Saturday, December 8, 2018

Lovely outside today

Christmas decorations along the boulevard
This morning I woke to moderate temperatures and didn't even need to scrape ice off the windshield before setting out to join the ladies for our Saturday walk. It's at least 10-15 degrees warmer than it was this time yesterday.

We walked from Woods Coffee at Boulevard Park up the Taylor Street hill, and I struggled up the steepness of it, huffing and puffing and watching the backs of most of my companions get farther and farther away. But then we were at the top, down the hundred-some stairs, and had an easy, nice walk back to our starting point. At this time of year, locals like to decorate the trees and bushes along the boulevard like this. That's part of our group on the left.

There's only a little more than two weeks before Christmas, and even the old grinches like me are beginning to get in the spirit. It was delightful to spend time with each other in the coffee shop afterwards, with lots of laughter and camaraderie. Life is good.
:-)

11 comments:

  1. Love those decorations, and that your life is good.

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  2. I like the idea of decorating the walkway shrubs.

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  3. It's refreshing to get out when the temperature has increased. It makes walking and visiting that much better.

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  4. What a great idea to decorate the trees that way.

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  5. Understand the huffing on hills. I love going down, not so keen on going up.

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  6. Fun to see decorations this time of year! :)

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  7. Bud is the same way...he's a regular Bah Humbug of a man. But, he quickly changes his tune when I ask him what he wants for Christmas. lol

    Pretty tree decoration.

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  8. Dear DJan, yes, life is good, but I'm noticing that more and more I'm feeling tired and that shifts the brain from its positive moo. It's been too cold and too icy to walk here. But today is good. So once I get the phone call I'm expecting from the doctor's office, I'll put on my knit cap and warm gloves and get out there! Peace.

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  9. Pretty decorations along the boulevard! It's cold in South Florida today - in the 50s!

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