This morning didn't promise to be nice but when you walk regularly you are always surprised. The weather report is threatening to spit everything but sunshine. When I looked out this morning it was grey indeed. Even when I returned home it seemed grey looking out.
Guess what though? It was beautiful outside and helped set the tune for my day. Who knew sunshine could come out even against the weather report. As we walked on Water Street which is green and spring flowers coming out everywhere, the sun came out. The sun illuminated the spring spectacular all around us. Check out the pictures.
Yesterday the sun shone on my blog. Here is an excerpt from the Virginia State Parks blog by Nancy Heltman:
My Twitter followers probably think I'm some adventurous outdoors person since I follow mountain biking people, kayakers, geo-cachers, rock climbers, hikers, fishing, hunting, and all sorts of extreme outdoor sports. Truth is, all those activities and the people that enjoy them fascinate me and I love that they can do most of these things in a Virginia state park, but my dirty little secret is I'm more of a sitting in nature type of person.
But I found a really cool site in my Twitter connections, Ron Nallon, with a philosophy I can really get it to: My Walk Club. I loved the title of his recent post, A pedestrian is someone who thought there were a couple of gallons left in the tank. Okay, I'm taking way too long to get to the point. For those of you that the concept of hiking a trail is foreign, my new mantra is "Take a Walk in a Virginia State Park."
Thank you Nancy. We would like to take a "Walk in the Park" soon!
My pictures this morning are centered on the flowering plants and trees. Spring is here, be sure not miss it. We even found what are some sort of wild blue bells down by the river. Does anyone have canoes we can borrow?
Red buds are just coming out. All the Easter flowers are too. Noel said she bought tulips in Holland one time and the squirrels ate them. Those tree rats may not be our friends.
So don't let weather reports stop you! Don't be the one that just gets wet!
Keep walkin,
Ron
