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I've been moving the other way, from apartment, to a house with 16 ft yard, 33 feet, on up, seems every four years, until now I"m on an 88 acre farm! I can't imagine the opposite, but my treasured memories of those tiny yards is of creating little microcosms of nature, ponds with fountains, secluding bushes, flowers that bloom from spring through late fall. Inside, a space of tranquility. And many trips to the country! The lovely thing about humans is we adapt and can be happy anywyere. Best, Derek

I live in a third floor apartment, but I've got a nice-sized balcony. I'm working on a little container garden out there, and as soon as I can afford it, I want to set up a little table-top fountain or something. It'll definitely have to wait until the weather cools off, though! The balcony just isn't that comfortable when it's 95 degrees outside.

But I am also a Wiccan Faery Witch, which makes me very Green. Many of my novel and poetry book customers told me they thought I lived in the woods, because of all the nature in my novels and poems. Yet my condo faced a concrete parking lot. However, because I was looking for it, I could see an abundance of Nature in the trees, grass, and sky that surrounded my condo, even though the trees were few and the grass patches tiny. All the birds, butterflies, plants, etc., people rushed past and missed every day. You could probably find the same around your new apartment complex.
I think this is always a fun challenge from the Goddess. To find her in Nature even in the midst of the city. It can be done, and once you begin to look for her, you'll be amazed how much of Her there is to find among all that steel, chrome, and concrete.
BTW, have you checked out my blog lately? It's called "Magickal Novels & Empowering Thoughts for Women" at http://www.OccultFiction.blogspot.com
You might find it interesting. Lots of Goddess nature there!
Magickal blessings!



Has anyone else made this transition? How do you hold on to nature when you're surrounded by concrete?