Yesterday the hubby and I went to a park to walk. This park use to be a farm and they have just mowed paths in a field and you stay on the paths and then are surrounded by natural over growth. Rabbits sometimes hop out along the path and birds that like to stay on the ground. You see lots of butterflies as well. If you have severe allergies I would not recommend this park. By the time we got home my sweeties eyes were itching him something fierce.
We are walking along the path and my hubby sees a white flower. He said he wondered what it was and I said it looked like a morning glory but on further inspection it wasnt on a vine. it was on a stem. We still have no idea what the flower was but when we looked inside and there was a little green bee.
It has been my experience lately to see people walking and even jogging and looking at their phones. Sometimes they are even walking their dogs or with their children while looking down at their phones. I was walking my dog once and my husband was calling me and just trying to answer the phone I fell down and skinned both my knees. In falling I got wrapped on the dogs leash and someone actually thought my own dog was attacking me and of course this had to happen on a pretty busy street so I had lots of spectators.
I am not one of those cell phone haters. I actually love my phone and find it super handy. Its not just our phones that distract us. It could be a bad mood or busyness that keeps us from noticing the wonder that is all around us.
When I am walking my german shepherd in our neighborhood he normally is pretty focused on walking and looking at other pedestrians like "dont touch my mom and I wont bite your arm off". But on ocassion he will want to stop and let someone pet him. Most of the time its someone who has a story on how he looks like a dog they had when they were young. Once there were three city workers putting in a new stop sign. Atlas, thats my dogs name, wanted this one man to pet him who was terrified of dogs. His coworkers pet him but he wanted nothing to do with Atlas. I finally said could you just please touch him so he will continue on. A quick tap on the head and we were on our way. Atlas doesnt care to stop and smell the flowers he likes to stop and get petted. He usually just wants to tinkle on the flowers anyway.
Stop and smell the flowers yourself, look inside for little creatures, only take your phone out to snap a pic to identify the flower or creature later, talk to passersby and experience the wonder that is all around you just like when you were a little kid. We have a checklist of different things we like to keep up with. There is an app you can keep track of birds you identify. Map my walk lets you add pictures of things to remember your walk. We have a checklist of viewing the different parts of the moon, you know those dark spots you see on it when its full? Those things have names! I want to start snapping pictures of different constellations. We will probably start documenting bee sightings too. Get out and enjoy the day and hopefully the cooler weather.
Lots of Love
Mrs Ladybug
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