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Timothy Daly

Recently I watched a Youtube video featuring nature scenes: woods, flowers, landscapes, mountains, and wildlife, along with soothing music. Nature has a strange calming effect on us, and after a little time under such an influence we relax and our outlook changes dramatically.

Why is the natural world so fascinating? Perhaps it is its fragile beauty, with swaying leaves, delicate flowers, and interesting patterns of bark, stems and buds. These entertain our eyes and appeal to our senses of beauty and design. However, this beauty is fragile and must be maintained. One bulldozer, an inadvertent fertilizer or chemical application, or a drought can destroy works of beauty that took years to grow.

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Timothy Daly is the Agricultural and Natural Resource agent with UGA Extension Henry. He can be contacted at 770-288-8421 or tdaly@uga.edu.

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