Terraces, Lawns, Backyards

Last evening, the regular stroll made me realize the importance of terraces, lawns and backyards. They have been the centers of various interesting activities depending upon the time of the day and season of the year.

During scorching summers, the early  morning breezes have a soothing effect. The summer afternoons cannot be spent on terraces but they are useful in other ways, like the sun drying of pickles, dals, and other delicacies which grace the great Indian platter all round the year. Then, the evenings spent on terraces give relief from the sun's heat.

Terraces are equally important during the winters where the sun gives relief from the cold weather. During the rainy seasons also the greens on terraces and in the lawns have a soothing effect, easing the day's stress. 

Equally essential are the lawns and backyards. Be it spending time under the calm of a tree shade, or barbecues in the backyard, these are the places of leisure as well as necessity.

Though many times we do not realise the importance of them, but they are crucial to our lives.

These spaces provide us with places of entertainment, leisure, family gatherings and me time. Either you are feeling low or demotivated, or need time for introspection, quiet spaces like these are all you need.

Such spaces are not usually found in the so called big cities owing to the lack of space and heavy population density and hence are mostly substituted by balconies, which can definitely not compete with the charm of a terrace or a backyard for that matter. The confinement of a balcony could never come close to the vast spaces that the terraces, lawns and backyards provide. 

Thus, the importance of the aforementioned spaces is undeniable. They are unquestionably everyone's favourite and treasured by all.

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