Heroes Not Zombies

I’ve written many times about the benefits of forest bathing. In fact spending time “in Nature” is beneficial but there’s something extra added by spending time amongst trees. So I was delighted to find a magical garden around an old chateau near where I live now. It’s the Château Renaissance at Dampierre-sur-Boutonne, known for its “alchemical gallery” (which I’ll tell you about another time). One part of the grounds is a poplar forest. That’s it in the photo above.

It’s wonderful in there. There are several sculptures depicting characters or symbols from Arthurian legend amongst the trees and in one particular place there is…..a sun lounger! What a strange thing, to find a sun lounger in the middle of a forest!

I couldn’t resist. When you lay down on it you can’t help but look directly above you.

And what do you see when you look up?

Of course! How magical! What genius!!

You know, I like these photos, but looking at something and being inside it, experiencing it, is completely different….which reminds me of C S Lewis’s piece about the sunbeam in the woodshed – how you can look at the light or you can stand in the light looking within it.