Today marks 2024 days of meeting (or exceeding) my step goal of 10K. It was a nice day, not too cold nor too hot. I spent part of the day checking out estate sales, looking for things that would work in my garden. And then after lunch I headed downtown and took a walk in the Jefferson Westside neighborhood. I started at Broadway and Monroe, ventured as far east as Charnelton and as far south as 17th. I made several brief stops to photograph flowers I saw along the way.
And then, I was heading to check out a lovely patch of poppies planted in the hellstrip along 15th between Lawrence St. & Lincoln St. I've seen these flowers several times over the years, today they were especially stunning.
As I approached the flowers I encountered a lady and her dog out for a stroll. Come to find out, Patty lives right there in a house along that strip and one of her neighbors is the one who maintains the flowers. We ended up talking for at least 20 minutes and I got to meet another neighbor, Rebecca, during that time. By the time I left I had been invited to join their book group and when I said that I'm not good with book groups I was invited to just stop by for a visit anytime I see her car in the driveway.
I truly enjoy meeting new and interesting people as I take walks in different neighborhoods throughout Eugene and Springfield. Flowers and gardens are great conversation starters.
Here are the other photos from my walk today, in the order I encountered them.
