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8/5/2022

it takes a village to raise a heather

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It takes a whole village to raise a Heather and I just revisited a special village Aunt from my childhood.  We don't need more therapists in our village. We already have lots living amongst us.    Spent a healing magical week there.  Was also nursing a wound on the fleshy part of foot for a month.  I dislike wearing shoes and so I hadn't been giving it time to heal.   

Turns out I didn't need a tetanus shot, antibiotics or professional help (subjective I know).   Just a couple of caring village Aunts.   

A friend of theirs dropped some cream off which was very poignant (pic attached).

Once foot felt better we went back into the Catlins for the day.  I don't think I can stand on the Petrified Forest often enough.

I decided to go for a drive solo one day with no Google maps and ended up in Bluff.  On a sunny day I sat and chatted to an 83 year old woman called Noelene for an hour.  A young man asked if we knew where the famous signpost was.   Typical,  I didn't even know it was metres from me and I was parked facing it.  

Enroute to Fiordland I parked up at Monkey Island Beach and finally caught up with a seasoned traveler who has been living on the road for four years now. 
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What saddens me the most is the vast amount of farmland everywhere I go and lack of Native forests.

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    Kia Ora, my name is Heather and I have always been an overthinker.  Being an extrovert often means those thoughts flow down my hands onto the keyboard or out my mouth.  I love the meme I once saw that said something to the effect "I don't like to think before I speak. I like to be just as surprised as everyone else about what comes out of my mouth" ~ The mind Journal.   My introverted self seeks solitude soon after.  You can guarantee that when we have made our decision it was based on just as many pros as there were cons and all the feedback received.  That's the angst of an indecisive overthinker of which I am.   For an unbiased answer I will often consult the coin toss.  It is not the flip of the coin that decides but the immediate response to the result that's the answer.
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    I have always felt that the way to heal is through our connection with nature.   

    This blog is a journey inside the mind of an overthinker.  

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