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DimitySenior Contributor
Being outside and enjoying green spaces and fresh air feels good and can improve our mental health .I certainly feel better after a nature walk but it's hard to get there.
Maybe we need a virtual space to share information and experiences
Here's a start :
Forest bathing https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/could-forest-therapy-pose-a-solution-to-rising-climate-trauma/103644804
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HealandloveSenior Contributor
beautiful colours on my evening walk.
@Shaz51 @Dimity @Asgard @Jynx @Adge @PeppyPatti @tyme @Glisten
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HealandloveSenior Contributor
@Shaz51 yeay for more nature adventures with Mr Shaz! Sometimes I think God gave us nature to help us cope with all the challenges of living.
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AdgeSenior Contributor
So I escorted the Praying Mantis to a Lilly Pilly Hedge, nearby.
Adge
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GlistenSenior Contributor
@Healandlove where is that?
Great photo
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
Omg that's a beeeutiful photo --
I'm just in bed 🛏️ willing myself to go and brush my teeth .....
Night night my wonderful friends
@Dimity @Glisten @Adge @Asgard @Jacques @creative_writer @Zoe7 @Meowmy @Elke @Jynx @tyme @TAB @Bill16
@Healandlove
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Sometimes I think God gave us nature to help us cope with all the challenges of living. ( God sure does @Healandlove ) 😍
love all the photos @PeppyPatti , @Dimity , @Glisten , @Adge
that would of been a surprise @Adge , how are all your birds xx
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HealandloveSenior Contributor
@Glisten this is Parramatta River in Sydney.
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GlistenSenior Contributor
@Healandlove WOW all the years of living in NSW, I never saw Para like that.
You have a very good eye for photography 🙌🏼💚
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51 My Birds are somewhat depleted in numbers, due to recent losses.
Otherwise, they're good thanks.
My 3 Peacfaced Love-Birds seem much happier, since they've been outside in the Aviary (with my Budgies).
I used to have the Peachfaces inside, in a cage.
One Peachface has been feeding one of the Budgies (I watched it), which is unusual.
That's "Inter-Species fraternization" going on....
Adge😊
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PeppyPattiSenior Contributor
Hi @Shaz51
A long time ago I did a lot of work how plant patterns are similar to people patterns in our lives. As I get older I realise it only touched that but I didn't deeply look into it.
But I'm too lazy to get deeply into it. But what I looked at mainly was the plans of houses and atterns in plants
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