Grounded

When was the last time I did this? 

I can't remember. 

The feeling of lying on the ground, staring up at the sky. 

I used to do it all the time as a child. 

Living in the city, I don't get a chance to do this often, but I went to visit a friend in Woodend, and we visited the Macedon Reservoir. 

We walked into the bush. 

This is my friend's happy place. She led me down to the water, where we set up a picnic blanket. She went for a swim. I lay down and looked at the sky. 

And I relished the feeling of being connected to nature. The knowledge that I was completely grounded. The only thing I would have wanted different was to be lying on fresh green grass. It's too dry for that at the moment. Lying directly on grass, maybe with a dog sniffing around the place. A bit more time would have been good too. Grass and a bit more time would have made a lovely afternoon perfect.

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