Cheese Cake

Up and out walking in the dark again.  Temperature was 38 and I walked my Circles Route.  A little after 7:00 the sky gets a glow to it and I can actually see where I'm walking.  This route keeps me on the sidewalks for some miles and the street lights help light the way for me. 
The clouds in the sky got a pretty pink color to them for a few minutes at sunrise but I couldn't get to where I could take a good picture of them.  It didn't last for long and when the color went away the clouds got thicker and about a mile from home I started feeling some rain drops.  Just a bit of a sprinkle so I didn't get wet.

A few people were scattered about here and there but it was a pretty quite morning.

I saw quite a few deer, though they are harder to see now that they blend in so well with everything brown.  You can hardly see these two of them watching me walk by.

I walked 6.6 miles.
Got lucky today and found a quarter - a good start for this month!

Sunrise 7:37

Sunset 6:05

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Ken took the day off from work because we had planned on going up to Happy Trails last night but with there still being 2 feet of snow we have decided to stay home. Yesterday it was still snowing on and off there!!

This morning we went out and flitted about doing a few errands and then stopped at Joe's Cafe and had sandwiches for lunch.  Ken goes there frequently when he's at work because it's right across the street.  Joe's is only open for breakfast and lunch during the week so we don't get to there often together.  They make great sandwiches.

This afternoon I made a cheese cake.  In fact it's baking right now as I type this.  Tomorrow is Ken's birthday and I've make him this cheesecake every year for as long as I remember.  Here it is in the pan already to go in the oven.  It is very light and creamy and I LOVE to lick the bowl!!!

It is easy to make and the secret to it being high and fluffy I think is the beaten egg whites that get folded into it.
If you'd like the recipe you can find it HERE.

We have been seeing a little bit of sun today - not much mind you but every now and then it peeks out from behind the clouds. 

Hope your Friday is a happy one.

Happyone : )

Slow down and enjoy life.

It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast,

you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

~ Eddie Cantor

The fallen tree

This morning it was 42 degrees outside, dark and even when the sun rose it was cloudy.  I'm kind a missing the sun about now.  A few sprinkles of rain around too but it didn't amount to anything so I stayed dry.

I walked one of my connect the paths route.

I saw a few white tails of deer bobbing along again and once it got lighter out saw more than just their tails!

No people along the paths but a couple along on the sidewalks walking dogs.

One of the paths had lots of small trees, branches and leaves all over the path but it was easy just to step over them.
The other paths you could see where they already had cut the trees that fell over the path and got the leaves and branches cleared away.
But one of the trees they hadn't gotten to yet and it was a pretty big one.  I came across this one blocking the way to one of the footbridges.  Pictures not that great because it wasn't quite light out yet and I had to lighten the pictures up a little.

Well, this wasn't going to keep my from walking my path, so I went to the left of all this and climbed up on the footbridge through here.

 Once up on the footbridge I looked back and took this picture.

Maybe it's a good thing I didn't go walking the other day!

Walking toward home down the sidewalk I spotted these friendly little ghosts flying in a circle around the tree.  : )

I walked 6.3 miles.
During October walks didn't find all that many coins.
1 Quarter, 1 Nickel, and 11 pennies for a grand total of 41 cents.  Not so great but they got added to the glass banks.

Sunrise 7:36

Sunset 6:06

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I'm at home today doing some chores and just enjoying my day.  I do wish the sun would make an appearance but I know it's up there somewhere and one day it will shine again!!

Not sure what a feel like doing yet this afternoon but something good will pop up. : )

Happy November to you my friends. : )
Happyone

Happy is the man who has acquired the love of walking for it's own sake.

~W.J. Holland