Blissful

We stole a few hours out of the usual workaday for a lovely walk at a big urban park not far from us, Discovery Park. We've been noticing big swathes of unmown grass at a closer park, and it was even more evident at Discovery; I just hope they pay someone to keep the stinging nettles back off the trails, they're reaching prehistoric dimensions. The day was absolutely perfect, and we had the place almost to ourselves. There was a fairly low tide, -1.1 according to the table in the newspaper, and there were a few people wading around pretty far out from the beach. One little boy, wearing a bike helmet and a backpack, poked around in the tide pools; he looked as if he'd just run away from home with the essentials. The crows were plundering the exposed areas like drunks at a raw bar, and a heron or two posed regally at the water's edge. We sat for a bit, drinking in the clear air and cooling breezes.