Getting the dogs and ourselves out moving to the four-beat rhythm (yes dogs speed), haring out at the start to pee on every tree, slowing down to a sauntering pace, sniffing out who else visited the park over the past week. Woolly-necked stork in the river fishing out brunch with an eye on any unusual movement in the surroundings.
You hear the call of the fish eagles up high, drifting between upper thermals hoping they will come down for a snap shot, alas these have been few and far between, when walking dogs on leads little time to handle a camera simultaneously.
Today photography will be lower down, more human...
A mid-summer sunny morning let me show you what is happening on the park today. Baseball players on one park, Cricketers on the other, Bowlers are always on the greens, I sometimes contemplate whether they sleep under the trees waiting for sunrise (oh I will have to take photo's of them waving a ball down the lawn, like that ball fully understands where it should go).
Thinking about it the baseball players and cricketers prone to demonstrate different performance, the dance of life by cricketers when getting a person out. While baseball players urging the runner with gusto, drop that bat and run like a bat out of hell, key factor in successful base running is speed.
What we take home with us, we no longer play in the sun, find exhilaration in a simple walk tugged by two dogs on leads, watch in envy as the younger folk set up for for a day of enjoyment, sweating, slipping, sliding, running. While we totter along, knowing brisk walking between anything may have adverse affects to all enjoying the surroundings, via huffing, puffing, groaning and grinding older limbs with the odd fart to clear the air.
Know when to gracefully bow out, enjoy life within the realms of coping, yes this thing called age sneaks up on you, catching you unaware taking you by surprise sports you enjoyed playing yesterday, you now sit on the sidelines and watch.
Learning anything in life comes with patience and opportunity, first is a longer game plan (long to-do lists can take a toll on your emotional well-being), second is acknowledge your achievements, prepare to seize opportunities as soon as they arrive, speed today is a key factor with opportunities.
Taking walks normally affords us time to assess emotions, remove stress, it's healthy, fun watching others on the park. No matter where we walk we enjoy nature, here is a palm tree in flower, soon full of berries for all to enjoy (another form of round thing to chase for birds and monkeys).
@old-guy-photos for hosting Tree Tuesday tag every week, 
@tattoodjay for getting us out to walk on Wednesday Walk tag, walk and share what you see! Make Me Smile tag with 
@elisacheng - Thanks to 
@bluemist for sponsoring Wednesday Walk.Thought for Today: "Once you've started a competition, you must carry it to the finish." ~ African Proverb
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