It's my goal this year to get outdoors and take more photos. I've been lacking in the "getting out" part of my life this past year, and that needs to change.
It's not easy, because I always feel guilty leaving Sadie at home. But taking her with me in the car causes me a lot of anxiety because she doesn't travel well. The minute we're in the car, she's bouncing off the walls like a 2 year old who's just had a bottle of sugar water! On the days when I take off for some photo ops, I make sure to take her on two extra long walks so she doesn't feel so left out. Ugh. That's a lot of effort because I have dog!
The other reason for not getting out as much is due to health issues. When the need for a bathroom arises, there isn't much time to dash -- and you can't always take a dog into a restroom with you, so where does that leave me? Dashing to the car to lock her away, then dashing back toward a bathroom!! The fear of not making it on time has kept me home the past year, and with the help of meds, I'm overcoming most of it, sans dog.
Today was a quick jaunt over to Riparian Preserve. Because the weather was 20 degrees warmer than it had been all week, the park was full of people and dogs. I'm happy they were all outdoors, but it chases away the birds and animals ..... so photos were few. I'm never sure if people care when their photo gets accidentally taken. There were some little girls playing follow the leader, and that could have been a wonderful photo, but these days you can never be too careful when photographing kids. So I didn't. I just watched as they all followed the bravest girl, who led them up, over, down all the cement climbing opportunities she could! Oh to be so carefree again!!
Hello, 2019, I hope it's a terrific year!
On Friday, I took a stroll through Riparian Preserve, and took about three dozen photos. But I think my camera battery died in the middle of it, and I ended up with only 5 good photos. But it was a 37 minute walk according to my FitBit so that's something!
