It is quiet and peaceful. There are no sounds of humans. No automobiles, no voices, no machinery, no music, and no television. There are no disturbances. It is very calm and relaxing. All you can hear is the cool breeze blowing gently through the leaves of the trees as they patiently soak up the warm sunlight. It will sometimes pick up and drown out all of the other sounds by rattling the leaves. Some of them even flutter down to the ground as fall is fast approaching. There are also many bugs making plenty of noise. There are the crickets with their chirping. It starts growing louder and louder. Then they become quiet, but then it comes back again. You can hear birds chirping. There is also the occasional bark of a dog and the hum of an airplane passing overhead.
It is warm in the sun but cool in the shade. You can smell the sweet clover and the hay in the gentle breeze. There is no pollution, no exhaust in the cool summer breeze. Hay fields and woods stretch as far as I can see. The sunlight is dancing beautifully on the ground as the leaves rustle in the breeze. Hundreds of moths fly around playfully in the hay field. They land momentarily, and then take off again, chasing each other playfully. There is a squirrel making his chattering noise in the distance. A bee will come buzzing by every once in a while. A bird is moving gracefully from branch to branch. Jumping, then effortlessly flapping its wings time and time again. The sun is very bright, lighting up the sky to be a beautiful bright blue. There is not a cloud in sight.
There is so much freedom. There are no clocks ticking, no telephones ringing, no schedules to try to keep, no place to be. There is just nature, peacefully and calmly carrying out its everyday life. The animals dart to and fro, living without a care in the world. They bother no one else, just taking care of their own business.
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this sounds like heaven. you'll have to remind me of where you are, again...i think you are writing this about your home, right? i sometimes take longs rides into the country just to find places like this...that was something that Idaho offered quite a bit: lots of land without a soul in sight for days. i know there are plenty of spots like that here; i just need to find them.
the description is great, but the question now is: where next? where do we go with this? what sort of tension is here? what is there to really pull the reader into this? you have my attention, but now where do we go? this will be what we try to find on Monday. This is a perfect start.
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