I barely find any inspiration in winter, everything seems gloomy and depressive to me and I often feel comfortable staying at home, lazily. I saw many beautiful ice and snow photos here and there but unfortunately, I haven't found anything to capture and share until today. I think God wanted me to wait and understand and admire the real beauty of winter in time.
Yesterday I went to the nearest forest within the city, I wrote before about my depression and to recover that I have taken some steps for myself. The best way to stay away from my depression is to keep myself busy and to stay away from online social life. Sometimes media fake news and toxic social media destroy mentality and make life toxic, by the way, it's my personal opinion and happens often with me. So, to give me time and to resolve my mental issue, I started keeping myself busy, doing a lot of activities, learning new things, and walking around. Basically, I have forced myself to get out from home and from my phone and laptop for a while.
The location you will see in the picture is located 10 km away from the city center, which is famous for Kharkiv'ska Swizeria (skiing, tubing, and snowboarding). In winter, people come here for skiing and snowboarding and during summer, people do a lot of activities here. The forest area is known as the Red-wood park, popular for ATV riding.
We have got a nice amount of snow in the last few days. It was also snowing while taking the photos. I have seen summer forest, autumn forest closely before but this was the first time I was exploring winter woodland.
Trust me, it is the calmest, quietest, and solidarity moment I have spent there. I was not expecting humans and I wanted to be all alone; the woodland and me. Obviously, I went into the forest knowing it was safe and close to the locality. The internet was not working properly so I didn't have the courage to go deep into the forest.
In Bangladesh, we don't have snow so I experienced snow in Ukraine for the first time. I remember I saw a little bit of snow in India Manali but it's was not enough to experiences the exact deep snow.
The temperature was -1 degree celsius, very comfortable winter weather with snowfall. It was also easy to walk around because of the soft snowfall and it was a bright day too. So, generally, I have chosen a perfect day for walking into the forest. What I have liked the most was the calmness and sound of nature.
I barely saw fallen leaves, some dried leaves were hanging and ready to fall down.
The struggle was with the camera lens, it was becoming blurry often due to weather.
I tried to take some photos of leaves and ice/snow using my phone. Not exactly what I wanted but I am happy with the result overall. Because the photos were blurry and I forgot to clean my camera lens :D
I was trying to see everything very closely and thoroughly as I have never admired the deadly beauty of winter. Winter has something, it can be a struggle, it can be beautiful.
Normally I don't feel energetic in winter but this time I don't know from where, my energy level was high, I was motivated all of a sudden. Probably it was because of the atmosphere and ambiance.
These two snowmen were looking at each other, someone made them leave them here to stay alone. They are not scary snowmen, I won't say they were perfect, better than how I build a snowman :D
In the forest, there was a lot of snow, I figured some spots had 10 inches amount of snow. It was fun walking in such deep into the forest.
After walking an hour, I decided to sit on the cold snowy ground. I had worn a warm long jacket so it was easy to sit. I found nothing but the silence of nature while sitting in the middle of the forest. Even I didn't see a bird, it was so peaceful and tranquil. I haven't seen ice, I just experienced soft snowy land.
I am having a very stressful and dark phase in life lately where I am confused, living in dilemma. So, it was a great idea to go into the forest and spend alone time. I have realized how much I love spending quiet time and all by myself. The serene nature helped me to clear my mind for a while and gave me a place to feel connected with something else.
Life chaos somehow put me under huge pressure, it's hard to get away from the responsibilities all of a sudden.
It was pleasant and therapeutic walking on the soft snow, that covered the entire ground level, it appeared like it had to protect the ground like a covered blanket. Nature has gone to sleep for a long time, took a break from the world but left a dreadful, silent beauty for us. Instead of finding it haunting, I have found a solidarity moment.
I am eagerly waiting to explore this mysterious forest once again, this time I will go deeper...
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