We have been socked with a few days of excessive daytime heat. Temperatures dancing around the 90 mark. I actually enjoy the heat in the spring as the humidity is not yet set in, and I don’t believe it will last throughout the summer but rather a short lived shock to our system and a telltale that says, “take note of what you are in for” as summer comes.
My poor husband has been working on getting some projects done outside, and loves the reprieve of the AC when he steps inside. On the other hand my office is in the basement of our home and so I emerge from the lower level chilled with a sweater on and walk outside to bask in the glory of the heat in between client meetings.
I appreciate the air conditioning and at the same time I can’t handle too much of it, so each night before bed I shut down the AC and make my way through the house opening windows to let the night air take over where the AC left off. My husband finds this absolutely crazy. “Why would you cool it all day and keep the humidity out and then let it all in at night only to repeat the process again tomorrow?”
Logic be damned, I LOVE the night!!
I absolutely love the nights. I have to open the windows at night. There is something about the breeze carrying the night air through the house, and more wonderfully the noises that the night makes: the sounds of frogs in the meadow, the occasional low grown of a cow in the pasture, nature’s tempo developed by the wind through the trees outside our bedroom window and sometimes the far off howl of a coyote. I personally know many people who find the sounds of nature at night to be intimidating, for some even frightening. For those folks these sounds would keep them awake all night. For me, they are a lullaby.
The sounds of nature at night have always lulled me to sleep and held me deeply in their arms while I rest very contently. It’s why I am still a tent camper.
Summer is making its way here in the Midwest. I encourage you to spend time in nature and not just during the day. The night is curious and centering. It is soulful and lets your energy body soften and move with simple ease, your senses held in contact with each sound and smell and shadow. Next chance you get, try it. Head to your local park, or your local back road or your own backyard and experience the deliciousness that nature at night provides. Just sit still and watch, and listen, smell the trees and plants as the dew sets on the grasses. Take it all in.
Let Mother Nature cradle you off to sleep.
Forever the journey, Anne