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City Life and Wider Spaces

 I'm finally feeling well enough to have started putting my fitness regime back in place, but with the nearly constant rain we've had, most of the moving has happened indoors. I woke up Friday morning desperate for some expansive natural space, some exposure to what an article in The Globe and Mail last month called "Vitamin Tree."

 So we headed south, through the city, out to where the Fraser River estuary spills out into the Salish Sea.  We crossed that turquoise bridge to Westham Island where here's a wonderful migratory bird sanctuary, the Reifel Bird Sanctuary with wetlands for all manner of waterfowl.  As far as exercise goes, we only put 3.5 kilometres on my iPhone app, but walking the trails through the various habitats worked at other aspects of health -- breathing became deeper, heartbeats slowed, minds settled, stresses fell away. . .

 I thought you might appreciate some of that as well, wherever you're sitting with your computer this Monday morning. . .

 Paul stretched out his arm to point to a hawk in a nearby tree. The chickadees assumed he'd brought them seed and was offering a snack, and he caught at least 20 landings. A huge grey squirrel climbed up a nearby stump, obviously contemplating a leap, but I quickly pushed Pater's arm down to discourage that idea. . .

 So many wood ducks! I love this couple, so striking, their eye makeup . . . .

 These colours -- so wintry, yet warming, somehow, all that tawny texture. . .

Not much warmth in the photo below, but if you've gotta have grey, this is the grey to have, right? That horizon!

 These photos were taken from the observation tower, 10 metres high. . .

 I love the way natural spaces like these offer an expansive view, so restful, but I also love the way they invite me to look more carefully at the smaller details, close-up. . .

 And finally, who doesn't love a rebel?

Hope you enjoyed that nature walk -- I used to be so very spoiled living for so long at the water's edge, with so many big trees on our property, and so many kinds of birds, abundant wildlife -- deer, raccoons, mink, otters. There's ample compensation in the city for having given that up, but some days, the missing gets noisy. . . Luckily, we don't have to go too far before we've left the city behind. (and, as you know if you've been following my Instagram, even right here in the urban centre, wildlife persists -- check out this video of the beaver who lives a ten-minute walk from our condo).

If you haven't yet read my last post -- on solo travel -- I'd urge you to check out the conversation that's formed in the comments section. This is probably my favourite part of writing this blog, the fascinating and lively conversations that sometimes build around a subject, the way we collaborate. I'm planning more posts on the topic and I hope that we will continue to chat about this. For now, I'm just trying to keep up with responding to all your thoughtful  and interesting contributions.

Where do you walk to get your Vitamin Tree? Or just to see some bigger skies than a city offers? Some of you are lucky enough -- as I used to be -- to walk out your back door and be immersed in a more natural world. Many of you perhaps live in suburban spaces with plenty of groomed green space, perhaps not so much left wild. Some of you, like me, are city dwellers and have the local restorative green spaces on speed-dial for those days when you really crave a good hit of Nature.  Which of those describes you? Are you able to scratch your itch for the natural world as often as you'd like? How? Where? I'm listening . . .

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