There seems to be an outbreak of ‘forest bathing’ being promoted in our locality.
This seem to involve sitting or lying quietly in a field or wood and breathing and listening.
A two hour session is just £38.62.
And then there is the other latest craze: ‘sound bathing’. This seems to involve sitting or lying on a mat in a field listening to gongs and metal bowls being banged while emptying your mind. It’s ‘transformative’ apparently, for your mind, body, and spirit. At around £20 a 40 minute session in a group of 6, in my opinion the thing most transformed is likely to be the organiser’s bank balance.
And then there are the ‘Digital Detox Days’ held at various venues within the county. You pay to have your gadgets put safely away in a locker for a day, while you do other more exciting things.
Well, no thanks to paying for any of the above. Every day encompasses most of those things around here. I am saddened that anyone feels it necessary to pay someone else to take them for a walk or sit in nature to listen and notice their surroundings. Or to relieve them of their gadgets as they are too addicted to pass a few hours without them.
It’s great to be eating almost entirely from the garden, and satisfying to have almost all the materials we need to do almost everything we want – many of them salvaged from past building works.
This week Mr BW has been building and slating a log store, and we have been designing another fused glass top for an outdoor table – this time with a strelitzia design.
I just wish we could get rid of all the wasps… never have we seen so many, and they are a big threat to the b33s.
Debster
No cream teas for you!
Blue Witch
Tis true Debster, I still can’t look at a wasp without remembering that episode! And it must be – what – 20 years ago now?
Tim W.
We recently stayed in Chester, and by serendipity found a pub which didn’t have any boomboxes or other sources of ridiculously loud muzak. The use of all digital devices was banned; everyone was talking quietly among themselves. It was extremely refreshing (helped, of course, by the wonderful real ale on offer).
On the other hand, we were constantly reminded on how much we rely on such digital devices. Let’s let ¿friend? know where we are – ah, can’t use the phone to text them. I wonder what ¿unknown fact? – ah, can’t use the phone to look it up.
The clientele, of no particular age group, seemed to appreciate the peace, as did we.
Z
Hardly any wasps here this year, but I’ve seen very few honey bees either. Plenty of ladybirds and butterflies, though.
Debster
Slightly less I think but it’s fresh in my memory too.
Blue Witch
I’ve searched the archives (from within the CMS as sadly it’s no longer searchable any other way) Debster, and I can’t find any mention.
Was it the same year that you got the red ball lily bulbs for me at Hampton Court? If so, it was September 2010, so, you are right, it’s only 15 years ago.
Debster
It was around then. We found a cat in the glasshouse
Debster
16 years ago according to Flickr.
Debster
29 July 2010