River Walk - my need for earth connection

I've always felt a strong connection to the places where I have lived. Sometimes this seems like a good thing, sometimes not. There's something about sitting on a rock, watching a river, listening to the rushing water, the birds, the breeze. I feel part of something bigger. I've always wanted to live in places of natural beauty. When I'm in urban and suburban space for too long, I start to feel claustrophobic. I live in a city now, however there are places of beauty throughout the city as well as surrounding it - rivers, Lake Superior, woods and wildlife.

Today I drove about 5min from my house and took Teagan on a walk along the Current River.
It was beautiful. I should probably spend the whole day resting, preparing for tomorrow but I just felt the need to be in the woods today. I didn't walk far. We went about 5 min. upstream, then forded the river and walked back on the other side. I tried to take photos - including macro images of some of the flowers (the wild roses and bunchberry are in bloom). I felt happy to be out on such a gorgeous day, happy to be alive.