Walking in the Country with Boy and Dogs

Middle son came home a few weekends ago. 

 I had a rare Sunday afternoon free of work or other obligations... 

...so of course we took a long walk with the puppies (and my camera.)

Doesn't this look like an oasis?

Robins and yellow flowers...

...spring must be just around the corner! 

Daniel took me on a path I'd never walked before and showed me these huge vines.

Amazing!

I spotted the hole in that tree and took this shot with my zoom to get a closer look. 

It reminds me of, ahem, certain body parts. Am I the only one? 

It kind of goes along with the tree in this post, doesn't it?.

Does anyone know what these little pom-poms are? I love them. 

It's like the tree is having a party.

Belle lounging in the dirt

Daniel, the sweet and kind and funny...and all grown-up.

Sigh.

P.S. Many thanks to Hilary at The Smitten Image for bestowing a Post of the Week on this post and this post of mine! Two in one week! You can only imagine how big my head is right now! Be sure to visit Hilary, see her beautiful photography, and read the other Posts of the Week. 


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On Thanksgiving Eve Morning...

...I took a walk through the Hollow,

with Tom 

and goofy puppies.

(Daisy added for privacy!)

Old wooden steps led up, up, up to the frame of an abandoned deer blind.

Walking where others haven't in a long while...

...but discovering some who call it home. 

Beauty has many seasons.

A party of palms on the edge of a dry pond.

Spring and summer blooms are hanging on, grateful for the mild temperatures.

The colors of autumn, taking over.

An old dreamcatcher, perhaps?

Sunlight playing with the leaves.

  

We saw the web before we felt it, thank goodness!

While I focused on these leaves...

...Max decided to rest. 

He knows when I start snapping it could be awhile before we move on.

More pretty leaves.

...and steadfast blooms. 

 And then on toward home.

Hope you enjoyed the walk!

And I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies;

but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,

as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour,

some heavenly blessings!

~ Henry Ward Beecher

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Thanks for the Post of the Week, Hilary!!

I Took a Walk...

It's good to be home, 

good to get back to my morning routine

dirt road 

kaleidoscope sunrise 

puppies prancing and playing beside me

all of us full of autumn exuberance. 

Breaths come slower, deeper 

busy thoughts disappear into an azure sky.

Yes, it's good to be home.

 

My friends, the Deer Park Divas, presented this tile sporting the United States Air Force symbol to Tom a few months ago, in honor and memory of his Pop. Tom placed it down by the little pond and waterfall.