Starting in the dark

A warm morning once again with a temperature of 63 degrees.  It rained last night but had stopped by my walking time.  It is pretty dark now when I leave at 6:30.  When it's dark it makes you more aware of the sounds you hear.  First I could hear the swish of cars tires on the wet roads.  Coming up to the traffic light I could hear a click as the light changed.  Arriving at the path I heard the night sounds yet of crickets and the cicadas and the sounds of traffic in the distance.  Also the sound of the drops of rain from the wet leaves drifting down from branch to branch.  Arriving at the lake it started to get light out and sounds of the crickets and cicadas stopped and the traffic noise drifted away. The chirping of the birds and the geese waking up welcomed me to the lake. 

I had a nice walk around the lake.  A handful of people were out and a boat or two on the lake with fishermen have a relaxing start to their day.

Walking over the red footbridge I stopped to watch a heron standing in the water at the edge.  Later on the path behind on the church on the way home I saw another one.  It could even have been the same one.  He flew down low over the water and perched on a branch. You can barely seem him here in the middle of the picture.

Another most enjoyable walk this morning to give me a good start to another day.
I walked 6.3 miles.

Sunrise 7:01

Sunset 6:54

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Did the usual house chores.  You know what they say about house cleaning.  It's something no one notices unless you don't do it.  I notice though and feel better when I know everything is clean and shiny.

I did some knitting today and finished the slippers I was making for Mary Jo.  I've put a picture of them on my other blog and if you'd like to see them click HERE.  I'm going to make a pair for myself next.

Puttering around here for the rest of the afternoon.  Have some more work I could do but I don't really feel like doing it.  After all it's Friday! : )

Hope your Friday is a good one.
Happyone : )

A thankful heart at the start of the day,

lets you find happiness all through your day.

~Happyone

Comment replies from yesterday:

Vee - No, I learned years ago to let Ken clean up his own stuff. : )  

Cheryl - Yes, I've been to Coal Fire and the Margherita pizza is my favorite one there.