nature. Sometimes I get transfixed, and don’t realise that I’ve stopped in the middle of nowhere, just to listen. 😊❤️🐕🦺
That’s a beautiful location, passive watching is something we do all to often, learning the skill to see things takes time, now and then both are good, it’s often when we’re behind a camera that we actually see nothing at all
Excellent visuals and thoughtful talk,
Thank you
Hello my friend gorgous country side god bless
Hearing the river near you was a moment of mindfulness and loveliness 💗 love your green and purple hat 💚 another fab message Nige, bless you! Hope you and Molly have a great Friday and weekend ☺️
@@paulathefairy676 That hat was the last thing I knitted. I need to get the needles out.
We hope you have a great weekend, too. 😊❤️🐕🦺
On my walk round our estate this afternoon, I saw eight Red Kites up in the blue sky. Awesome sight
To truly see is to experience the Present which is all we really have. It is a choice to see. Thank you for reminding us of this. Love and Peace.
Thank you, Cynthia. 😊❤️
This ties in with something I've been wanting to ask you about, Nigel! You've mentioned it in a couple other videos, but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on meditation.
Meditation has helped me tremendously over the past year and a half. I've gone from a man who didn't feel as though I had much value, and that because of that I didn't deserve the life I have - which is a wonderfully blessed life, truly! The feeling of a better man coming in, tapping me on the shoulder, kicking me out, and saying "thanks for saving my spot" was ever present.
Meditation has given me clarity to see through that noise, and to see that it was just noise. To see that I am a good person, and that my life is a blessing given to me because I do deserve it. It has allowed me to be in the moment, to practice really seeing what is around me rather than thinking of worries of the past of future. It's a practice I'm still working on, but you mentioning "seeing rather than just looking" is spot on!
Peace and love from the US! Love the channel, and I truly thank you for it! (Also, for fun, just in case it's interesting info for you, I'm in my mid 30's)
I love your comment because it gives me something to get my teeth into.
You mentioned that meditation has given you clarity to see your own self worth and value.
This is the magic of meditation and why everyone should practice it.
Meditation is not only a uniquely personal thing, it is so diverse in its value in society. We both practice meditation for hugely different reasons.
I’ve never lacked confidence. I’m a boomer, born in the 50s and growing up in the flower power generation. It was so hedonistic that only about 50% of us came out at the other end. It was fabulous.
I’ve always flirted with Buddhism and meditation, but only on the edges.
I started meditating seriously after a heart attack and bypass 16 years ago. I have chronic heart failure, and was advised that meditation might help……. And boy does it!
I practice walking meditation, but am only still scratching the surface. Meditation can lead you down a rabbit hole, but the trick is to find what suits you, and be happy with that.
I’ve meditated daily for years. It actually doesn’t intrinsically mean much, but if I didn’t I would probably have an existential crisis. You know what I mean? It becomes a natural, effortless part of your life that you hold no importance to, but it is the cotton that holds all those other bits together.
You meditate to easy your mind
I meditate to ease my body
We both meditate to affirm our personal quality.
Thank you.
@primalengland Thanks for the reply! I started meditating for my mind, now I do it because I enjoy it. The peace is lovely! I recommend it to everyone!
@@zcowboys777yt This is why I love the comments on my videos.
Today is a bright sunshiney day, high blue skies, spring definitively more than just a promise, though frosty early morning. Winterlings are out! Precious yellow forebodes of all the lovely little spring flowers! The small birds are getting cheeky again!
Sky and light are always my most important features in landscape!
I can walk near the ocean's edge for hours, only water, sand and sky! There is so much change!
Now add plants, land formations, seasons, more complex fauna ... 🤯
I love your content, did I mention?
🤗🐶
Peace and Love to You All out there 🌈💝
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Thank you so much. Your sentiments mirror my own so well. I love that feeling of Spring being just around the corner. ❤️🪷🪷
Are you ever wrong, LN? 🤔 No, you're bloody not! Hwyl, 🤘✌️
Bonjour Nigel and Molly…i enjoyed your musings today and was quite breath taken by the many different hues of greens surrounding your walk…what a magnificent landscape! It was a pleasure to hear and see you guys today ~ Greetings from over the pond 🇨🇦
Thank you, Ginette. Comments like yours make it all worthwhile. 😊❤️🐕🦺🐾🙏
Such beautiful scenery. Thank you so much for sharing.
Hi Nigel, you know what Im not seeing properly and thats Life!
I just bumble along mon to friday, and I get to Friday and my elderley friend says whats your plans, where you going? 😮I get so caught up in doing for others, I have lost sight for myself... Im craving adventure you know, just take off on a friday, tell no one, camp out in my car with a couple bottled beers and just escape my life I live, just for a sense of adventure!
But here Iam, warm with heating on and enjoying a very nice bottle beer Theakstons Old Peculier, has a strange cartoon photo on it in gold, it says 1741 seal of the official of the Peculier of Masham.
Whats Masham. 😂
For Mash Get Mash 😂
Omg ready made mash with the Hot water Kettle, tin tuna, and butter 😂 that was me in the 90s as a Newly trained Hairdresser 😂
Great weekend everyone, the adventure has started already 😂
More Dottiness. And we love it. 😊❤️❤️🐕🦺
@@primalengland more Dottiness omg I love that Nigel, that's so funny 😁.
'Seeing the buildings' is so important (to me). I live in Leicester, a city not known for much. Like many others in Britain the city was carved up with roads on the 1960's and many old buildings were demolished to make space for concrete shopping centres and offices so there's seemingly nothing to see. But look up a little, as you say, above the shop fronts and in many places there are some wonderfully decorated old buildings. In many cases three or four storeys up there are small spires, finials, fancy brickwork and stained glass put there almost for no one to see, it makes me wonder what the architect's motive was. Maybe they did it just because they could?
There's plenty to be seen in many ordinary towns if you know how to look.
Cheers👍🏼
Absolutely. Sounds very much like the mining, cotton town of my youth. Let’s home the planners have the foresight to preserve them. I’m not holding my breath.
Lovely stream.
It really is. 😊
Nigel, I’ve shared some of your videos with a particularly gloomy friend and mentioned that you’re an “ordinary” master of present moment awareness. You don’t just “appreciate”, you “APPRECIATE”. I’m working on that myself. That’s why I watch your videos and enjoy them so much. Keep up the good work! 😂😁
Nigels' positivity is definitely contagious. No matter the weather or the circumstances, he always finds the joy and beauty in the day. I always try to do that too. At our age, life is short but if we really "see", it makes a big difference in our daily lives for sure.
Thanks
Thank you so much, Diane. It is much appreciated. 😊❤️🐕🦺
@primalengland your very welcome X I started painting 5yrs ago and that is when I started to truly see !! I just marvel at colours now and season changes and get excited when my bulbs are coming through in my yarden pots lol thank you for your informative rambles they are great
Diane and Kai 🦮🐾🩵
Many people dont like it, but I hunt for meat.
If you want to learn to see, walk and stalk hunting is a good way. You have to see the animal before it sees you. You learn to look through and behind bushes and trees and not at them. You move a few yards, stop, look and listen.
Once you have found the animal you have to stalk it to get close enough for a good shot. In order to do this you have to watch the animal as you stalk. If it looks up, you stop. When it lowers its head to feed or look away you move slowly.
Moving you have to look to see you dont clatter a stone, step on a dead branch or get caught up in a bush.
You become part of the veld around you, not just some one passing through it.
Great story writing. Reminds me of Mama llama Kayla, her Husband Big Daddy, in Louisiana used to hunt, and Fish... he told a story when he was in the lake, and a Alligator was near him and his fishing friend... his whole life flashed before his eyes.
He wrote it, and his wife persuaded him to tell in for us subscribers great story, had me captivated till the end!
I think that is a great example. You strive to become one with the land around you. 👍
I have come across this many times Nigel.. sometimes people aren’t actually “seeing” or even “hearing”. Sad indeed.
I think the ‘hearing’ is even more important than the ‘seeing’, Jennifer. If we don’t ’see,’ it only really affects us. If we don’t hear,’ we can do a huge amount of damage. ❤️🐕🦺
I inherently dislike hiking with people who are all about covering the ground as quickly as possible.
I prefer the hiking pace of a child that wants to stop and look at everything.
“Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them." - John Muir
I remember spending a day in the Lake District with a friend and his wife. They rushed off into the distance, and when I finally got the pub at the end of the walk he said. “We’ve been here for ages.” To which I replied, indicating over my shoulder. “And I was up there all that time.”
That’s an absolutely beautiful place. PS Have you ever smelled gorse flowers? 🥥
Yeah, they have a really strong scent in the right conditions. I think they use the essence in bakery and drinks.
@ Yes. It’s a little known fact that they have a coconutty scent.
@ That’s it. I can kind of smell it in my memory, but yes, I’ve heard it described thus before. Our walks take us through loads of areas of gorse. I’ll be aware in the next few weeks. 👍
It’s all oneness 😊
People ask what can I possibly see along my regular walking route in our campground in Texas. Shapes , colors, textures! The thick and pickly nopales of cactus, draping green Mesquite leaves, feathery brown grasses, velvet like sage leaves , spiky Yucca, gnarled and twisted Live Oak trees, the surprise of a purple blossom, pelicans and gulls swooping over the arroyo, an occasional bottle nosed dolphin breaching the water surface.. I could go on and on. All of this and so much more if you haveveyes to see.
What do l see? Rubbish dumped everywhere!
I’m less inclined to go to concerts these days- cost but the phenomenon of people watching a show through their phones.
I’m always fascinated by old industrial buildings and structures, makes me go back in time at who built it and ran it.
Two things I’ve got used to. Rubbish everywhere after the weekend, and lots of volunteers cleaning it up. That shouldn’t be a thing.
Yes! The difference between walking through life and experiencing it. 🥰
💟 Multi layered, Technicolour playground
I like to visit trees and had a route in the city i used to live in. It doesnt matter so much when im homesick for a place because ii find new trees or whatever else in a new place.
‘Forest Bathing’ is a term used more and more these days. Trees are much bigger than us, have been around much longer than us and, for the most part, are far more attractive than us. 😊
But I like to lick the glass!