Hiking the first thing in the morning accomplishes so much for me. It gets me moving early, even if I don't want to move. It works out all the kinks and stiffness pretty quickly. I may be moving slow when I first start out, but as the hike progresses every part of me moves easier and quicker.
This picture is just as Finn and I came out of the parking lot to head down the path towards the trail. What a beautiful early morning welcome for us. I love the sun shining through the mist!
On the way home I spotted something at the bottom of a hill as we drove through the park. I pulled over and made my way down this steep hill. The park district left it unmowed and left natural. As I started to make my way down I realized it was a pretty risky move on my part. I certainly didn't want to fall on my new knee. The ground was soft and lumpy and the grasses were high where you couldn't see what you were walking through. I felt like the littlest daughter on Little House on the Prairie who was running down the hill and eventually tumbled down the hill. Luckily, I didn't fall. These pictures of the fungi are actually too bright. But what a lovely find spilling out of the tree.
I was going to take a picture of the grassy area I had just plodded through because it had some pretty wildflowers mixed in, but I found a safer way to climb back up. It was still steep but the grass wasn't as high.
The next two pictures are of an afghan project I just completed. I saw the Whistling Duck on someone else's blog and I thought it's colors were so pretty. His feet are orange. So, I chose his colors to make an afghan: gray, tan, black, pink and orange.
I think my next project will be to make an afghan out of all of the left over yarn I have. It will take me some time to plot out all of the color placement. It will make me happy to use up some of the yarn in my leftover stash.
