Ever zone out watching nature?

[Sidapete]

I just completely spaced out for like twenty minutes watching two spiders battle, in mid-air, danging from the roof of the porch outside my bedroom window. The little one kept getting knocked away, but it'd crawl right back up and do battle once more. The big one now has 6 or 7 of it's legs webbed up, and the little one keeps wandering off, coming back to poke at it, and wandering off again when the big one fights back. It was so fascinating how there would be this furiously intense struggle, then the little one would fall a couple feet, there'd be a pause, then it'd crawl back up (or get pulled back up, I think it was a little of both) and they'd do battle once more.

I only realized how much time I'd lost watching this unfold because my laptop fell asleep.

Yup, the big one's done for - it only has two legs free, and it's fighting for all it's worth but it can't seem to dislodge the little one anymore. I'd say "Woohoo!" for the underdog, but then I realized I have a vicious, killer spider living on my porch now. :|

 

[Red7227]

I just completely spaced out for like twenty minutes watching two spiders battle, in mid-air, danging from the roof of the porch outside my bedroom window. The little one kept getting knocked away, but it'd crawl right back up and do battle once more. The big one now has 6 or 7 of it's legs webbed up, and the little one keeps wandering off, coming back to poke at it, and wandering off again when the big one fights back. It was so fascinating how there would be this furiously intense struggle, then the little one would fall a couple feet, there'd be a pause, then it'd crawl back up (or get pulled back up, I think it was a little of both) and they'd do battle once more.

I only realized how much time I'd lost watching this unfold because my laptop fell asleep.

Yup, the big one's done for - it only has two legs free, and it's fighting for all it's worth but it can't seem to dislodge the little one anymore. I'd say "Woohoo!" for the underdog, but then I realized I have a vicious, killer spider living on my porch now. :|

Yes, the little guy always wins.

I was living in a slightly rustic area and had this little black jumping spider (about 3/8") living on my kitchen window. I'm a terrible arachnophobe so the little guy died soon after.

Over the next few days I had about 5 fucking great huge hairy spiders (2" to 3" across) move into the house. I had the usual hysterics while killing them off, and on checking found that the little black hunting spiders kill the big hairy ones. Now I leave those little guys alone.

And yes, watching nature can do that to you.

 

[Brad]

I zone out doing everything. It happens to me all the.................................................

 

[camstory]

I don't remember the last time I zoned out on nature, but when I was younger and lived in two different, very lost in nature homes, one just outside Yosemite, I used to zone out on nature almost daily. Most ppl are so far removed from the natural world, and/or have lost touch with what it is to observe the nature we do come into contact with, that they don't know what it is to tune in to nature. When it happens unexpectedly it is sort of aw inspiring. I think there may be some primal instinct in us that kicks in when we tune into nature.

 

[southsamurai]

heck, just now i was outside watching ants and millipedes and birds and squirrels. bliss

 

[LiLredhairedgrl]

Last summer there was a lizard living in the "living room" (tent over furniture with old carpets on the dirt...), he was always there and I am sure we spent many hours just watching him catch flies like a freaking pro....until the day ANOTHER lizard moved in and chased him under the trailor where my dog may or may not have actually caught one or at least scared him off. Never saw Emmanuelle again....(yes we named him.) I forget what we named the new lizard that took his territory...oh wait I know! Ernesto... :mrgreen:

 

[Bocefish]

Nature is awesome! Ya never know just what might happen next.

 

[LaceyRoyce]

Sexxy Bunny and I were at Exxxotica staying in a poolhouse to film videos with a bunch of girls. We were looking out at the Patio pool area and there were like 7 lizards.
One male (i assume - he was the only one with the red neck pooch) and all the rest were female.

And he could puff it up..so he'd like stand in the middle and puff puff his neck. And the girls would run around..stand still. eventually one girl decided his puffing was good enough and they went into the bushes and the others dispersed.

basically we spent a good half hour or so looking at lizards mating ceremonies spacing out..

 

[krukstyle]

Yes! I have definitely spent ridiculous periods of time "zoning-out" on nature. Here are a few natural things that I've been sucked-in by:

- Water rushing and bubbling through rocks in a creek
- Squirrels endlessly chasing each other and causing crazy rodent mischief
- Mother ducks and their babies parading around (hilariously cute)
- The ocean (yup...)

I really think it's less "zoning-out" and more along the lines of something in my brain clicking and telling me "Holy shit! This is way more interesting and immediately important than whatever series of mundane tasks I had planned." With all the distracting BS that we get roped into in our lives--it's pretty easy to forget the weird, wild, and wonderful world that is right outside your door.

A couple of months back a friend called me to tell me about a huge meteor shower that was happening at 2am--my everyday brain responded "Eh... I've seen those before... I have to be up early." I randomly had to let the dog out in the middle of the night. Three hours and roughly eighty shooting stars later, I stumbled back inside with a stiff neck--totally satisfied. The night sky can definitely lock you in and steal your time.

This week I had the pleasure of meeting the little guy pictured below. Though I had many things I had to "get done" I ended up hanging with this baby hawk--who had decided to post up two adjacent backyards for a few days--for hours on end. Watching this little goofball squawk, hop around, and just be generally awesome made me drop quite a few things that had previously seemed important. His family never came back--and it seemed like he either didn't want or wasn't able to leave--so now he's chilling with the local aviary rescue unit.

TLR Nature is pretty effing cool.

 

[LiLredhairedgrl]

Speaking of squirrels....my charlie brown had quite the fascination with one in particular a few years ago on the mountain. He named her Sandy. Sandy the squirrel. He would spend hours trying to get her close! He took soooo many pictures of her that summer, and I believe there is even a video! Every year he looks for her, but not once has he seen her again of course. Lil' hussy squirrel toying with my man like that....

 

[southsamurai]

some years ago our neighbor of the time spent several weeks making friends with a female squirrel that lived in the local trees. he got her to the point where she would come and take food from his hand. she got very friendly with humans. eventually when i went outside she would scamper up and see what was on offer. the next spring when she came out of hibernation she started up again but the neighbor had moved. she mad it a habit to hang out with me in the afternoons while i was out watching over the kids of the block after school ( apparently a well armed 6 ft tall 300 lb guy is good security lol, their parents figured that if i was around no one would think about bothering the young'ns)

anyway the she-squirrel did what nature decrees and spawned more tiny rodents. she started bringing them around for hand outs too lol. of course since they started young they had no problem with being handled to some degree or another. one little male would sit on my leg and let me stroke his ears and tail while chittering and shivering with joy ( he was chittering and shivering, not me).

so for several years we had semi tame squirrels around here. after my work schedule changed they didnt come around as much on the weekends when i had time to sit outside and relax. and when my back got wrecked i was bed bound for most of the summer and early autumn so the next year i had no little furry visitors anymore. but for a good long while i would sit on my porch of an afternoon with cicadas singing, squirrels dancing around and little kids laughing and having a good time watching it all with me. good times indeed

 

[MsAllyCat]

Sometimes I look at the trees, picking out individual leaves and consider the high probability that I am the only person on earth to have looked at that leaf. I sorta go on a leaf hunt, looking for the furtherest hidden. It's sorta cool.

 

[LadyLuna]

waves on the beach, lizards, ants, insects, fire, leaves waving in the wind, clouds... if it moves, I can get lost looking at it.

 

[Sevrin]

I've zoned out watching natural boobs.