It's a beautiful place, dear @papilloncharity!
I enjoy, and have learned a lot too, from those casual or planned encounters with nature.
I am convinced that, this ..."strange way of seeing things"..., as you write, is the only way to make sense of this short time we have been given here on earth, and the only way to be able to bear the great percentage of suffering that this great adventure entails.
Thank you and I for one look forward to nature's surprises, so I do not do many planned excursions.
Glad that you also see things this way and it is a great comfort to know that nature can help us to endure while out characters are shaped by the sufferings and to understand it like such.
A warm embrace also to you!
Zac.
!PIZZA