Sunday, April 15, 2012

A big hug from nature

Yesterday was bad.  Too many errands to run, disaster of a house, piles of papers to grade, and tired and grumpy individuals (myself included).  So today I was determined to do a better job.  More smiles.  More laughter.  Less needs, and more wants.  A perfect excuse to soak up some nature at a 775 acre wild space just minutes away from us.  With the kids on scooters while I was on foot, we tooled around the park for hours, spotting woodpeckers, deer, a hawk, wild turkeys, and about four hundred thousand ground squirrels. 

And we did smile.  And laugh.  We chatted away the afternoon as we explored path after path, and tree after tree.  And I may have taken a few pictures....
   
We're much better now.  Nothing like a big hug from nature to put the spring back in your step.

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