Thooper Thursday!

Wow, what a morning.  Mom had her appointment at the gym so I took the dog off to one of our local parks for a good walk.

They have an area adjacent to the park which has been left to nature and on a day like today, it was magnificent.

Where we live it had been a frosty morning, cold but with bright sunshine.  One of my PERFECT days.  All I could think about walking around was Nina Simones song - Feeling Good. 

It was one of those days when I really wish I’d had my camera with me. 

The grass was covered in frost that crunched beneath my wellies.  The dog thought it was great, all those new smells.  She had one of her ‘funnies’, when she races up to you, quick turns and races away again.

We walked over the little bridge that guides you over a boggy area and overnight it had become a mini skating rink.  I admit I laughed out loud when mom’s dog jumped onto the bridge, skidded and fell off again.  It was only a few inches above the ground, but she just kept racing round and around as though she too got the joke.

The only noise around us was the distant sound of industry and the hum of the cars on the motorway.  In the field we were surrounded by bird song as they dived in and out of the bushes.

There was one particular tree that stood out against the azure blue sky.  It had no leaves or life left in it, I think it’s usually referred to as a petrified tree.  But against the backdrop of the sky, a flock of seagulls had landed within it’s branches, looking like white buds about to open in the Spring.

It was gorgeous and I was hard pushed to leave the area. 

It set me up for the whole day, until I later realised that while I was walking around this oasis of calm feeling good about llife, I had failed to take one of my children to the dentist!  Oh well, I’ll get it right one day.

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