I have writen about my wildlife refuge and the Ranch, how special they are to me.  Got me to wondering what is other peoples Sanctuary Like?

So please tell me Discribe that Place where Time stops and your soul is refreshed.

Edited January 24, 20197 yr by Opah

I go to the poconos (PA), the pace is so much slower than NY and so relaxing. Nature is refreshing and many of us need the break from the concrete jungle (NY). Watching a black bear with her cubs is a great sight (from a distance). The lakes and water falls, ahhh.

My sanctuary is my home. I have my animals who I love and who love me.....

Walking along a quiet beach, love the sound of the sea, and the birds, and the fresh air.....bliss.

It used to be the kitchen table at my grandma's but after she passed it was sold so...anywhere I can sit and hear the crash and roar of the ocean....preferably west coast Vic or just over the SA boarder...there needs to be brine in the air and the waves??.

.. you need to be able to hear the waves before you see them...there is no other sound like the great Southern Ocean pounding into the coastline....it reminds you how insignificant you really are but Ina humbling way best place to just be sittin in the sand back to the cliffs hearing the crash and roar...add a decent thunderstorm... perfection.

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When I get to meet up with my daughter...usually once a year..we have so much fun..we get to do stuff I wouldn't normally do ...

No particular place but in the RV, with the dogs and my husband, camping.  Love relaxing around the campfire, meeting new people (most campers are so friendly) and the sound of the rain on the roof of the camper.

My sanctuary is definitely inside myself.

I get there at my house, cooking up something delectable, working in the garden, listening to favorite music,

sewing beautiful fabric, watching the Sun and the Moon pass over my little square of sky, a scolding from resident crows.

Sitting on the tarmac flying to a new adventure.

My nourishment is my work, painting/writing

and appreciating the beautiful natural world.

 

9 hours ago, BAT said:

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G’day

Ive just got out of hospital again... don’t ask I’m out and home!

I got to go to the creek with little miss 4 and a 1/2 and big mister 7 from next door.

Wow what a great place.

Theres big pools of water full of bulrushes and little fish and cool tadpoles. There’s dragon flies and big grasshoppers and the sound of cicaders. The dried gum leaves and bark not only crunch underfoot but smell real great too.

Even though it’s just down at the bottom of the street it’s a million miles away when you get caught in the moment.

I hope to get invited again even though I did get in trouble for tracking mud in thier moms kitchen.....

C

^^^thanks for the happy childhood flashbacks, I so know that smell...glad ya home from hossy too...did ya teach your little tour guides to skip rocks?

1 hour ago, Cbdave said:

I got to go to the creek with little miss 4 and a 1/2 and big mister 7 from next door.

I bet those two little ones love you to pieces.  

My children had a neighbor like that and I know the time he spent with them added to  the wonderful adults they became.  They are in their 30's now and still have a special relationship with them.  

Hope you are feeling better.

My go to place is the OBX... 

 

words dont do do it justice 

A private campsite, a long sandy beach on the ocean, a non-motorized lake and a kayak, my bed.  

 

Fun topic!

The mountains.  The Cumberland, Appalachian, and Blue Ridge ranges are my home turf playgrounds.

 

However, I can hit the road and be quite content in any mountain range.  Give me some winding trails, rivers that can be run in a canoe, climbable rock, and some good trout waters...paradise found.

Give me some winding trails, rivers that can be run in a canoe

 

Thank you for the reminder Boo....yes squeezing into a canoe with me sitting in the front ... Between your legs ...what fun ..

Making sure the pack  lunches  stay dry...I agree...Paradise !!!

 

7 hours ago, Doreensfree said:

Thank you for the reminder Boo....yes squeezing into a canoe with me sitting in the front ... Between your legs ...what fun ..

 

When you said: "show me your straight-shaft and I'll show you my beavertail" and you weren't talking about paddles...Good times!

Wilderness camping. Miles away from the nearest road . . . Like this place, camping and fishing with my son . . . a wonderful place to reflect.

 

8 hours ago, Boo said:

 

When you said: "show me your straight-shaft and I'll show you my beavertail" and you weren't talking about paddles...Good times!

Lol.!!!!.....and you saying hold tight your  in for a rough ride .....wasn't about the rapids either .!!!!!....

I love Boating stories don't you,  Doreen, Boo you two just keep ejoying those wild Canoe Rides !