Changing seasons became my non-electronic alarm. We are living in an era where almost everything is controlled by gadgets and smartphones and this makes me cringe.

Am I too old?

or am I just letting the time passed unnoticed?

My daughter usually wakes up with her own alarm–with her favourite song.In my childhood I wake up as the sound of the rooster starts his song, and chickens making their noises waiting to be fed or dogs from our neighbor starts barking.That part of my past made me laugh.

My husband would play her favourite song and it would speed up the way she comes down from her bed and get ready for her day.I have my own body clock as well but then I realized that nature, out in the forest and it´s changing seasons plus the trees in particular has a way of telling you the real times.

So what time is it? –A time to slow down, a time to sit , laugh, have a chat , either way just forget your worries, and go on–it´s time to appreciate more from your life.

We went on a short trip last weekend. It was fun. I think we all deserved it.We planned to go up in the mountains but then the weather is gray, cloudy so we opt for plan B. We took a walk around the lake, spent hours drinking tea in a cosy Cafe, had our second breakfast and went on a walk again.For the past weeks, our days were just full of appointments, school, work and the same old routine. We still reminisced our month-long holiday where we never set an alarm–only for waking up right on time to catch our early morning flights.This time, nature wakes us up again.

We found ourselves amongst the trees.We´ve slowed down. We´ve taken small steps, no plans, no rush.We rode a chair lift going up the mountains, rode a summer Rodelbahn, ate good meal and play in a playground.We got lost in a small Bavarian Village where Ponys are better than bicycles and the air smelled of horse dung.We adore sheeps and chickens and did a bit of sunbathing while riding a see-saw.

It was simple and joyful under the shades of trees.

I have learned that when we do this, we are more happier, our hearts are content, though our bodies are tired but we breathed good air, enough to keep us going.The thing is, whenever I am amongst the trees, out there anywhere where trees surrounds me, I feel the silence. I feel so small, so fragile and my problems seemed to be dispensible.

Anytime with nature is a golden time. I always become a change person after a good walk or hike.Have you ever felt that way as well?

Amongst the trees is always a precious time.There´s no substitute for the beauty of nature. Well maybe not for everyone, but for me it is.I appreciate the complete surreal green beauty in every season. Nowadays where Autumn is all over here in Bavaria, my heart get excited to just get lost in the woods. Not literally lost but just to lose myself into healing, peace and self-care.

If only these roots could talk, what kind of stories would they tell?

What hardships they´ve overcome? what wisdom could they share to my 9-year old wanderer? For her, it´s her playground, her imaginative swing, a slide to her inner paradise rollercoaster. A green playground.

I was fascinated with the roots of these old trees.These roots are still tightly holding on to the earth.Just like most of us. We´re holding on to something thats precious and dear in our lives.Seasons may change but we still grab that hope in our lives.

I thought of writing another post about the beauty of Autumn but then I have changed my mind. I would like just to write my honest thoughts about my walks and life in partiular and that made me more satisfied.There are more posts about grand travel stories and excursions but I prefer it this way.I was looking at these photos and reminded me of the exact emotions I am feeling whenever I watched up-close these trees, the shadows, the swift sparkling colors beneath the leaves, and the natural golden hours we´ve seen in our journeys.

At the end of the day, I felt happy and that´s what matters the most.

If you happened to read my post up to this point then I wanted to share this blessing to you.

We don´t need many things in life, we just need to be thankful of what we have and that is enough.A reminder that we all can go through whatever we might battling right now.

From our recent trip to South Korea , in Seoul in particular I have seen many old , ancient trees and those are history in motion.What amazed me really is how they put these steel supports in order for these pine trees to grow well.

How did you spent your weekend or free day? I hope you too experience a great nature walks amongst the trees just like I did.

“To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.” 

Until then, Servus and Tschüss.