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Nature thread

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I though it might be nice to have a thread that we can take into the summer and beyond, as the Spring thread will soon be redundant.

Please remember not to upload an image in the same post as words or it might break the thread - please add your words by replying to the image.

Thank you.

Yesterday  sent me down a rabbit hole when she mentioned this book on the 3 Good Things thread:

https://lithub.com/a-book-to-conjure-nature-when-we-need-it-most/

I then looked at this book:

www.thelostwords.org/.../

The reason for the book made me sad:

“When the most recent edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that around forty common words concerning nature had been dropped. The words were no longer being used enough by children to merit their place in the dictionary. The list of these ‘lost words’ included acorn, adder, bluebell, dandelion, fern, heron, kingfisher, newt, otter, and willow. Among the words taking their place were attachment, blog, broadband, bullet-point, cut-and-paste, and voice-mail…."

Please add anything related to nature that interests you.

Thank you.

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  • I actually find nature, being out there among trees, fields, plants, lakes and so on very hard to the point of leading to severe anxiety and panic. A big issue underpinning this are the multiple allergens in the countryside which cause me great discomfort and on one occasion anaphylaxis (but as no one observed it and I survived no dr will believe me). Im a city girl born and lived with the exception of four years in rural Derbyshire when caring for my mum. As well as the allergies to trees, weeds, grasses and fruits I find the isolation hugely stressful, the frequent power outages as power lines come down in storms, the ever worsening bus services, the post office as the only shop whose main function seemed to be gossip gathering and dissemination, and cliquelike society I just didn’t feel a connection with. Once she passed away I moved back to northwest England, a conurbation of post industrial towns and cities where I had access to the services and the people I wanted, and much less pollen! 

    Alice

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  • I actually find nature, being out there among trees, fields, plants, lakes and so on very hard to the point of leading to severe anxiety and panic. A big issue underpinning this are the multiple allergens in the countryside which cause me great discomfort and on one occasion anaphylaxis (but as no one observed it and I survived no dr will believe me). Im a city girl born and lived with the exception of four years in rural Derbyshire when caring for my mum. As well as the allergies to trees, weeds, grasses and fruits I find the isolation hugely stressful, the frequent power outages as power lines come down in storms, the ever worsening bus services, the post office as the only shop whose main function seemed to be gossip gathering and dissemination, and cliquelike society I just didn’t feel a connection with. Once she passed away I moved back to northwest England, a conurbation of post industrial towns and cities where I had access to the services and the people I wanted, and much less pollen! 

    Alice

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  • in reply to Alice-nice-Alice
    Alice-nice-Alice said:
    conurbation of post industrial towns and cities where I had access to the services and the people I wanted, and much less pollen! 

    I'm from Coventry so appreciate an industrial landscapes - one of the few who find pylons and gas towers beautiful! I never saw wildlife until I discovered The City of the Dead, our local cemetery [designed by Joseph Paxton]. I spent most of my free time in childhood wandering alone in there.

    I'm sad you have problems with pollens and wild nature - but stay heartened because there are other things in life to enjoy. I liked the multiplicity of shops, foodstuffs, libraries and museums in a city. I miss that, as I now live in Devon. And nature TV is brilliant these days, so you can get huge doses of flowers, trees and wild nature without leaving your armchair or getting anxious or ill. 

  • in reply to Alice-nice-Alice

    Have you been medically tested for allergies as my GP sent me for a test for allergies so I was medically tested. I remember on the test there being a test for weeds, grass and pollen. I ended up being allergic to dust mites myself. Being in nature still can affect my allergy but I do still get out in nature when I can. I like being around seas and rivers. 

  • in reply to Alice-nice-Alice

    I can see your point Alice, I can also feel isolated when walking in the forest alone. Especially in areas I am not familiar with.