Wednesday afternoon 1pm

So, once again, the weather, the sun and the wildly dripping eaves troughs beckoned me from my lazy morning inside to venture outside and get a little exercise in.  My thought was to walk to the library, one of my favorite places to go during the day - if i don't visit in person, i visit the catalogue several times a week to keep track of new things i'd like to read or watch or listen to.  So, scorning the winter jacket, i donned my favorite vest and boots and got on my way!  Hopefully my favorite library lady, Lisa, would be there to enthusiastically greet me and ask how my family was doing - no such luck today, but i love having someone i know there!  Makes it feel so homey! 

As you walk, as opposed to driving, you notice other things.  You don't have to worry about potholes or stopsigns so much, you do have to worry about half-frozen dog poop which ignorant people have left under the snow hoping it would dissolve into nothingness by magic over the winter.  I saw that several houses on my walk had tiles on the roof as opposed to shingles - i was intrigued - i thought that was largely a european thing.  I noticed several houses on my path that were neglected and looked pretty empty and i wondered what their stories were.  I liked seeing the bare forms of the trees, each one so different and was happy that God created trees!  I saw the evidence that a little critter had been misbehaving when the pavement was wet. 

I listened to the quiet - the lack of traffic through my survey - i did pick a good place to live when i can go ten minutes without hearing or seeing a car.  I marvelled at how the snow melts - lots of jagged piles here and there, some touched by sun and others still holding out against the power of the melting rays.  And i was surprised by a face in the snow....

I felt the warmth on my face and thought about walking home backwards so i could have sun on my face walking to the library and home but alas, that wasn't a good plan. I laughed at a house number for some peculiar reason - it struck me that having the #911 isn't the greatest advantage - hello, 911 emergency. What is your problem? Yes, i have dropped a fridge on my toe and can't move. What's your address? 911.... and so on. I thought about having to walk all the time - if i didn't have the blessing of a car, how much more limited life would be, how little i would visit, how much less i might buy, how much smaller my circles would be, how grateful i would be for the bus (i'm scared of taking the bus by myself, afraid to end up in some downtown deadend street in the middle of nowhere all by myself cause i forgot how to transfer or get off the bus.  Silly eh?)

And then there was supper... i had ground beef in the freezer, lots of veggies in the fridge which i was petrified of going to waste so tonight i hauled out the pans and came up with Danielle's kinda stir-fry, noodle, veggie dish thing.  You find some sauce in the fridge, add some spices and voila - Dinner!  It was pretty tasty but i was more impressed with how it looked when it was done, hence the picture!  I love company for dinner if you're ever hungry!