my heart was born green. lush, verdant, rain-loving green that dances with life during each vibrant sun shower. when i've had to list ideal living places they have a common theme: temperate, green and near enough to the sea to get away for a day. my skin is white and my eyes are light and the harsh sun of a dry climate wreaks havoc on both. so i gravitate naturally towards a climate that is moist--but not too humid--and full of a variety of plants that contain all the colours of the rainbow on a spring day.
yet i have lived in and journeyed to places that boast more sun than raindrops and learnt that there can be beauty in an alien landscape. in the middle east i stepped into a beautiful oasis of date palms, right in the midst of the rusty-brown sandy landscape. the sky in lands boasting of an abundance of vitamin d seems to go on forever. in the high desert the aspen cluster around streams that dry up in late summer, their leaves playing a plaintive tune telling of hard winters and arid summers and the joy of a life free in wide open spaces.
yet i have lived in and journeyed to places that boast more sun than raindrops and learnt that there can be beauty in an alien landscape. in the middle east i stepped into a beautiful oasis of date palms, right in the midst of the rusty-brown sandy landscape. the sky in lands boasting of an abundance of vitamin d seems to go on forever. in the high desert the aspen cluster around streams that dry up in late summer, their leaves playing a plaintive tune telling of hard winters and arid summers and the joy of a life free in wide open spaces.
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