This is great. It does seem like somewhere along the line we were taught to quit wandering & wondering. And those two things are vital to a life well lived. I'm glad that many like us are still slowing down enough to observe the raindrop races. 💙
I loved the raindrop races when I was a kid, driving up north on the way to Wisconsin, cheering on all my favorites! When I told Csermely I used to do it too, she was surprised, thinking she was the only one, this made me happy because she found it out on her own, on the bus that goes through the mountain pass (where it frequently rains) to Baia Mare. No matter where you are in the world, you can always go to the raindrop races :)
My thoughts exactly. I don't know at what age people usually stop wandering & wondering, but it is somewhere around the time when they grow up. Glad that you, too, still have time - and slow down enough to notice how fast everyone else is moving, usually nowhere in particular. Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Anthony!
With thunderstorms in the area today I'll be avoiding the woods and just take a long stroll around my rural neighborhood sticking close to shelter. My neighborhood is very woodsy even though there's over 400 homes scattered throughout. About half are vacation homes or cabins. One thing I'll notice today is the hoards of vacationers leaving to go back home. It's been very busy around here since July 4th. The local herd of deer will be glad about that, too. The deer here are quite tame and rarely bolt when you interrupt their munching. There's a bumper crop of fawns this year, too. The way the deer stare at you as you walk past I have the feeling they know more than their letting on. Pesticide use is not permitted here so insects abound. Although I rarely get a look at them I wonder about the flying bugs that seem to make a beeline for the apparent safety of one's ear.
It's really nice to hear about places where pesticide use is frowned down upon. Some people here in the village, possibly because they really don't know any better, proclaim that all of their produce is organic - even though they spray their potatoes a few times a year, put out slug pellets, and so on. Surely they use far less than in conventional food production, yet I wouldn't exactly call everything bio. We live in very different worlds, for here, the deer are scare, due to the shepherding of the lands. Just yesterday we saw two deer from the bus on the way home, but they scare really easily. Foxes, seem to outwit the many shepherd dogs better.
I feel like I'm right there in your neighborhood. Good idea to stay close to shelter in storm season, which is basically all summer here. 😂 We have quite a few tourists here as well, because we had a little movie festival over the weekend but still not as many tourists as last year. Ears do seem to be a number one safe spot for bugs. I'm always swatting them away from my ears... Nice that people aren't allowed to use pesticides where you live, even if you have a few ear-intruders. I have that feeling about deer, too. Thank you for your comment, Kevin!
This is great. It does seem like somewhere along the line we were taught to quit wandering & wondering. And those two things are vital to a life well lived. I'm glad that many like us are still slowing down enough to observe the raindrop races. 💙
I loved the raindrop races when I was a kid, driving up north on the way to Wisconsin, cheering on all my favorites! When I told Csermely I used to do it too, she was surprised, thinking she was the only one, this made me happy because she found it out on her own, on the bus that goes through the mountain pass (where it frequently rains) to Baia Mare. No matter where you are in the world, you can always go to the raindrop races :)
My thoughts exactly. I don't know at what age people usually stop wandering & wondering, but it is somewhere around the time when they grow up. Glad that you, too, still have time - and slow down enough to notice how fast everyone else is moving, usually nowhere in particular. Thank you for your thoughtful comment, Anthony!
I LOVE this! Thank you for writing, and for the kind shoutout. I really really love your poem at the start 🥰
Awww, Kate, thank you! Always happy to mention a great post. Glad you liked my poem!
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With thunderstorms in the area today I'll be avoiding the woods and just take a long stroll around my rural neighborhood sticking close to shelter. My neighborhood is very woodsy even though there's over 400 homes scattered throughout. About half are vacation homes or cabins. One thing I'll notice today is the hoards of vacationers leaving to go back home. It's been very busy around here since July 4th. The local herd of deer will be glad about that, too. The deer here are quite tame and rarely bolt when you interrupt their munching. There's a bumper crop of fawns this year, too. The way the deer stare at you as you walk past I have the feeling they know more than their letting on. Pesticide use is not permitted here so insects abound. Although I rarely get a look at them I wonder about the flying bugs that seem to make a beeline for the apparent safety of one's ear.
It's really nice to hear about places where pesticide use is frowned down upon. Some people here in the village, possibly because they really don't know any better, proclaim that all of their produce is organic - even though they spray their potatoes a few times a year, put out slug pellets, and so on. Surely they use far less than in conventional food production, yet I wouldn't exactly call everything bio. We live in very different worlds, for here, the deer are scare, due to the shepherding of the lands. Just yesterday we saw two deer from the bus on the way home, but they scare really easily. Foxes, seem to outwit the many shepherd dogs better.
I feel like I'm right there in your neighborhood. Good idea to stay close to shelter in storm season, which is basically all summer here. 😂 We have quite a few tourists here as well, because we had a little movie festival over the weekend but still not as many tourists as last year. Ears do seem to be a number one safe spot for bugs. I'm always swatting them away from my ears... Nice that people aren't allowed to use pesticides where you live, even if you have a few ear-intruders. I have that feeling about deer, too. Thank you for your comment, Kevin!