When previously meandering through my neighborhood I wondered where the residents were hiding. However, while on my latest adventures I did find a few wonderful surprises...
Wandering around on a Sunday afternoon, my children and I were trying to find a park in which to play. We attempted 3 parks. At each park dozens of families filled every toy on the playground. Finally...parks full of life and adventure! It was beautiful to see and much different than our experience a couple of weeks previous.
Comically, we wanted less people around that day. :) So, we chose to take a bit more secluded walk.
On our walk we opened eyes and ears to the sights and sounds around us. I had finished reading an article by David Owen titled, "Oasis in a Dry Land". The article got me specifically paying attention to water and birds surrounding our path.
Feebly running through the park was the hint of what was intended to be a stream. The hope was clearly to bring life to the center of the park. Empty birds nests and crumbling habitats from furry creatures surrounded the banks of the stream and bases of trees. However, there were no creatures to be found. We wondered if it was like the lack of people at the park a few weeks ago? Were the birds and other creatures simply waiting for another time to emerge and play or was something deeper going on? This walk became much more private than we anticipated.
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