Thursday, November 16, 2006

Blinding light

From above, inspiring trophy-winning physical efforts by one and all; our cat impressed a friend a few blocks away by following us and rushing up into her yard to nose around. He sprawled in a patch of sunlight when we got home, exhausted from his hike. My mother got in close to seven blocks' worth of walking, and a spanking new hairdo; usual maintenance run and workout for me, under heartening blue skies. We drove around Green Lake, admiring the last few clinging golden leaves spangled against the dark blue water. She always remembers walking around its three plus miles circumference with Dad, the last time being ten years ago. They would walk down there from our house, briskly circle it, and come back with observations about all the intriguing people they'd seen. It was more scenic than their daily walks on the flat streets of our home town back in Ohio, and one of the experiences they savored during their visits here every summer. They'd seen the Space Needle, the Pike Place Market, the zoo and aquarium, ridden ferries over the Sound, but the hikes we took, in Discovery Park, or just down and around Green Lake, seemed to be especially memorable for them. We reminesce about them regularly, during whatever number of blocks that is manageable.

5 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Isa,
Are you and other fans of Ohio payin any attention to the big showdown at the Big House in Ann Arbor? We'll have the game on here.

blog on sister, blog on all

10:38 AM  
Blogger isabelita said...

Oh, the Buckeye in this household is definitely paying attention, 'spike. My mother will be watching it with him. Frankly, I'm just not into the sports much.

1:06 PM  
Blogger Neil Shakespeare said...

Man, you are a fit bunch! Makes me tired just reading about it! I couldn't walk three miles in three days...

10:43 PM  
Blogger robin andrea said...

The sun is shining as I type this. We took advantage of the dry weather on Friday and took a good long walk. It's great that your mom can still take a walk and appreciate what she's seeing. A few golden leaves are left here too.

8:02 AM  
Blogger isabelita said...

neil, my mom's almost 89. If she can walk, anybody can walk. She's been at it regularly since she was in her mid forties. It's probably what kepes her okay, generally.

Robin, I went out yesterday to go to the grocery store, and just kept going. Wound up at the PCC in Fremont, a couple of miles away, and got a little turkey on sale, stuffed it into my backpack, and hiked back up the hill. Good old urban hiking...

9:56 AM  

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