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I grew up WAY out in the country (on a dirt road in the middle of the woods). For the past 2 1/2 years I have been living in the middle of the city, in an apartment that doesn't even have a yard! Although it does have a rather nice little courtyard-type set up. Anyway, I haven't been out to the country to visit the follks in a while, and am starting to get a little cabin fever. I like the city, but am really a country girl at heart and sometimes all the cars, and buildings, and long lines just start getting to me. I fell the need for a little wide open space and clean air! Do any of you other apartment dwellers ever get this way? Particularly in the winter time?
Hope
I haven't needed to live in an apartment recently, but between the sale of my last home and the purchase of this one I was in a studio apartment for nearly a year. Cabin fever big time! I missed gardening so much; I watched lots of nature shows on PBS but that probably made me even more conscious of what I was missing. I also made frequent visits to the zoo and the arborteum which seemed to help.
I agree about going to the zoo and also to parks - it does help. In fact, my son and the neighbor's son were out of school Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for Mardi Gras so I took off work to keep them and took them to the zoo yesterday. It was wonderful - 78 degrees and sunny so most of the animals were out and moving around. We had a really nice day. We also have a beautiful 155 acre park a few miles from my house. Unfortunately, it has been closed since Katrina (they used it as a "dump" for trees and other organic debris and had huge mulching machines out there to grind it up). Last I heard it was supposed to open back up yesterday, but I haven't been by yet to see. Maybe I will ride by this afternoon on my way home from work and we can go out and feed the ducks this weekend!
I know what you all mean. I'm in the cement city in an apartment with a small balcony and it is full of plants. I have to go out and inhale some nature once in a while to get my bearings. I feed the birds and squirrels and enjoy my plants but just isn't enough. I read books about bugs, plants, nature. etc. When it gets cooler here I'll go to the arboretum and rejuvinate!
Hope to have a house by this time next year!!
