A day in the life of an almost 81 year old

First an appology for the mess of changes I went through with blogger color schemes last evening. 

 What I should be doing...

Clean laundry waiting to be folded and put away. Hello Barbara? Are you out there anywhere? 

What I end up doing. This was the day before we had the smoke warnings. You can see the haze had already begun, but the particulates were only in the 40s. Later that week they went over 100.

Early walk at the lake with a friend. That bird on the post is not seen here often, rather more at the rivers. Anhinga or Cormorant.

I'm actually proud of 20 minutes of walking with 2 breaks to sit and rest.

I counted photography in my break times, rather than my movement times.

Mama Mallard was a bit befuddled. She took the kids up onto the grass, then turned right around and went back to the water.

So we deserved a nice coffee break at Four Sisters Bakery...where I had the biggest fresh almond croissant I've ever seen.

Today's quote: (I didn't know that!)

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight. 

-Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech Republic president (1936-2011)