Observations from a Neighborhood Walk
After a week of long hours spent in front of my computer and my sewing machine, I was desperate for some exercise and fresh air this morning. So I donned my walking shoes and grabbed my camera and off I went. We don’t live in a subdivision, but our lot is surrounded on two sides by a subdivision that is great for walking…not much traffic and hilly terrain that gives a good workout. I love walking in the early morning this time of year…there is something really invigorating about the cooler temperatures and bright, clear air that clears my mind and refreshes my outlook. It is a treat to slow down and really ‘see’ my surroundings…
Eerie morning fog rising off the low-lying areas in a neighbor’s yard.
It is difficult to see in this picture, but the morning dew shimmered like diamonds on the taller grasses along the side of the street.
My morning walk probably disturbed a lot of the neighbors, innocently enough…especially those with dogs in their backyards who really raised a ruckus with their barking as I passed by on the street. Now I know which houses have the dogs that we hear occasionally from our back deck!
Interesting Halloween display…odd that this was the only sign of Halloween that I saw along my walk. When my kids were small we always decorated in a big way for Halloween, but I guess maybe a lot of people don’t do that any more?
This is the beginning of the little creek that runs through our property…a bare trickle of water this time of year…but what caught my attention was the lone bright blue Morning Glory blossom peeking out of the dense foliage.
I take along a garbage bag on my walks and pick up trash as I go along…unfortunately, there is plenty of it to be picked up…why do people think it is ok to just throw their garbage out on the roadside? But today this really caught my attention…
A sealed envelope…and I could tell there was something inside, but what really caught my attention was the address on the envelope…Atlanta 15, Georgia? No zip code…it reminded me of the old-timey telephone numbers that you hear on old movies. I didn’t take time to open the envelope until I got back home…this is what was inside…
Little squares and rectangles cut from green paper, no writing or markings, just the paper pieces. I tried to imagine what they were for, but nothing came to mind. Just a quirky find…I did a quick Google search on the company name and address on the envelope out of curiosity, but no hits. I’ll try to do a more thorough search the next time I go to the library…I love digging through the newspaper archives! I just wonder how long it has been since addresses were written in this format?
The weirdest thing on my walk this morning was actually something I heard, followed by the totally unexpected. As I walked along the main street back to our house, I heard a vehicle approaching…I think ‘felt’ would be more like it…very loud, booming rap music so I was definitely not expecting what came around the curve…a family mini van, all the windows open, loud rap music booming, being driven by a middle-aged man! HUH? I just had to laugh…
Hope you had a refreshing day today!
Melisa
October 10th, 2010 at 8:50 PM
what a funny thing to find on a walk…an envelope with little green pieces of paper…
October 17th, 2010 at 3:05 PM
I held my breath as I read the rap music story just knowing that it was my 30 year old who works for Project 961. He was pulled over by City of Conyers a coulple of weeks ago at 2:30 am for playing his music to loud (on his way home from work) I laughed out loud when you said it was someone a little over!!