1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8RyhESoPVQ"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/weekend-learning/">Weekend learning</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/weekend-learning/embed/#?secret=8RyhESoPVQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Weekend learning” — PoohsDen" data-secret="8RyhESoPVQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Nature and outdoors never stop amazing me. There are so many things I learn from them and they make my otherwise mundane existence a pleasure. I love the trees, the flowers, the rivers, the birds, the rains, the humidity and even the tiny creepy crawly insects. Every day nature seems to tell me about the eternal mantra of life, change. Slow and subtle are the changes in nature, but they happen in front of our busy eyes. We just seem to ignore the changes in trying rush from one commitment to the other making no time to stop and enjoy nature and to learn from it. Inspite of my hectic weekends I try to make time for a little one-on-one with nature a couple of times a month. My one-on-ones range from a couple of minutes of solitude early in the morning watching the birds comes to life to a simple picnic by the lake. I try to make it a way of life. And when Saturday turned to be an unusually warm December day, I knew it was time to pull out the picnic basket and head out to enjoy the day. Yes, there were many other things I […]