Life goes on

 

This morning I went out to the woods and lake for breakfast. There, surrounded by birds and trees, and even frogs and a snake, I walked up hill and down. I crossed two bridges and marveled at the sun spotlighting things for me to see.

I went accompanied by the camera on my phone, taking pictures, looking at the world through the lens of a camera, one of my favorite ways to be. Once I would have lugged a big camera and a case full of lenses with me, but this phone is awfully good and just fine for what I do.

I didn't hurry. 

I did use Map My Walk, but I paused it here and there. I took time, not to smell the roses, there weren't any, but to watch the frogs leap out of the muck and the snake to swim across the lake. I wouldn't want to touch these animals, but watching them out in nature is fun. 

I saw deer prints and raccoon prints, even a horse hoof print, but thankfully no big cats or coyotes. The nicest thing about nature is that most of the time the animals are as content to watch you from a distance as you are them. Unlike in town where the dogs run out at you.

But maybe the best part of this morning is that I felt whole and happy and normal.