Tink and I started walking at 9:30 this morning, a balmy 82 degrees wafting over us. We had a tremendous booming storm last night - hard rain, good lightning - perfect. It created a few puddles for the Tink. Most doxies do not like water - not the Tinker! She likes to stand in it and wade through it - I have to get her to the ocean!
We did 5 miles - a route through the neighborhood. First we came upon two bright copper pennies within a half mile of one another - face up. Then we stopped in the dog park, and the other gentleman there had two adorable Welsh terriers, Lucy and Sammy. While there and just after getting out of the dog park two butterflies flew around us. Towards the end of our walk, a male and female goldfinch pair alighted on a nearby tree to say hello, then flew down the street ahead of us. Lastly, a beautiful smallish hawk (not good on my hawk names, sorry) sprinted overhead low enough to share his beautiful markings with us. Ah, a little slice of heaven.
Along the way we ran into a fellow Hockey parent from Nick's travel hockey days here in Georgia. A great family man and wonderful hockey parent - we caught up on life. When the kids started playing together, their youngest child, a girl, was in maybe first grade. She starts high school in the fall! Their son, who played with Nick, is doing study abroad this summer with UGA. I shared the news of my kids, too, including our wedding last summer and what a great addition Paul is to our family. Time passes so fast. And that hockey dad gets a gold star - he says every time he sees me I look younger. Gotta like a man who knows the right thing to say!
Back to Arthurian Myth in the History of Britain...see y'all later!
