Being an adult is not funny. It's not like I'm saying something new as we all get to feel this more or less with the test of time, but I do start feeling this more and more lately.
Everyone dreams of jumping from being a kid into an adult wondering how college is while they are at high school, then wondering how work is when they are at college, and then, oh well, realizing that once you start your adult life that involves work, nothing is funny anymore, nor have the occasion to enjoy lots of free time as you could while being part of the other two phases of life.
Obviously, there are also exceptions where some people begin working at a very early age or skip some school phases, but I'm speaking here about the majority.
The college I opted to follow is amongst the hardest ones in my country, and so there wasn't really time for a job too, having few occasions when I had free time and those used either in the company of my friends or travelling with my family.
Once that ended, I was hit by a big wave of changes that started to pop into my life, travelling less and less with each passing year.
So while this became a privilege rather than a tradition as we used to call it happening quite often in my youth, I only got to enjoy my first trip after one-third of 2024 had passed.
Actually, I had two more occasions to reconnect with nature by going to the forest pretty close to where I'm living, but due to lack of time, I had to decline the opportunities. Having no time even for a walk in the park.
So after a full month of constant work and not even a single day off at least during the weekend, I said "F#ck it! I really need my freedom back! - so with the occasion of having my parents visiting me, we picked a destination that my mother read on the internet and then we hit the road. It was a three-hour-long ride which normally I'd hate, but this time I enjoyed every minute of it since I was missing so much my old lifestyle.
We were heading to a location quite far from where I'm living which seemed like a unique thing for Romania having just around 7 days when you can see this phenomenon, namely, to walk in a forest that shelters more paths entirely covered by all kinds of flowers species.
The main attraction were the wild tulips which also serve as the name of a street from the village the forest belongs to. Based on the pictures I've seen on the internet these were supposed to leave no space on the ground for the grass or the leaves of the trees having so many tulips taking control over this forest.
But while we respected the period when these are supposed to bloom, after facing the hottest day in April of all time with 30°C degrees, and after many crazy changes in terms of weather conditions, nature had no choice but to adapt to all of this.
Sadly, that led to having the flowers bloom a bit earlier than normal but also last for less than they would normally do, and that turned us into assisting into a full valley of dead flowers, being a rare thing to find one standing still here and there where they were still protected by the shadow of the trees.
Even though that brought a bit of sadness since we were looking forward to this unique phenomenon, we still spent some time in the woods, listening to the birds' trill, admiring the green scenery and observing every single plant that appeared in our way.
Visiting the forest with tulips was just one of our stops of that day, as quite in the same area there were a few more forests each with different flowers to see like roses or crocus, but since the tulips were supposed to be the ones lasting the longest out of all, we realized that it's impossible to find the other flowers while the tulips were already almost gone.
But even so, we did manage to catch up with some flowers, which even though are more common in forests rather than those we were looking for, they still brought a bit more colour to our lives, making us happy for our first reconnection with nature this year. And hopefully, we won't need to wait another four months until our next reconnection.
What about you? Did you manage to have any trips this year already?
It's nature also affected on your part of the globe because of all the global warming?
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Happy for you that you got to spend some peaceful moments with Mother Nature after such a long time again. I can totally relate to those feelings of missing the old lifestyle. Same here my friend, same here. Life is very dynamic, we just need to adapt and cope with the changes and challenges that it throws at us :)
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Sad but true! In fact, those life changes do make us appreciate these kinds of moments even more. When they become part of a routine, we don't really value them that much anymore.
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OH I am with you on that vibe! Well I'm always enjoying nature since I live on a farm but that shot you took on your back with the trees reaching up into the sky! Heck the feeling you get with that view when you lie down on your back is just un-explainable right?
It feels amazing to see the world from a different perspective! You should try doing that in the ocean and you'll get the feeling of how it must feel to be lost at sea!
I used to love laying down and staring at the sky for hours as a kid. Either it was night or day. Now I feel more fascinated by noticing that between the trees as the overall feeling is a lot closer to my heart.
As for doing that in the ocean.. sadly that won't ever happen as water represents my biggest fear. But I bet it's a feeling that is hard to compare with something else.
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I think that most of us go through this process of restlessness, and wanting to know what everything is like after we stop being children, without knowing that what is coming will not make us want to go back to being a child. Although I had to work since I was little due to the situation we lived in in my country, I was lucky to enjoy my childhood to the fullest.
You have done very well in making a big change and deciding with the company of your parents to visit this beautiful place and meet again with natural and wildlife life, and have the opportunity to take these beautiful photographs.
Thank you very much for sharing your point of view, and the beautiful photographs.
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Hey there! Thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts. It feels like when other people get to feel the same as you do! Hope you have a lovely weekend!
I would say being adult is not easy but at the same time it was nice.
I always feel amazed everytime I reconnect with nature.I am always surprised by its beauty specially the big trees and flowers.
Im glad that you had the time to reconnect with nature. Continue reconnecting with nature with that the stress you feel will lessen and will able to inhale a fresh air.Have a great day.
I also think that being an adult does make us appreciate things more, nature being just an example. While being a kid and running into the forest or on the grass didn't seem much, well, as an adult that definitely does make a lot more sense and values our time in freedom more.
These photos are great! How the arrival of spring colors nature, doesn't it? The trees there are not fully colored, but I am sure that soon the branches will be full of leaves. It has already happened in the city where I live and it feels so hot. I wish I had a little more time before summer comes 🔥☀️
Indeed, the trees still need a bit more time to have their whole shape completed with the leaves missing on the branches. I'm sure though that this will happen pretty soon and I can't wait for a complete scenery!
A well-deserved break from the busy life. We don't have fall here but due to the severe heat, our forests are in the shade of browns and oranges.
I am also afraid that we won't ever see the forests green as they used to be. But a reconnection with nature it's still worth it no matter what :)
We have the same vibe maam @gabrielatravels it seems that reconnecting with nature can heal and give to us new motivations. Also, I really like the flower you mentioned, that wild tulips it's really incredible. I hope I can hold this one someday.
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It is so funny how I have always been in a haste to be an adult when I was much younger but now, I want to be a child again. It is always good to enjoy the moment so that we will have better memories in the future
Exactly! Wise words!
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