Cold Morning Walk "Spell"
Jan. 23rd, 2019 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse I know many of you would counsel me to toss my Spell-a-Day book in the open river after the pipe incident, BUT y'all have to know that today's "spell" was really quite spectacular. It was actually just a meditation that wanted me to go for a walk.
Since I had to go out to Roseville DMV to collect my tabs for the car, anyway, I stopped on the way home to make a brisk walk around Como Lake. Right now, it's 17 F / -8 C, though I suspect the windchill makes it quite a bit colder. I hadn't intended to go the whole distance around the lake (1.6 miles / 2.6 km), but you know how it is once you start. I kept thinking, "Oh, I'm probably halfway around now..."
The picture doesn't do justice to how sunny it got. The sun broke and was so bright that I wished that I'd thought to grab my sunglasses. There are always people walking their dogs, jogging, or strolling around Lake Como, so I nodded a "good morning" to about a half dozen people and several puppers/doggos--including two Huskies that looked like they thought this was the BEST TEMPERATURE EVER, even as I was wondering if I would ever regain feeling in my thighs.
I spotted a couple funky little nests hanging like purses from the branches that I've asked my birding friends for help identifying.
Google gave me the option of red-eyed vireo, which is a kind of warbler that does seem to live around here at least part of the time. But, I really don't know anything from birds, so I hope my friends will have a clue. My friend Sharon "Bird Chick" Stitler, says that's an oriole. I didn't know we had those here, but that's awesome.
After my walk, I stopped at Kowalski's because I work tonight, and the current plan my family has to deal with my absence is to "have something frozen" for dinner. But, they couldn't give me anything more specific than that to work with, so I picked up a variety of frozen options for them.
Mason has work tonight, too, so he's going to have to make his way home via the light rail. Shouldn't be a problem for him. He's gone on several walkabouts that have taken him far enough afield that he just hopped the light rail back home. (Free range kids are the best!)
Meanwhile, I can't remember the last time I had a library shift. I'm a little concerned because I think they changed the time sheet process during my absence, so that may require some poking around on the emails. (This is why I stay home. It's too difficult out there in the real world!) But, Shoreview is often fairly chill in the evenings, so I should have time to figure things out.
Hopefully, I didn't just jinx it, by suggesting that, however.
Right, well. I'd best hop up and get the rest of the around the house chores done before I have to pick people up and then turn around and head off to work.
Since I had to go out to Roseville DMV to collect my tabs for the car, anyway, I stopped on the way home to make a brisk walk around Como Lake. Right now, it's 17 F / -8 C, though I suspect the windchill makes it quite a bit colder. I hadn't intended to go the whole distance around the lake (1.6 miles / 2.6 km), but you know how it is once you start. I kept thinking, "Oh, I'm probably halfway around now..."
The picture doesn't do justice to how sunny it got. The sun broke and was so bright that I wished that I'd thought to grab my sunglasses. There are always people walking their dogs, jogging, or strolling around Lake Como, so I nodded a "good morning" to about a half dozen people and several puppers/doggos--including two Huskies that looked like they thought this was the BEST TEMPERATURE EVER, even as I was wondering if I would ever regain feeling in my thighs.
I spotted a couple funky little nests hanging like purses from the branches that I've asked my birding friends for help identifying.
Google gave me the option of red-eyed vireo, which is a kind of warbler that does seem to live around here at least part of the time. But, I really don't know anything from birds, so I hope my friends will have a clue. My friend Sharon "Bird Chick" Stitler, says that's an oriole. I didn't know we had those here, but that's awesome.
After my walk, I stopped at Kowalski's because I work tonight, and the current plan my family has to deal with my absence is to "have something frozen" for dinner. But, they couldn't give me anything more specific than that to work with, so I picked up a variety of frozen options for them.
Mason has work tonight, too, so he's going to have to make his way home via the light rail. Shouldn't be a problem for him. He's gone on several walkabouts that have taken him far enough afield that he just hopped the light rail back home. (Free range kids are the best!)
Meanwhile, I can't remember the last time I had a library shift. I'm a little concerned because I think they changed the time sheet process during my absence, so that may require some poking around on the emails. (This is why I stay home. It's too difficult out there in the real world!) But, Shoreview is often fairly chill in the evenings, so I should have time to figure things out.
Hopefully, I didn't just jinx it, by suggesting that, however.
Right, well. I'd best hop up and get the rest of the around the house chores done before I have to pick people up and then turn around and head off to work.