babe in the woods

[cjsmith]

"I am sorry, no, the forest is your home now. Post-transformation you will live in a hollow tree or the sanctuary of a thicket, but birds will extend their wings to shelter you and the deer will gently bow their necks over you as you sleep, your iconic body littered with rose petals and curled on a bed of moss."

Being pregnant turns you into an ethereal wood nymph

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[amaebi]

“It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.” ― Benjamin Rush

[cjsmith]

I miss hiking and backpacking. I love the woods. That said, I suspect a lot of people romanticize living in the untamed outdoors, until they want coffee or a hot shower. :)

[batrachian]

*giggles*

[amaebi]

I realize more and more how different the perspectives of probably-most-of-the-people-I-know about "nature" are from mine. I like the big stuff-- Grand Views and such-- but also all those detailed and intricate environmental networks. (I was so surprised to find that I had a son who basically just isn't interested in critters, let alone plants.) And I grew up in a pretty rural places in the sixties and seventies, in a fairly hippie-ish university town, and invested pretty heavily in learning appropriate crafts to make life in unciviiized isolation.

And then my friend E hikes as if he were on a treadmill and going for a record. Having mostly done my wilderness stuff alone or (long ago) with family, I'd never encountered that. So good for him, but I find it strange and alienating: I like to look and listen at and for things....

Which is longwindedly to say, "Yes way!"

[nosrednayduj]

And mosquito bites. Don't forget mosquito bites.

[dantesspirit]

ROTFL, that was hilarious and so fitting for many pregnancy photos.

[cjsmith]

I could look at a bit of moss with sparkling little droplets on it and feel my soul healing up. :)

[cjsmith]

Those too. Y'know, though? I DID forget mosquito bites. I'm in California now!

(I'm one of those people mosquitoes LOVE. Absolutely love. I probably would have had to flee the east coast just for that.)

[cjsmith]

:-D

[cjsmith]

RIGHT? It's such A Thing. :)

[amaebi]

*beams at you*

[amaebi]

Ah, the marvells of multi-species reproduction.

[hitchhiker]

hah, that was great :)

[hitchhiker]

i enjoy being out in nature, but only as a temporary thing - i definitely want to be home by nightfall. the intricate environmental networks do fascinate me, it's like entire worlds in a small patch of woodland.

[cjsmith]

I love it when trends get so over the top that they're almost their own send-up ... and THEN someone swoops in with something like this. :-D

[cjsmith]

I like hot showers as much as the next person, but I live in hope that one day I might convince you overnight outside solid walls doesn't automatically suck. :) ♥ Maybe if you bring "The Hidden Life of Trees" along with... :)