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21/11/2016

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A walk in the forest lifts the spirits. It's good for the body and for the soul.

The paths are carpeted with larch needles. Unlike the crunch of crisp leaves this makes for a very quiet walk. The snow remains only on the higher slopes.

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Most of the trees are bare, but the birch and the hazel are hanging on to their leaves.

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The elegant shape of the young trees shows up all the more.

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It's a shame in a way that we almost always coppice hazel (useful wood, more nuts) when you see what a beautiful single stem tree it can be.

Do you have somewhere you can walk in nature?

And do you have a Winter Plan?



I had to add this shot of the view from the sofa at 4.30 this afternoon. It was so very beautiful (the photo does not do it justice at all!)  The sky was pink and the snow was white, then the snow was pink and the sky was blue....I nipped outside for some logs and it was so ferociously stonily cold it was a bit scary. The birds were having a quick last feed on the window feeder but I could not catch one of them on camera - chaffinches, blue tits, great tits and coal tits fast and furious! You do wonder that they survive.

I hope you are warm and cosy wherever you are tonight.

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elaine link
21/11/2016 11:26:31 pm

What a sensational view that is Freda, I am enraptured. As for walking in the forest, what could be better - we have no forests near us but I find little pieces of woodland to explore. Here, at the moment, it is rain, rain, rain - so depressing. I haven't been able to get out for a couple of days - cabin fever is setting in.

I have been thinking about how to occupy myself this winter and got all my artists materials out of storage to have a look through - but I lack inspiration for anything to paint - which is why I stopped painting a decade or more ago. I used to be so creative at one time but I seem to have lost it somewhere along the way - so no winter plan so far - what is yours?

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Freda
22/11/2016 01:26:59 am

I wonder if you'd find Julia Cameron's book 'It's Never Too Late To Begin Again' inspiring? It might make a good winter read! More on Winter Plans soon...

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Sheena
22/11/2016 12:14:14 am

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Lotta link
22/11/2016 03:10:16 am

A stunning view from your sofa Freda! I do have a winter plan - I wrote a blog post about it in my head at 4am this morning! Now if I could just get it onto the computer...

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Freda
22/11/2016 02:38:31 pm

It was you who put the idea into my head Lotta! Hope you get to the computer soon....

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Mary
22/11/2016 03:29:25 am

What an amazing view out your window! So gorgeous. Not too many places for nature walks close by and not much time for them. No winter plan, per se, except a quick hop over the Pond in January. Still working full-time so not much energy left to spend in creative tasks yet. Hope to retire next year--take painting classes. Fingers crossed.

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Freda
22/11/2016 02:40:18 pm

Oh a hop over the pond is a nice plan! Fingers crossed for your future plans Mary.

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Cristiana
22/11/2016 05:26:03 am

Amazing view... I opened that window inside my head - it looks so inviting - but then I read your description and closed it immediately! Brrrrrr... Winter is here as well but it is being quite gentle for the past few days. Looking forward to hearing more about your winter plan. I do love my planning, but no plans for me this year...quite unusual but satisfying in a different way.

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Freda
22/11/2016 02:42:42 pm

When I open the window to fill the bird feeder the coal tits will feed from my hand! Still very cold and sunny - I like this kind of winter. More about plans soon..

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julia
22/11/2016 11:23:18 am

your post today is like a prose poem...:-) yes, the power of nature to heal us is so remarkable and so necessary!...imagine what it is to live one's whole life in a high-rise without quick access to the earth...
my winter plan is to put all the family photos and letters, (at least the ones i have not kondoed out of my life!) in some kind of permanent order...maybe acid-free sleeves, in binders...and do more ART...:-)

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Freda
22/11/2016 02:44:17 pm

I worry about children who never see the stars. Tonight is very cold and briliiantly starry - puts everything into a different perspective. That's a nice plan you have!

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Sarah link
25/11/2016 12:39:34 pm

Wonderful colours from your sitting room window. Does the window bird feeder work well? Sarah x

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