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| San Antonio River Walk |
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Today a Facebook post came through bearing a picture of a river walk in San Antonio. The walk was described as being "Nature". My first reaction was, "That's not really 'nature'" and I wrote a testy comment stating my "opinion" and I went on to note it was really a city, as the picture "proves", and not at all "nature."
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| San Antonio River Walk - another view | | | | | | |
To totally belabor that opinion I found other river walks and sure enough all of the pictures I chose proved these river walks were in cities so certainly they could not be called "nature."
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| Chicago |
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| New York City - The High Line |
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| Denver - Cherry Creek Trail |
My version on nature may look like this:
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| New Mexico in Autumn |
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But the reality is revealed in an uncharacteristic straight line which is never seen in "nature." If one even slightly changes their point-of-view the picture looks quite different and not quite so "nature" like:
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| Denver and Rio Grande San Juan Extension National Historic Landmark - Colorado & New Mexico |
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Maybe your version of Nature will look like this:
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| San Juan Mountains - Colorado |
Or this:
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| Waterfall in a forest |
Perhaps this:
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| Super Cell |
Or something really spectacular such as this:
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| Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve - Colorado |
Or even this:
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| Downtown Pocket Park |
In a city or, in the wilds of unfettered places, in any corner of the earth "nature" can be found. After all this effort one thing became evident - all of these parks and
trails and wild places contain elements of "nature" and are intended to bring a sense of
peace. In the end nature means many things and for each of us, no matter the place, it may mean danger, joy or perhaps peace. It's all in your point of view.
