Bird In A Tree

 

Adventure Location:

Decatur, Alabama

Date: June 29, 2023

The morning walk was interesting. We had to get going a bit earlier than normal because it was supposed to get very hot by noon and it did.

The first thing we encountered was the temporary fencing crew putting up the crowd control fencing up in the water park for all the MAJOR doings of the July Fourth events here at the Point Mallard Water Park. There is a bunch for sure. Yes it will interfere with my walks. But it will be noisy and crowded to make up for it. The OFM stopped at the office today and got his car pass hang tag so we can get back in the campground if we go somewhere. The security here will be a good bit tighter than normal and we are glad for that.

The walk this morning turned out to be very enlightening for the OFM Teams. But first a bird pic. This bird was sitting in the tree about ten feet from the edge of the walking path. Most birds that use that spot fly away when we get within about thirty feet and try to use the camera. This picture was one of a few we took while standing about eight feet away from the bird. The bird seemed totally unfazed by the OFM standing there messing around.

This is the new to us turning point for three of our walking loops in the park. It is a nice convenient point to stop, drink a bit of water and take notice of what in the OFM body is complaining. Today it was nothing was complaining.

That is a water hazard on the golf course. The walking loop this morning was 2.6 miles. The big news for the OFM was that he kept up a brisk pace nearly all the way and did not have any joint pain when we finished or later in the day either. When we go for the three mile or longer walks he always has knee or hip pain for a few hours afterward. We will be trying out this turn around point for a few days to see if that was a freak happening or a wonderful new bit of knowledge to help the OFM body work better and last longer.

To pass time nicely while things of the body heal from OFM stupidities we have been slowly working on a coloring to learn how to handle water color pencil colorings. It is a bit different than handling standard colored pencils but we have hope for success. Here is a picture of part of Stuck Together we took this evening for the blog.

As you can imagine the slow brain of the OFM is making this study a long drawn out process. However it is fun and nice to be learning another interesting art style as a way of trying to have tooooo much fun.