if your main goal when going for a walk is 'get some exercise', definitely don't go for a walk with me. yesterday's excursion was a prime example, as i watched the same jogger lap me twice while i pottered along, stopping every few feet to look at something or snap a photo. exercise is certainly a good thing, but i am constantly distracted, or constantly re-focused, depending on how you look at it, when out in the forest or at the beach. right now, as mentioned the other day, i am busy spotting new plants poking up through last autumn's dead leaves. i was especially excited on this particular trail to discover a large patch of what will soon be fawn lilies (top photo), a favourite of mine. i will have to go back in a few days or a week to see what has opened up. the forest was full of light yesterday, and full of the birdsong of robins serenading the sunny spring day. a soft tap-tap-tapping caught my ear and stopped me too, sending me backtracking a little bit until i spotted the red-breasted sapsucker leaving a grid of small holes up a rotting tree. always so much going on, if one is paying attention.
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today is another sunny day, and i just spend a bit of time sitting outside (!) with bare feet (!) stitching on a whale. i'm almost inclined to head up to the garden centre to get some new spring-y things, but i think some lunch is in order soon. it'll be hard to top what might be my new favourite breakfast. hope you're getting a little sunshine too this saturday. :)
3 comments:
I used to hike for exercise, but as I gotten older, I've slowed down to see what's at ground level. I enjoy your blog. :-)
yes, my kids are forever hurrying me along, though they go through their own alternating moments of wondrous discovery.
on the weekend it took us an hour to cover a 15 minute trek to a lakeshore;-) i took many photos, and payed attention to many things the boys were discovering.
yay to bare feet and sitting comfy outside working :)
I, too, am the worst hiker/walker/exerciser ever. Even when I don't have my camera, I am always stopping for a look. Everything is always changing... it's amazing and grounding.
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