Svetlana S. (SEI) about Nature

About flowers. A daffodil is a purely cool-colored flower — it’s not mine, it’s just a flower. But a red peony, now that’s red — it radiates warmth, it’s pleasant. You want to just hug it, kiss it, and who knows what else — there’s a kind of rapture in the soul.

And lilacs — oh, I’d love to pick an armful of lilacs, bury my face in them, sink into them — I don’t even have the words. Pure delight! I also love primroses — I have all kinds: purple, red ones — it’s such a pleasure to look at them, pure joy.

Evenings at the country house are wonderful: the scent of night violets, the sun setting, the sky darkening, the forest standing off in the distance, and silence... nightingales singing — it’s such harmony, peace, nothing else is needed. You just want to live, and live, and live like that. I love walking barefoot on the ground.