The Stool

I made a little stool that packs flat and can be assembled with screws. I decided to test it out the same day I finished it and headed out to the Sutton Urban Wilderness, and took a side trail and then a trail off that, coming to a small clearing I had never seen before. 

 

Away from it all.

As this was one of the quickest paths, I was still very close to a busy road, and could hear cars going by at all times while I sat on my assembled stool and sipped my tea. I do not find the sounds of cars beautiful, so I did not practice listening, like I did not to long ago at the state park which is a 20 minute drive from my house. But I choose to feel comfort, knowing that people were close by (whereas I feel peace when I know they are not), and I practiced my watching and noticing instead.

There were more bird sightings than times I head a jackass with a vehicle that was deliberately too loud, so I will call that a win.

I split the tea into thirds so it would stay warm coming out of my thermos, and that was how I marked the time, leaving at the end of my improvised tea ceremony. The drive back took 4 minutes, though I take a longer route to the park to avoid working against traffic.