A Walk Through the Husband's Lens

There is something about walking in the woods that relaxes and calms me down, my mind specifically. Cannot pinpoint a single reason but it's always good to be up there - in the midst of tall trees, greens, browns, birds chirping and such. I want to run away today and go to the woods but there isn't any nearby here at the other house. So I improvised😅

Pine needles looking like a carpet

There isn't many dense forests in town, well except those in remote areas. But there are also places which have been declared as a protected watershed so cutting of trees isn't allowed. One of those areas is very close to my father-in-law's house where almost half of the mountain has been preserved so there are lots of trees even along the road.

Today's walk and photographs were by the husband who went out of the house very early (5am) sometime last week (27th April) to visit his father. Because the road leading to their home had undergone repairs and maintenance where one whole section had just been cemented, it is now temporarily closed so no vehicle can pass, not even bikes. So he had to walk, leaving his motorbike at the church grounds along the highway.

He got this view as he started. The fog was still covering the hills at that time. It was early morning after all. The sun was just peeking through the horizon.

Following the timestamps of the photos, this was some 30 minutes later, basically the same spot where he took the above photos of the mountains and the rising sun. What was he doing up there that he didn't move for 30 minutes?

Just as I thought, he said he met Roger along the way and made chismis, lol! It's no surprise because he loves talking to people even those he just met for the first time😅 But yeah, the morning fog is still thick and at 6:44 in the morning, it still enjoys blanketing the hills and mountains.

From there, he called Mr B (the young man who is tending to the farms over there) to come fetch him so he didn't have anymore photos as they headed down.

These succeeding shots were captured when he took a walk back to his bike. The sun has risen and the day was bright.

Along the roadsides are trees. That is largely because it is a protected area. If not, people may have already cut them down and converted the land into farm terraces like here in our place so there aren't many trees around.

Although the trees are not so dense, at least they got more than enough. Did you notice the pine needles carpeting the roadsides? This was where the first photo above was captured. I imagine the husband had to do some magical squat while taking it, lol!

He has a fascination with ferns, hence these ones. Taken along the walls of the road.

He also likes to photograph the sun especially when they are peeking through something. It was 8 in the morning when these shots were taken.

And this view means he was already close to where he photographed the morning fog, hence he ended his walk some 100 meters away, got on his motorbike and came back home. Those structures that are barely visible and peeking through the trees are houses along the main highway. Up there is the local hospital too.

Although I wasn't there physically, it was good to walk through his captures today and share it here on chain as well.

It's the hump day for us and it's really noisy around here with machines buzzing which makes me miss our lil kingdom all the more. Soon, we will have to go back there.