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It's day 8 of the 2011 Sit Spot Challenge, and I'm getting close to nature in middle of Huntington Beach, right in the heart of Orange County.
If you missed the start of this adventure, then check out this post, and follow the link at the end.
Yesterday was a visit devoted the Senses.
Depending on when you are in Central Park the Sights, Sounds, Touch, Smell, and Taste you experience will vary.
As I pedal around the park to my Sit Spot I take in an offshoot of the main lake that appears to be a lake all its own, but really isn't, and has a single, solitary, Duck to rule over it, at least for this day. ;-D
The smell of grass, water, and trees, is all around me.
I find some trees, along its banks, that have flowers, but when I pause to take a whiff my senses encounter the sweet scent of the flowers battling with the musty smell of the nearby algae-filled lake, for the undivided attention of my my nose. ;-D
All around me I hear the wind in the trees, a plane overhead, Birds, too numerous to count, discussing who knows what, & the murmurs of various people chatting about I don't care what. ;-D
The sky is partly cloudy, as it has been all day &, at 6pm, the park is cool as I sit at the amphitheatre, & gaze out at the Ducks on the lake, and a passing cyclist, and a passing couple pushing a Baby Utility Vehicle (One of those fancy Strollers that looks like it could hold a department store worth of supplies for all occasions.). They sure don't make strollers like they did when I was a baby, hee, hee! ;-D I sit there, taking it all in, when I hear a rustle of feathers nearby. I touch the rough bark of a tree, & pick up a broken piece of a tree branch that struck me as having the makings of a prop for an amusing photo.
There are 2 Ducks chatting near the bottom row of the seats of the amphitheatre, and I slowly maneuver behind them with my camera, attempting to get them to make their way up the ramp, and onto the stage.
Annoyed at me...they waddle around in a circle, calling me a Son of a Bitch at every step, fly briefly over the ramp, and start walking toward the lake.
I'm right behind them, camera at the ready when, quite to my surprise, I witness lift off as they fly across the nearby trail, and into the lake.
As I go sit down again the loud honks of some other Ducks, plus the barking of a couple of excited Dogs, along the trail, fill the air.
Finally it is time for me to head on out to catch the bus home, so I saddle up, and head on out, with the sound of the wheels of my bike making contact with the pavement, echoeing in my ears.
Sit Spot Challenge 2011: Day 9
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