A walk, something new and a book

I walked around the lake this morning but stayed on the lower path and walked the opposite way around.  Didn't get to see a sunrise this morning because it was cloudy.  Monday's are usually quiet days around the lake and today was no exception.  Saw a few of the regulars and that was it.
All the geese were around but didn't spot any other wildlife.  It is dark when I start so it is hard to spot any.  I hear things but can't see them.
After walking the lake I didn't feel like going home yet so I walked down the sidewalk a bit to the path and walked part of that before coming back out on the sidewalk again.  Continued on to the parking lot by the liquor store hoping to find a couple of coins but no luck today.  From there I walked home.
Ended up walking 7.6 miles.

Sunrise 7:27

Sunset 5:02

Wish the sunrise would be getting earlier 

instead of just the sunset getting later.

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I cut up strawberries this morning and put them in my cereal which was Cocoa Krispies.  I don't think I've ever had strawberries on them before but it certainly won't be the last time.  It was really good.

My oven mitts had seen better days and thought it was time to replace them.  When I bought these in Wal-mart I didn't look that close and thought I was just getting an oven mitt and a dishtowel.  I couldn't find any mitts just on their own so just bought the set.  I didn't look at them close and when I got home I realized that not only did  the set include a mitt and towel, but it had three towels, an oven mitt, two pot holders, and a dish rag.  I got two sets because I wanted two mitts so I got a real good deal here.

The dill and the basil that I planted has sprouted!!  The basil looks great but the dill doesn't look so hot.  It's early yet so it might improve.  The chives haven't sprouted yet but they were supposed to take longer.

I finished reading The Walk West by Peter Jenkins.  In this second book he is now married and him and his wife Barbara walk from Louisiana to the Oregon coast.  They started out in New Orleans on July 5,1976 and their walk ended at the Pacific Ocean in Florence on January 18, 1979.  This book is about their adventures.  I thought it was a great book.  You know I  like to walk, but I could never do what they did!!!! That is book number 2 for this year.  No goal involved this time just keeping track.

Last night the second season of Downton Abbey on PBS started which we watched.  Really liked the first season and the second has started out good too.  I look forward to watching the episode next week.

This afternoon I'll be home doing some routine housework stuff, nothing exciting but still it needs to be done.  

Hope your Monday is a happy one.
Happyone

Every time you smile at someone,

it is an action of love,

a gift to that person,

a beautiful thing.

~ Mother Teresa