I’m at my mom’s retirement community, which is made up of little clusters of cottages in “the woods” - it’s pretty well groomed but there’s lots of wildlife and green, heavenly park-like setting on 300 acres of woods and fields.
Yesterday I was out walking and I came across an area someone had groomed in the woods, with a horseshoe pit and two very tall swings, probably 12’. I sat down and swung to my heart’s content for nearly an hour and watched the birds and deer, who didn’t seem the slightest bit fazed by me.
I … it was the loveliest surprise. Not only did I find it incredibly relaxing out there in the woods whooshing through the trees, but when i was done I realized what a great workout this was - shoulders, arms, back, abs, thighs, even a little aerobic benefit.
I’m utterly charmed and can’t wait to go back and see if i can find it again … and I SO want this at home!!! Like, So Much, I’d plant woods in my back yard just to have a tall swing like this.