Well today's weather is quite the juxtaposition from yesterday is it not? It is really a pretty day though a tad colder than I expected for a Texas May day but I ain't complaining. I love not stepping outside and immediately start dripping with sweat. What a concept. Maybe I'll even indulge in the great outdoors since the weather is so wonderful.
Memory #107
If you haven't looked outside your window you totally should because even though its starting to get a tad bit windy, it is absolutely wonderful. Especially considering the gloomy stormy days that happened before hand. This is the kind of day that if you were a hiker you'd want to go hiking. Not that I or my family is really into hiking or whatever but my parents used to really like to go out walking especially when the neighborhood was still primarily under construction. During the first summer that we lived in my current house there was a whole heck of a lot of construction going on. There used to be this greenbelt type of thing that backed up to my neighborhood and in close walking distance from my house. During the summers my mom would spontaneously decide to go on a nature hike, as she called it. There were many a days that this would occur, where we would put on our tennis shoes grab a water bottle and set off for this green belt. If you went far enough on this trail it eventually led to this canyon with a water hole. I actually have no memory of what it looked like but really it probably wasn't that magical but my mom played it up and got enthusiastic about it so Sam and I were always super excited to go see it. Which was a pretty big deal considering that it was summer and we were always the kids that go into the "I'm bored" rut really quickly.
The sad thing now is that greenbelt is now private property to the golf course of the adjacent neighborhood. Or maybe it always has been and my mom was a law breaker...Wouldn't surprise me. Also totally worth it those little nature walks are totally ingrained in my mind. I definitely miss those summertime walks with my mom.
Love always,
Erin
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