Thank you! Knowing the plants so well helps me orient myself to almost any area in the Southeast United States. It's like running into old friends when I travel.
What a wonderful way of putting it! I love how you can orient yourself with the plants, like knowing which way is up. I'm convinced that, if you plonked me down in any British village, without telling me it's Britain, I'd still know it was, just by the feeling. Maybe it's a bit of that, the plants, the air, the heart of the place.
I love this. I spent a year wandering around Europe in search of a place to call home and when I arrived in Scotland I felt at home like I never have anywhere before. (My ancestors left this land 100 years before my birth.) My attachment happened very quickly, and it keeps growing. Your description is very close to how I felt. Thank you for sharing it!
This is beautiful, "It’s like walking through a crowd of strangers, passing each one by without notice, until one, just one, catches your eyes with theirs in a fleeting moment of true understanding." thank you so much for writing this!
Thank you for suggesting it as a topic! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll be writing more on this topic. This whole piece surprised me a bit actually. It wasn't at all what I intended to write!
Your lovely article and the sense of place resonated deeply with me. My sense of place is by living in the same home for 40 years. Almost all of that time, I have been developing a native plant garden in our woodland. I thought this would be our forever and only home, but to my utter delight, we built a getaway in the mountains in 2019 that already feels like home. The land has many beautiful Hemlock and other assorted trees, rare terrestrial orchids, and a creek that lulls me to sleep on the bed swing on our screened porch. I'm adding lots of my favorite native plants to the property to make it feel even more like home.
That's such a lovely comment, thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply. Your home sounds so idyllic, as does your mountain getaway! Oh that creek - I'm there already! I dream of such a thing in my future house. I love how you have that sense of home from 2 different locations. And how plants add to that. That's so wonderful.
Another thoughtful piece that l can really relate to having travelled the world. Mostly not the place but the people and time, but just sometimes the places ARE special and feel like home.
Thank you :) It's funny, when I left Yorkshire, it was the first place where I really fell in love with the place and not just the people or the experiences I had there. Usually it's the people I miss the most. But place has become so important to me over the last few years.
Thank you! Knowing the plants so well helps me orient myself to almost any area in the Southeast United States. It's like running into old friends when I travel.
What a wonderful way of putting it! I love how you can orient yourself with the plants, like knowing which way is up. I'm convinced that, if you plonked me down in any British village, without telling me it's Britain, I'd still know it was, just by the feeling. Maybe it's a bit of that, the plants, the air, the heart of the place.
I love this. I spent a year wandering around Europe in search of a place to call home and when I arrived in Scotland I felt at home like I never have anywhere before. (My ancestors left this land 100 years before my birth.) My attachment happened very quickly, and it keeps growing. Your description is very close to how I felt. Thank you for sharing it!
Anne that's such a cool story! I love that! And I completely get it. I'm so so glad this piece resonated with you ☺️ Thank you for commenting!
This is beautiful, "It’s like walking through a crowd of strangers, passing each one by without notice, until one, just one, catches your eyes with theirs in a fleeting moment of true understanding." thank you so much for writing this!
Thank you for suggesting it as a topic! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll be writing more on this topic. This whole piece surprised me a bit actually. It wasn't at all what I intended to write!
I love that!!
Your lovely article and the sense of place resonated deeply with me. My sense of place is by living in the same home for 40 years. Almost all of that time, I have been developing a native plant garden in our woodland. I thought this would be our forever and only home, but to my utter delight, we built a getaway in the mountains in 2019 that already feels like home. The land has many beautiful Hemlock and other assorted trees, rare terrestrial orchids, and a creek that lulls me to sleep on the bed swing on our screened porch. I'm adding lots of my favorite native plants to the property to make it feel even more like home.
That's such a lovely comment, thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply. Your home sounds so idyllic, as does your mountain getaway! Oh that creek - I'm there already! I dream of such a thing in my future house. I love how you have that sense of home from 2 different locations. And how plants add to that. That's so wonderful.
Another thoughtful piece that l can really relate to having travelled the world. Mostly not the place but the people and time, but just sometimes the places ARE special and feel like home.
Thank you :) It's funny, when I left Yorkshire, it was the first place where I really fell in love with the place and not just the people or the experiences I had there. Usually it's the people I miss the most. But place has become so important to me over the last few years.