Day 8 Send in the Clowns

The plan for yesterday was a walk to the library for story time and a visit by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus clowns. It seemed a good plan: a mile there; a mile back. It WAS a good plan: it was fun and we got more books!

Leaving the library, we turned West instead of East and visited another clown who resides on the porch of the Ronald McDonald House just a few doors away.

It was a lovely cool day -- about 50 degrees F -- with a little sun. A little more than a mile and we would be home again...

BUT . . . we could hear a train and rushed to see it. There were horses and cows for the Futurity at the arena just three blocks over. There was a lovely dalmatian named Gentry in the parking lot whose owners let come out to play.

Who could just come home when all of that was calling? It was a long walk.

Three plus miles.
200 Miles in 100 Days
AAB

Day 1 - January 7

Getting started is always hard. The walking has taken a while to get going. The blog has taken a while to get going. But, I'll keep walking and catch up by pre-dating Day 1-Day6.
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On Monday, I walked with Lucy in her stroller the mile to the library, paid a fine and got new books.

We just saw the usual things on our street, so we looked for cocoons like this one which we found in front of our house last week. It is a beautiful soft cocoon which is brushed with gold. It is protected by the four leaves, still attached to the tree,which were pulled down around it. The leaf "houses" were unique.

We didn't find any of new ones, but we did get the book about "Madeline" again and a new book about "Henry and Mudge."

2 miles
200 Miles in 100 Days
AAB