The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

By Melina Mehr | Wonders of the World | 12 May 2022


The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

I feel romantically attached to the gracious embrace of nature while the city is lost in a mist of uncertainty.

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

In springs, the lush and cold mountains, the gentle sky, and the blossoms shine, as if you do not see anything ugly here ...

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

What an amazing sight… the white blossoms and red ladybugs  

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

I introduce to you, the heights above the historical/mountainous village of "Makesh" in northern Iran, Gilan, Talesh.

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

Where once upon a time, the ancient people of Iran were settled. They worshipped fire and believed in the "Zoroastrian" religion.

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

A long time ago, Iranians used to build "fire temples" in the highlands. These large stones are the remains of the same, a cemetery & "fire temple".

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

 

I have come here many times, but at the beginning of spring, this is the first time I set foot in this lush and magnificent greenery.

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

It is as if someone has spread a green carpet from one end of the earth to the other side and the trees have pulled themselves out to the surface.  They are all covered in beautiful blossoms.

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

Living here has a different atmosphere. For wooden stoves, you have to gather firewood, houses are separated by hedges, and you have to carry water from the spring to the house ...

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

Down there in the city, people struggle for the basic necessities of life, I’m sure when I come back there is some new thing wrong, & they have doubled or tripled the price of another basic commodity, BUT…

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

Here those needs seem meaningless and you just want to lie on the grass and stare at the sky ...

The Lush Mountains in The Outset of Spring | Iran

How do you rate this article?

17


Melina Mehr
Melina Mehr

I'm a freelance writer, passionate about, music, books and nature.


Wonders of the World
Wonders of the World

Understandingly, If I start writing about a million times-heard boring stuff, there is always a chance no one reading my materials, so I try not to go down that road, but I feel like costumes, cuisine, and traditions I’m about to unveil are worth reading about. If you think about it, humanity is a very diverse concept wrapped around the same nature, dancing around the same instinctive fire, but oddly enough its exposed face is as varied as the droplets in the ocean, unbelievably diverse.

Send a $0.01 microtip in crypto to the author, and earn yourself as you read!

20% to author / 80% to me.
We pay the tips from our rewards pool.