Symbiosis and the Spirit Animals of the Forest

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So I should have posted this a couple of weeks ago but...you know...life!

Anyway, late afternoon, New Year's Day, I was trying to persuade my youngest to go out for a walk in the woods with me. It was a balmy 16 degrees Celcius just outside of London, true global warming and sun-in- it's- hot- cycle weather, despite the fact that we are well into winter. One upside of Global Warming is that the long S.A.D. winters that we used to have here in the South East are not missed; except for the snow of course. I miss the snow! We used to get a few snowfalls each winter and have even woken once or twice to a White Christmas. Then we would grab the sleds and head out for the nearest hill, take long walks in the Forest, and build snowmen, usually adorning them with South African beanies and scarfs 😂 In recent years we have had to get in the car and travel to find real snow so that our two children could experience the joy of a winter wonderland. We do have the odd flurry which they still enjoy at home, but we haven't had enough for a proper garden snowman for some time.

But, I digress hehe. Back to my walk in the woods...

I realised that I would need to be a bit more persuasive to lure my son out of the comfort of the house, and the upside of the weather was not doing the trick, so I showed him this post from @dreemsteem about breathing trees
Ever see a tree breathe?...

He was so intrigued! He wanted to find a breathing tree for himself!

So we set off across the road and into the little woodland opposite our house. We were just walking around looking at the trees, taking pictures of those wrapped in symbiotic love with other plants... in the middle picture you can see an example of the bird boxes that the Woodland Trust has installed on a number of the trees in the woods.

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Then we came across an open clearing where a few fallen trees lay and we discovered what J referred to as

a tiny village of mushrooms

That made me smile...even mushrooms need their village; their tribe of fungi to be happy😉

We did wonder if there may be a few wood sprytes or fairies floating about...

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We may have hugged a few trees too hehe. This one had a massive trunk! Not a Redwood by any means, but to my J it was ginormous!

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And this one below seems to have decided to grow a whole set of airborne roots to steady itself. Sometimes it seems, you only have yourself to rely on💗

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Finally, there is this tree near the entrance to the woodland that we passed on the trip in and back out again. We were coming up to it, just off the edge of the path, and it appeared to have an interesting hollow, so we stepped off to the left to get a better view and we both saw it...not sure if you will ...but to me, it was a sheer delight...out of nowhere, I see a *Luck Dragon's* head peeking out of the tree, sleeping peacefully... fortunately he didn't stir. A rare sight indeed to spot a tree spirit animal of the forest 💞Jack saw it too although he called it a Panda! !ROTFL but it's all about perspective, right?

We may not have spotted a breathing tree but our Luck Dragon was pretty special too.

And the most important thing? I had a wonderful walk connecting with my 8-year-old son; another positive footstep on our very own ' neverending story '.

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All photos are my own snapshots from my phone.

References:

Symbiosis

Luck Dragon

Tree spirits

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Reading this makes me want to go for a walk. I have been indoors all day. Nice to see you and your son having some fun. It has been a while since I last saw a tree. Maybe I will take @blezyn on Sunday, so we can be one with nature...hehe

Absolutely being outdoors in nature is really good for the soul...and please don't tell me you haven't seen a tree for a while...whaaaat? Get outside now, Nonso ❣️

So cool dreemys post was good motivation to get your son out and walking and such a beautiful area for a walk and some fresh air

Sorry I have to go with your sons viewpoint I to saw a bear on that tree

Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)

Hiya 😊 yes it was great motivation! lol we had just recently been talking about the Never Ending Story and I guess my brain just could not help but see Falkor 💗 The beauty of perspective, right? ... we all see what we want to see, or need to see, and occasionally what is actually there. It's a small piece of woodland in our residential area but we are fortunate to have it. A few miles from us we are truly blessed to have an amazing 375 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which is also a National Nature Reserve and Special Area of Conservation. In the warmer months we regularly do the roundtrip 8-mile walk through the backroads, traversing public footpaths and farmland to get there and spend some time exploring on our arrival. I will have to do some clips next time we go. Part of Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (starring Kevin Costner) as well as parts of some of the Harry Potter films, were filmed there. !PIZZA !ALIVE

Ohh yes perspective can be everything at times, its a matter of opening our eyes and we never know what we may see, and we can all take from what we see what we want based on our mindset, upbringing and perhaps personality
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hehehehehe yes yes yes yes yes!!!!! I've been waiting for this post! hehehe

I love that it was the breathing tree that got him to head out into the woods with you! Oh my goodness - it's only been a week or two and I've already forgotten about that magical breathing tree! I'm so glad I captured it on film hahahahaha

and I can totally see the luck dragon - and I still haven't watched that movie yet!!! I need to watch it this weekend I think!! :)

Love that movie!!!

Tell Sir O and Sir J I said "Fare the well, my good knights. I bid thee both sweetest of dreems and fairest adventures on the morrow!" hahahahaha

The breathing tree was totally inspirational! I know after all that flicking through clips a few weeks back... it makes you want to dash back between the covers of the story and just get lost, right? 🙂. I shall whisper into the knights' sleeping ears hehe. I was watching one of your post clips after the call on Tuesday and J walked in, heard your voice, and said:

...Is that a post from Dreems, Mom?

I usually play your clips on my laptop in the lounge. He recognises your voice now! hehe I was like yes it is...did you recognise it?

His reply:

yeah, she's kind

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