A Lump-like Day

Samos and I were both bummed.  I sat around my house all afternoon, feeling guilty that I simply could not summon up the energy to do any of the things I so much needed to do.  I just sat there like a sulking big lump of damp cotton ball.  He sat around his house all afternoon and felt the same.  We decided to try to cheer ourselves up by taking an energizing evening stroll through the Arboretum's swamp walk.  It was so energizing, that while we didn’t actually get lost, we traversed bits that we had never been through before.  I say we didn’t get lost, because that is what Samos kept telling me, but I was the teeniest bit anxious about it.  We even saw naked people strutting about a secluded beachlet. I’ve never seen that in the Arboretum before. (Sadly, no photos – besides, this is a G-rated blog.) We both felt significantly cheered up afterward.  

Historic Carroll's Clock at MOHAI

Samos thought this dog was enjoying himself.  I thought he looked a little apprehensive.  What do you think?

A brilliant autumn day

It was a sparkling fall day, so Samos and I took a walk in the Arboretum.  There was a bit of autumn color left, but the predominant theme was green and gray.  It was a day to marvel at mushrooms and the oft overlooked beauty of the tree barks – now exposed in all their wondrous variety.  We took quite a gander, and walked along the road, along some trails, and along what we thought was a trail, but seemed to actually be an underground stream bed, now coming to life after the recent rains. It was a morass of slime, and very slippery.  Several times, I had to squawk loudly and flail my arms about to keep my balance as I felt my feet skidding from under me as I made my way along through the goo.  Samos had his camera at the ready, so as to catch a snap of me when I fell into the very muddy morass, but he was disappointed.  I was mud to the knees, but managed to keep it that.

 

 

 

 

 

Here I am looking like a peasant out for a day of mushrooming!

Blogger seems to be having issues with picture placement today.  Or maybe the problem is that I am having issues with picture placement.