#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream

The far meadow, I went to walk alone. At Medfield State, so many children and dogs, grown ups, everyone out in the late morning enjoying October. Little girls kicked leaf piles. The sky was overcast, but the day was warm. I had errands early and then took the dogs to walk the meadows and woods of the old hospital which has become a real community gathering place. But no one walks this meadow, and I go there to wander. Hay bales were left, and not all of the mown hay has been baled. I walked through the mown grass, the dead wildflowers, kicking my feet. So many vines of berries, bittersweet and more along the edges. I walked undisturbed. Massive golden trees edged the meadow, colors bright and fading fast. We walked all we wanted to, and then left the meadow and headed down the trails to the woods, passing all the people again. The dogs were breathless and tired by the end of our walk. And so was I! I was pleased to find an e-mail once I got home that a journal will publish a series of turtle photos from my walks that I submitted. And, later in the day, I finished getting my new online Store open on my website and set up to sell my photo cards from my daily walks, at the urging of my daughter. I am starting with four sets of four. You can see them here. Today, I mailed my first purchase of the Ice Images, which is my particular favorite, images I found in Charles River ice over the past couple of years. Soon, the ice will form. And I will go out in the morning and see what enchanting pictures I can find in the frozen wetlands that will fascinate and excite me so much I will not feel the cold, I will only feel the magic that I have taken the time to notice.