It's not that winter is cold, though that can be off-putting, or that there's snow on the ground, though that does make it more of a workout at times, but the short day-lengths... there's just no way for me to get out walking when it gets dark at 4:30 and I don't get off work till 5:30. So I get very few walks in these days (and take fewer photos).
Which is unfortunate, because as my mom and I have discussed, walking and just being in nature is beneficial on a variety of levels, for reasons science doesn't fully understand yet. That it is true, though, is beginning to show up in nearly every study that has looked at the question.
Here's one of the more recent ones, and offers familiar scenery to me, having done a lot of walking in both the natural and downtown areas of Ann Arbor:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081218122242.htm
In this one, the results seem to show that being in nature is actually more beneficial than the walking itself, that the scenery offers more than the activity.
Scenery I still have... I catch glimpses of it out the windows, and it is nice, and much appreciated after living in Sam's basement for a year. I still think I need an exercise bike or something, though.
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Another reason that being in nature is important, at least for my old soul, is that memories walk with me. The two muskrats running down the creek bank, the ice formations under the bridge, and the red cardinal in the middle of all that grey and white, they are yours, Lara.
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