A walk in the rain

The temperature this morning was 46 degrees.  Since it was raining I wore my rain pants and took my big golf umbrella along on my walk.  I headed on over to the lake and had a lovely walk around the lake.  The schools have been closed because of Sandy coming and a lot of people must have stayed home from work too because it was like an early Sunday morning.  Hardly any cars at all!!

I thought there would only be a few people out because of it being Monday and the rain but I didn't expect not to see anyone.  I had the whole lake to myself, didn't see a soul, not even a car in the parking lot.  This is the first time that I've never anyone!!!!

I really enjoyed my walk in the rain.  I liked listening to the rain on the umbrella, the rain in the trees, and hearing it drip on down through the leaves to the path.  In the background I could hear the stream running along.  The water was rising a bit in the stream and I'm sure by tomorrow morning it will be quite high and maybe over it's banks.

I saw a few deer, some rabbits and all the geese were just sitting in the water down at the little end of the lake.
The only place that it was a bit windy was the open area down by the dam side of the lake.

I stayed dried except for my feet - my shoes got soaked!!
No pictures today.  Took a couple but they didn't turn out.
I walked 6.5 miles.

Sunrise 7:33

Sunset 6:09

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I'm at home for the day watching the rain come down.  Just hanging around doing a bit of this and that around the house.

I finished reading Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy which I thought was really good.

Looking at my old rocking chair this morning I thought back to when we first bought it.  We were just married and my step grandparents had given us $50.  We were living in Norfolk, Va. in a small furnished apartment and didn't have very much money. We used to go walking around in a big furniture store called Wicks and pick out furniture we would like to buy some day.  There was a section in the store marked damaged goods and one day walking around the store with that $50 we came across a rocking chair that I really liked.  It had a slight scratch on the arm and the best part was that there hanging on the chair was a price tag of $50.  We bought it and this rocking chair became the first piece of furniture that we ever bought.  It has traveled all over with us. : ) When the kids were little every birthday they had their picture taken in this chair for years.  I'll have to go look for those pictures and maybe post a few of them.

Have a good day and if you are anywhere where Sandy is coming through hope all is well.
Take care and be safe.
Happyone : )

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.

Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.

~Raymond Inmon

A few people were wondering about the Drane House that I took a picture of this weekend.  Here's a link if you would like to read more about it.  DRANE HOUSE.