Walk With a View

 The plan when I left the house was to find somewhere in the city to walk and get some steps in before I went shopping.  The closer I got to the city, the less I wanted to walk through there for a second day in a row.  Instead, I drove beyond the center of Concord, NH to the outskirts and went for a walk in Winant Park.  Pretty much every step of the way I was second guessing my choice.  I was wearing sneakers, not boots or even hiking shoes, just sneakers.  Thankfully, there were enough areas without ice and snow that I was able to get to the overlook and not have to turn around due to slipping.  Here are other happy snippets from my day:

• Along the trail were what I called little Christmas trees when I was little too.  Some of the names that they are called (according to Lens) are ground pine, princess pine, or rare clubmoss.  Whatever you want to call it, they are a bit of green on a frozen winter day.

Princess pine, I like how the snow has melted around them.

• There is a vista on the trail that looks mostly west-ish over a valley to some mountains.  

Even with the clouds the view was lovely.

• On the way back down the hill I found some needle ice that someone had kicked up.  

• A friend made a group on Facebook and issued an Arts & Sciences challenge.  It is unlikely that I will complete this, but one never knows.  The challenge is to do some kind of art/science/craft at least fifteen minutes a day, every day, for 100 days.  Day one is complete.

It took over fifteen minutes to do one row.
The bottom is the before picture of this latch hook project.

• The sunset tonight was striking.  The sky was like a fire in the distance.  None of the pictures I took seem to do it any justice.

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Currently reading: The Middle Ages: A Graphic History, by Eleanor Janega and Neil Max Emmanuel.

Currently listening to: The Autobiography of Santa Claus, as told to Jeff Guinn.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.