Does anyone ever?

Thanks Glen, I'll look them up. I have tried before, and there sure are alot of different Military planes.

We sit and listen all the time, either down at the pond or in our rocking chairs on the front porch. We delight in not hearing "people sounds" - cars, planes, shouting, etc. It is wonderful to just sit and listen to the breeze, birds, bugs and bullfrogs in the evenings.

My kids' stepmom was here one summer night and commented on how quiet it was. I told her to just listen for a moment...it's not quiet! The air is teeming with the sounds of nature.

My MIL asked me one time why I didn't keep a radio or TV on during the day and I told her if I did that I wouldn't be able to hear anything! She replied that there wasn't anything to hear. LOL...that's the point!

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My neighbor has a thinkin' spot. Its an old metal lawn chair under a huge pine tree. The tree sits in the middle of an 'island' no bigger than the width of the tree canopy. The 'island' is really a U shaped place where Goose Creek winds thru the property behind the cabin. The creek is at most four feet wide.

I love the sound of Spring peepers - I feel like we're in the rain forest for a few weeks in Spring when their songs fill the night. I love the wind rustling the alder leaves and the sound of the horses munching hay.

I also love the hum of hundreds of bees in the locust tree when it's blooming.

I like the birdsong that covers layers of silence. There is road noise, and sometimes planes, or the train in the distance, but there's still space and relative quiet.

Another lovely sound is the trumpeter swans' calls echoing through the damp air during migration.

I have to say the only sound I don't enjoy are the geese when they are alarmed. But my favorite would have to be the literal calm before the storm, just after the few trees that we have on our property quit rustling. We have very few trees and are on a hill, so it is a common occurance to watch the east as the storms roll in mostly just as the sun is going down.

i come home from work everyday and sit on my deck in my swing and take in a biggg breath of air close my eyes and just listen like all of you nothing beats the sounds of nature
and for me it seems there is a peacefulness about fall its my favorite time of year

all the time....i also moved a double seater swing with a canopy back by the woods and pond so i can sit there ..this summer earlier when i wasn't so busy ..if i wasn't in the house people could always find me back there swinging on the swing and watching the turtles and frogs and dragonflies on the pond...breathing in the scents and listening to the rustle of the quaking aspens

The bees early in the morning when they are busy on the clover...the creek when the rains have filled it enough to rush over the rocks....barking frogs that sound like a one string bass note...the wind.

All these things I had not heard since childhood, until I moved back to the country. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

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