My Favorite Place In Nature

My Favorite Place in Nature

By Daniel Herrero

My favorite place in nature is the system of trails that go through forests, streams, rivers, marshes and ponds in my town of Amherst New Hampshire, and in the towns surrounding it. One of my favorite things to do in the Spring, Summer and Fall is to walk down these trails with my dog, and just take in the sights, sounds and smells of the forest, especially in the Spring months when everything is finally starting to turn green, and you can hear the chirping of songbirds carry through the fresh spring air. I often find myself writing poetry and taking photography while I am at these places, and find refuge from all the stresses of the busy chaoticness of life there. I will often just sit and relax on a fallen log and lose myself in deep thought, far from the reach of any problems that I may have left back in the urban world. I find myself to feel very protective over these places in nature, and greatly fear the fact that these forests could be lost in the future due to logging, which is greatly plaguing the forests near where I live, and has already claimed many patches of woods in recent years. 

A waterfall in Wilton NH. Photo taken by me.

A photo from the Joppa Hill Farm trails in Bedford NH. Photo taken by me.

The Souhegan river in Merrimack NH. Photo taken by CaptainGeorgeTKirk