Watch Your Step.....

I am still taking my early morning walks....unless it is raining! I just do a short walk across the street from our apartment building around Gilman Park. It's familiar since I did it almost every morning with Fenway for the two years we had him here. Just some fresh air to start the day.

We had two days of rain but yesterday I was able to re-establish my routine. Crossing Downer Avenue I started around the triangle park and noticed that the wind and rain of the previous days succeeded in bringing most of the leaves off the park's trees.

At times I could hardly see the sidewalk. Aging makes me more aware of where I am walking and I've stubbed my toes and almost tripped several times because of crooked sidewalks. So what to do? Not only were the leaves still damp meaning they were a bit slippery under my gym shoes, but I couldn't see any cracks or sidewalk repairs. 

Yesterday's morning walk was a bit slower than usual and spent staring down just ahead of where I planned to take my next step. Success....morning walk without tripping. 

Today I realized that someone (city workers?) had been out and the sidewalks were clean. Perhaps not quite as visually interesting, but a little easier to navigate.

Fall in Wisconsin.....