Life Under The Trees

http://youtu.be/5d3IhgEb6EY

Having lived in Ditmas Park for a few years now, it’s difficult to imagine going back to anywhere in Brooklyn we’ve lived before. There aren’t many other places in the borough–or many other places in NYC–that offer the nature we get here while going about our daily lives.

A recent article in The Atlantic discusses the healing properties of environments like ours:

Forests, streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans demand very little from us, though they’re still engaging, ever changing, and attention-grabbing. The difference between natural and urban landscapes is how they command our attention. While man-made landscapes bombard us with stimulation, their natural counterparts give us the chance to think as much or as little as we’d like, and the opportunity to replenish exhausted mental resources.

It would be near-impossible to not notice the trees in our neighborhood that have burst over the past couple of weeks with fluffy pink flowers, but it’s sometimes hard to pause while running from one place to another and really enjoy what it’s like to walk under them.

We know we’ll miss them when they’re no longer in bloom–so although the video above is no Oscar contender, we still think it’s worth a look.