Travels around my community

A very pretty front yard

When John drops me off at the Cornwall Rose Garden after coffee, so I can walk my more than two-mile usual excursion home, I walk by some lovely places. This one often catches my eye, thinking how nice it would be to sit in one of those chairs and look out at the lupines or some of the rhodies in the yard, just beautiful at this time of the year. Those lupines seemed to emerge from nothing to this overnight. But it was probably longer; I just noticed them all at once.

From this spot, I turn onto a side street that takes me to a walking path that leads into Cornwall Park itself, and I then have a lovely journey past the pickleball courts (that are now being well used, with lots of laughter) and the distinctive sound of the balls being volleyed back and forth. 

And then after walking through areas with some lovely old growth trees, pines and cedars mostly, I must make my way out of the park and across a busy street, before again finding a lovely neighborhood to walk through on my way home. Many of the homes in this area are large and well established, and they almost all have extensive flower gardens for me to admire. 

Lately I have been seeing lots of bunnies hopping across the trails, not very big so I wonder if they are just out on their own for the first time. I hear roosters crowing and hooty-owls almost every day, along with the ubiquitous birds. It reminds me that a friend suggested I download one of those apps on my phone that would allow me to identify the plentiful birdsong I hear, too. But I'm not very motivated; I am simply enjoying my walks so very much. I'm feeling pretty grateful right now.

:-)