The end

My blogging break has come to an end and now I'm back and ready to continue.

The last few mornings the weather has just been beautiful for walking with temperatures in the 50's, lots of sunshine and very low humidity - it just doesn't get any better than that for walking!!

This morning I walked around the lake.  I've looked at this in the water for a while now and to me it looks like a very long alligator or maybe we have our very own lake monster! : )

I walked down to the water to take a picture of it today and watched a snapping turtle trying to get up on the log but it just couldn't make it and ended up swimming away.  

The upper path around the lake people call the Bunny Trail and today I could certainly see why they call it that.  I must have seen a least a dozen of them along there this morning.  One was a tiny little thing and it was soooo cute!

The one family of geese have grown up and now I can't tell the babies from the parents.  The only reason I knew it was the same family I've been watching is because they hang around with another family and their babies are still small.  I'm thinking its an extended family.

Quite a lot of people out with this nice weather and everyone seems extra friendly on these mornings.
I found a lucky penny today. : )

I usually post how many miles I walked.

For a change I thought now I'll post how many steps I take. 

Today's steps were 12,777.

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I went out this morning to Barnes and Noble to spend the gift card that I received for my birthday.  I ended up getting a couple of old children's classics that I loved as a kid and would like to reread them and have a copy for my library.

I had a few other errands to do and while driving through a neighborhood I spotted some good street sign names for my photo blog.  So I parked my car and took a little walk and snapped some pictures.  I post a street sign every Saturday.

When I got back home I sat out on the deck amongst my clothes drying on the line and finished reading a great book, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson.  It was her first book and I hope she plans on writing more!!
The Major is retired and lives in the small English village of Edgecombe St. Mary.  The death of his brother sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Ali.
Thanks Cheryl for recommending this book to me!!

After eating a late lunch I then concentrated on making the rest of the weave-it squares for the afghan I'm making (a total of 288 squares). I finished all the squares and sewed the last row of 32 together.  Now I just have to sew the two last strips to the main part and I'll be done.  If I don't finish it later tonight, I will finish it up tomorrow.

Last night we bought tickets to see Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center.  I have wanted to see this forever and I am so excited to be finally going.  It isn't until October but it will be something to look forward to!!  : )

I ended up wearing my pedometer the whole day just to see how many steps I take.  I tried not to look at it during the day so I wouldn't take extra steps.
It is now a little after 7:00 and my total steps to now is 19458.

Hope you had a happy day.
A smile from me to you.
Happyone : )

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, 

and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today.

I don't think it was,

and I would advise you not to 

wait ten years before admitting today was great.

If you're hung up on nostalgia,

pretend today is yesterday and

just go out and have one hell of a time.

~ Art Buchwald