A Walk in the Park
Sometimes you have to take a break from the reality of this turbulent world and step back, disregard all of your electronic devices and smell the roses. Well in my case not actually smell roses, as I don’t care for the smell of flowers, and as for ignoring my electronic devices, my iPhone also serves as my camera, so when Christina and I spent most of the day at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum wandering through the paths by the river, enjoying colors and sights of the woods on a beautiful Fall afternoon, I had to take photographs.
All in all, it was mostly quiet, slightly cool, away from the thoughts of politics, work-related stress, and even the list of to do things that needed to be done around the house. Just Christina and me (and the hundreds of other people that had the same idea) in the wilds of nature enjoying a day together.
I can almost smell the woods and your beautiful fall walk. Unfortunately we usually have that type of autumn day but not this year. This has been my favorite season but not this year. It has been very rainy and very windy and the leaves fell before they had really colored. But I have been able to escape the “political turmoil” by teaching several classes in Mah Jongg (a blissful escape and pleasant relief). So glad that you could escape together in nature.