Promenade

Walk pic one - the park - Lake Ontario, 6 doors down.

We had a great walk today (eek! I still have to post pics from the one where I took the camera). I almost missed it 'cause of rain, but we managed to squeek in before any actually came down, even if it meant sticking around the house and only going for half an hour. My eventual goal is the local library: should be about an hour and a half, round trip. Less once I'm not still under restrictions and can go briskly.

But this walk was great because for the first time Noah stayed awake for it, and watched things go by all wide eyed. We stopped occasionally to say "that's a tree" and "that's a bush" - not that he can get it yet, but it's habit forming for me. I'm trying to learn to slow down to baby speed (see walk, brisk, above :)). Insert all the clichees here about seeing the world through a child's eyes - it is occasionally true and today was one of those days. He probably sees mostly blurs, but he's so intent on them. It's quite something.

Walk pic two - my old favourite view from the park.

Also the lake was getting churny and the smell in the air was that damp/fresh smell that comes before the rains. Down here there is weather, whereas sometimes in the rest of Toronto it seems like there's only inconvenience. And am I ever glad, because it's something that changes, outside the house. Going for that walk every day is sanity preserving that way, even if I get home and -then- notice the spit up on my shoulder (another true clichee).

And walk pic three - my new favourite view. Well, tilt your head!

Shandra