The wonders of nature
I spend a lot of time in nature, particularly in these first days of 2026
Sitting on my rug in the sun a few mornings ago, I watched a lone medium sized ant with a yellow butt wander through blades of grass, redirecting it when it approached my rug. I’m sure there were more of those ants close by
There were many other small black ants on their own pathway, busily going about their colony work, hundreds of them.
Today I sat on the step in my van home Venus – I prefer there or my rug on the ground to sitting on chairs – watching bees pollinate dandelion flowers right in front of me, magical.
There was also a young juvenile kookaburra, sitting on a branch by a tiny creek.
I’ve never seen a young kookaburra until last week.
It was watching something, so I watched him (or her) with the assumption he was on the search for food. After a while he flew into the small gully and came back wet, he’d had a bath.
I was parked by a park with lots of trees and birds, opposite houses, in a quiet area surrounded by nature.
A few birds, with an unusual call that I want to identify, played and flew around singing their unique sounds.The kookaburra watched them & so did I.
They were too high in the tree to see, I’ll learn what they are with my binoculars an other time
I also watch birds over the ocean, some fly very close to the waves surface, especially when it’s wind
Time spent in nature is very relaxing and good for the soul
Much love to all