Life Amongst the Landscape, Unexpected Inspiration, Life as Art, Travel and More
Saturday May 9, 2020 Today Baxter and I skipped our walk to hang out in our backyard and do some gardening. We have a new raised garden bed that needed planting and holes in other areas of our garden to fill. When I work in the backyard Baxter likes to follow me around. He’s curious …
May 7, 2020 What a spectacular day! Our weather right now is gorgeous! And it’s enticing. It’s like the mythological Sirens are beckoning us to come out and play. Baxter and I took our usual walk. As we headed down the hill I noticed that someone had been up in the friendly skies playing with …
Tuesday May 5, 2020 In addition to the work out benefits I seek solitude when I take my walks. I enjoy quiet mornings. But, a wonderful side benefit to daily walking is the people you meet and observe along the way. The people who become the familiar faces you look forward to seeing on the …
Monday May 4, 2020 Happy Monday! We have made it thru another week and are on to the next. It was a beautiful morning and if the meteorologist is correct we will have a gorgeous week ahead of us! This morning was a reminder that things are not always what they seem. Baxter and I …
Friday, May 1, 2020 Jack Russell Terriers absolutely love, and I mean LOVE their people. They would defend you to the death. They are fearless and loyal. On a leash, they take their job very seriously. The leash is their cue for guard duty. Baxter is no exception. I have no doubt that need be, …
Thursday April 30, 2020 We were out the door early this morning and rewarded with a quiet, beautiful walk thru town and up and around the headland. Our city streets and yards blanketed with cherry blossom petals due to last night’s wind and rain. Baxter and I had the headland to ourselves and I tried …
Tuesday April 28, 2020 This morning’s walk had a different vibe to it. The balmy and foggy weather may have contributed to making this morning kinda surreal. It may also have been due to the obvious increase in activity this morning. Baxter and I got out the door about 30 minutes early which should have …
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Monday April 27, 2020 It was a quiet morning in the neighborhood, on the headland and the beach. The kind of morning I relish and hope for. The ocean was very flat; a great morning for kayaking. As we circled the headland, a single CA sea lion could be heard barking on the southern end. …
Thursday April 23, 2020 Baxter and I randomly changed the time of our walk by 20 minutes which may just be the sweet spot we have been looking for. It was a quiet morning on the headland and the adjacent beach. We pretty much had them to ourselves. There were other people around but not …
Tuesday April 21, 2020 There’s nothing like the solitude that a morning walk provides. I’m not alone in my thinking. People all over the world relish this peaceful part of the day. In our community I have observed four general types that define the morning exercise crowd: the 8:30 group that meets daily on the …
Perspectives From My Trail 