Loving Every Little Thing

I have always been a fast walker. Whether in a hurry or not, I breeze by most people on the streets. I'll admit, in San Francisco I often walked quickly because it was cold, but overall I naturally have a speedy pace.

While in Greece, I have made a conscious effort to slow down. Not only because I'm rarely in a hurry, but because I'm paying attention to everything around me. I have never been more in tune with nature than I have been in the past couple months.

I watch spiders build webs, I pay attention to what stage the moon is in, I marvel as ants carry things ten times their size, I see animals grow from babies into adults, I watch flowers grow from seeds into thriving plants. If you look at my photos, a very large percentage of them are either flowers, cats, or bugs.

It's amazing how much is happening around us on a daily basis. I can't believe how much I have been missing! Yes, it's different living in a city because there are too many lights to see the stars and there's a lack of wildlife to appreciate, but I am now much more excited, no matter where I am living, to venture out and find life.

I always thought of myself as a city woman, but I'm finding that I'm much more of a country girl at heart than I realized. There's nothing like watching a spider catch a fly, a bird swoop for the spider, and then a cat catching a bird. I've seen all of these happen in the past week, and it makes me appreciate nature and life all the more.

Just a few of the creatures I have been watching