daydreaming

How easy it is to forget the busy city around you while hidden within the thick green walls of the garden. Nature covers you like a cloak – protecting you from the sound of buses, cars and pedestrians polluting your environment with their mere presence. Only the faint humming of chaos reaches you in this sanctuary where life progresses steadily, but peacefully, and time is measured solely by the sunlight on your back. The trees wear new blooms on old branches proving that change is not only possible; it’s inevitable. With each new season is a new opportunity for beauty. Then how quickly we forget our tranquil thoughts as we step back through the shaded walls and are caught in the rushing current of life - forced to fight for our footing on the cobblestone.

The above was written on the second day of spring in Buenos Aires (Sept. 22) when I stumbled upon a botanical garden enclosed within the busy city streets.