Making It Up As I Go Along #565

Paths
They lead the way
Haphazardly formed
Guiding you through woods
Marking the way along meadows
Taking you over rolling hills.

Those of Signal Hill and Cape Spear
Historically followed
By lighthouse keepers and soldiers
And now by you
Maintaining the wear
Stomping away growth.

Those of Tor's Cove
Leading you through wild grasses
Wandering around glacial rock outcrops
Bringing you to the sea
To sit with family
Watching masses of Spring ice drift by.

And those of homes
Of childhood wanders
Through the backyard woods
To secret forts
And bubbling brooks.

Of grownup meditations
Venturing off the manmade trail
Worn with grooves from tires
And continuing on towards the setting sun
Through long grasses slept in by deer
Following in their footsteps across a creek
Continuing into the underbrush
Seeing what they see
Wondering where they would pause
Imagining them up ahead
Looking back wondering
"What is he doing here?"

The path in Tor's Cove

MONDAY...

--- Holiday for many but it's work for me. Pretty busy day really. 

TUESDAY...

--- After work, go to get drinks and a meal with Laura and Janice. Go to Patty's Pub. Seems fitting as this was where I always went with Karl and he died a year ago today. 

WEDNESDAY...

--- Thai food at work. Fairly regular night shift. 

THURSDAY...

--- Up just before 1:00. Lounge around the house some before work. The afternoon nap just doesn't work if you only got up about an hour before the nap was to occur.

FRIDAY...
--- Average first day off.  Groceries.  Walk.  Catch up on some TV.

SATURDAY...
--- Out walking in the woods and along the power line corridor for an hour and a half.  Check out what the beaver has been up to... take pictures of the sunset... Do some tramping off trails, in the woods... following a deer path at dusk.

SUNDAY...
--- Rainy day keeps me inside until going to softball.  We lose.  I don't play as well as I should.  It's good to get out and I like throwing the ball around... but I'm starting to wonder if it's time to move on away from it all.  I generally get more enjoyment from things like yesterday's walk with the camera than ball games.  That all said, I also pay up for the winter season.  Not much else to do in January and February... I may as well keep it up.  But maybe the winter season will be my last for indoor softball.