When:  Beautiful day for a walk, 1/27/2018
Weather: Low 60’s with sun
Observations/Thoughts

• Reverse Walk (Walking Backwards):  With the construction on my paths and due to the eyes that would have incinerated me to ash should I have seen him again, I decided to walk my normal walk in reverse.  “Normal” is not quite accurate.  The walk did have to be modified.  And, when walking and seeing everything in reverse, new things come to light.  You see squirrel and bird’s nest you wouldn’t see.  When going the other direction on some roads, you see ditches and yards almost completely unknown to you when walking the other direction.  It is good to have variety, but I am looking forward to the old familiar becoming the norm again.
• More Armadillo:  The armadillo must have come out of hibernation again.  He was foraging around again.  His opportunities did not look good, but yet he persists in trying.  He may even have wandered over to our yard recently.  Our flower bed must have been growing some grubs awaiting his pleasure.
• Traffic Cop:  Again, as I came toward the home stretch, I had to help avoid a collision.  A family of 4 was on the path–the parents were walking and the kids were on a bike and a scooter.  As the younger brother was trying to catch his sister, he went to the left of me.  I saw the bicyclist coming along rapidly toward us.  A few times, I said, “Son, son, you must get over.”  He eventually he did get over.  As soon as he did, the bicyclist went by and blew our shirts up with the wind he created.

I finished the walk the way I usually do.   Walking the same direction I normally do helped me recover from any remaining uncomfortableness the exercise created.  Really, it was barely disconcerting at all.  I just am getting old and like whining.  Until my path opens up again, I sometimes lose control of my whiney self.