It gets harder to fit my walking into the warm part of the day.
the shorter the day
the longer my shadow grows
This morning, as I started to think about putting together this post, I began to wonder where this relationship I have to walking began. Why are my walks so important to me, where did that desire come from. I love to walk. Anywhere. Everywhere I travel. As a child, one of my fondest memories is our family walk, taken in the afternoons on our farm. We walked with my Grandmother, down the unpaved road, then off into the woods on a worn path or woods trail. In the early spring we’d hunt for arbutus, in the late summer, the Indian pipe. There was always something to see, a treasure to discover. It was a walk, a wander. Not far, not long, a breath of fresh air, a stretch of the legs and food for the spirit. It still is, all that, for me. I can start my walk at war, and come home at peace.
- I mentioned the number of 70,000 as a possible number of attendees at NY Sheep & Wool. The number 75,000 was bantered about at Maryland this year. I don’t know if there was an official count, the web site for MD still states more than 60,000. Pretty amazing.
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7 responses to “walk with me wednesday”
As a child I loved walking thru the woods in our neighborhood, but somehow I lost that love along life’s road. Once I get back from the 2 upcoming trips I have, I am going to revisit those walks. Snowshoes are top of my Christmas list this year.
Thanks for sharing your walks….see you soon!
Beautiful pictures, I love the snow on the brightly colored leaves.
Me and my shadow…..good catch.
I can’t upload the pictures from my morning walk with the dog.
It’s pretty cool out this morning up here too and there are light flurries starting right now.
Those are nice memories…and such true words about what walks provide…respite!
Good thing you are “in training” for Rhinebeck…lots `o walking to be had there!
70,000 Wowza!!
Margene and I say we’re walking together with you this morning. We love your pictures.
How cool that you “Walk on Wednesdays”! Thought you might find my “Walk and Knit” group interesting. I started it to get folks to exercising in a way that might interest them.
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