Blogtober Twenty: Sunday Walk in the Park

 

Another day of rain and grey skies here on the west coast. Drippy but still beautiful in a muted way. 

Two little girls spent part of the weekend with us, including overnight on Saturday. The routines of bedtime, breakfast, hair brushing and more are never quite forgotten. But they seem to take more energy than they used. With all the rain most of our days were spent indoors. These two have wonderful imaginations. For awhile they were fruit bats looking for fruit, then unicorns, then lions. They made bead necklaces and bracelets. I heard one say, "Mommy will be delighted to see this." They know how to use words well.

When the rain let up slightly this afternoon, we decided to don boots and raincoats and walk around the duck pond. I think the girls splashed in every puddle they could find, jumping up and down and making great sprays of muddy water. They needed dry leggings and socks when we returned home. But oh, the fun!

Wood ducks swam with mallards in the ponds, coming close to see if we perhaps had a few crumbs with us. There is plenty of natural food for the ducks here, and passersby are encouraged to not feed them, but people continue to do so. It is fun to see them all swarm to grain being tossed for them. 

Beautiful views of autumn trees and water reflections. 

It's quiet now at home with the girls returned to their parents. We've watched an episode of Vera and the weather on this episode seemed to be the same as ours - lots of rain. Very atmospheric. 

Settling in for a bit of unstitching as I hope to hem several new pairs of jeans and cords tomorrow. Some for me, some for him. It's the taking down of the current stitching that is the most tiresome. Good to get that job done ahead. Then perhaps some reading before turning in for the night. Will we hear rain trickling in the eavestrough again? I wonder. 

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