Saturday, May 25, 2024

Day 2024

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.










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