When I moved to a (much) smaller city with a forest nearby, I definitely started to feel the change of seasons more. I'd say that the biggest change was with the spring -- while living in the city, I had no idea what's the difference between February and March, for example. I still don't know the little details, but now I kinda feel that every month has a "soul of its own" :) This is a beautiful realization, and also something that indeed takes several years to adopt for a city rat like me :)

On the other hand, I wonder what "silent structures" you have in mind. I remember reading that some people did not enjoy "going back to nature", specifically I remember watching an interview with Beksinski where he said that he is a "potted plant not wishing to be replanted", or something like that. I also remember Bukowski writing about an incident where he got lost in a very hot forest without water and was terrified, cursing it and wishing to be back in the city :) (later to be rescued by his partner)

I always liked your daily picture series, even if it included recurring themes, but I have to say they started to strike me more (in a positive way) since moving closer to nature. I wonder whether this is something in me that I can't relate so much when I don't have particular connection in mind (but still "feel" that this is something good, positive, bright), or something more global.

Some time ago, I've read an opinion that maybe we should stop romanticizing nature and face the fact that humans are destroying it, so we are facing the future where going to a forest will be seen as something that our grand-grandparents used to do.

There are a lot content nowadays with people buying old houses and renovating them, and I can't stop the feeling that they are not showing everything, I mean both sides of the coin, that nature/manual work/gardening/going to forest is indeed something that can give you deep feelings of joy, but on the other hand I remember times when I, like Bukowski, cursed this land and wanted to go home, and I mean a residential block :) because something blew up in my face.

I have to say here that's what I always admired your blog for, when you were showing e.g. the floor renovation projects and some stages that were not so pretty, leaving you with I guess not so good feelings of being overwhelmed (I don't want to impute anything, just something that I can now see more clearly)

(I hope this post is not too lumpy/messy...)