The sun came out late this afternoon and convinced me to take a break before a final hour of work to be done. The mountain loop walk is off limits with neighbors in residence so we headed to Wayfarer’s.
The air felt balmy at 50 F.
We dawdled and watched – across the lake…Still waters.
Slightly less than a week from the Fall equinox and sunset is now at 7:45 or thereabouts – 2 hours later than mid-summer. And it goes from light to dusk to dark faster with the lower sun angle. While the temperatures have been trying to imitate summer reaching into the low to mid-80’s, it takes all day to get there and about the time it does, it starts back down.
The days and evenings have been very pleasant and the nights wonderfully cool.
Our last walk tonight started at 7:30 and by the time we dawdled around the loop it was nearly 8 and on the dark side of dusk as we came back through the woods.
The work day, unlike the daylight, is lasting a bit longer. But, a dinner break, an evening walk and I get a bit of a second wind.
Karl is not a fan of evening work hours as those are typically his time. He prefers me to be on the floor with him, tossing a toy or just being near while he chews on a bone. Tonight, after a bit of that, I snuck back to my chair and all was companionable for a little late work…
..including Bob.
A walk by the lake just before sunset.
Echo Lake, 9/13/2009
There was a happy girl also! I took a late afternoon break (yesterday) from the house and computer to walk with Karl at Wayfarer’s Park along Flathead Lake. The brush is starting to turn red, the air was clear and the temperature an extremely pleasant 71.
Happy Dog!
Bob, taking a break on a bed awaiting making – I was interrupted by something, but it was naptime and a perfectly good folded flannel sheet was waiting to be a pillow.
I took a break over the weekend also – a break (mostly) from computer and camera. It was a perfect late summer weekend – cool in the morning, warming slowly to just shy of too hot and then cooling quickly in the evening. Blue sky, a few clouds, sun through the trees and a soft breeze made sitting on the front porch with a cozy book and the boys near me feel like just being. So, that’s what I did.
Late summer lazy days…perfect for takin’ a break.
Sharpening the claws…I think I sometimes malign Bob by showing him mostly sleeping…
The fact is, that while he does sleep a lot, as most cats do, he also is out and about, even in Winter. He hunts and does I don’t know what, out in the woods. He often walks “the short loop” with Karl and me and if he does not come the entire way, he is waiting for us at the point where we return to our property.
Big, bad, Bob – he’s not always sleeping.