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I am The Mad Macedonian! Writer, Blogger, Poet, Humorist, Cyclist, Walker, Photographer, Cat Lover, Genealogist, and more!
It's day 3 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.
Hanging out in Central Park is an exercise in, well, an exercise in exercising! ;-D
Exercising the mind, body, or soul, and sometimes a pair, or all three at the time. ;-D
Sunday Morning in Central Park is a time to see, & be seen, as Dogs of all shapes, and sizes, and colors, take their Humans out for a morning stroll. ;-D
Not everyone who comes here is in physial shape to Crow home about...that's why they come here...to get that way with enough physical exertion to last them a lifetime...if they survive. ;-D
As I pedaled along the trail in the Alvin M. Coen Campground section of the NE part of the park, I saw the local animals silently bear witness to all this health-conscious activity.
Whether the Edgar Allan Poe story wannabe was silently saying "Nevermore", I do not know as I was not close enough to inquire. ;-D
Nearby anotehr critter was scampering about, stopping once to observe the passing Humans.
Whether it thought them all rather Squirrelly, I do not know. ;-D
I pedalled on to The Amphitheatre, and settled down, with my notepad, to observe, and ponder the passing scene.
As I sit, around 10am, I have a front row seat to the passing parade.
But it's not just Dogs, and their Humans, male and female, young and old, out here.
It's the Ducks, and other Birds, in, and around the Lake, it's the Squirrels in the grass, and along the trail, and the occasional Crow...
And a beautiful green Hummingbird suddenky, unexpectedly, hovers inches before my startled face, sending me frantically to pick up my camera, turn it on, aim, and sho...it!
Damn! Why, Oh Lord, did you choose to tease me so?
As if to say, "Because I can, My Son..." the minute I set my camera down the creature returns for another Fly-by. ;-D
So I return to watching bicyclists, solitary joggers & walkers, parents pushing babies in strollers, & keeping track of toddlers on their first bicycles.
The people are not just being watched by other people, as I said.
All through the park the denizens of the Natural Community that call this place home, are busily going about their business only to occassionally stop, and take note of what the two-leggeds (Especially the mre "Nutty" ones, and their domesticated companions, are up to.
Even in a well travelled Public Space such as this Human, and Critter, alike, need to be wary of some of the people who occasionally hang out here, from the Homeless, and Mentally Ill, like this character, to those with criminal intent on their agenda.
Most of the time, however, life in this park is just Ducky. ;-D
Finally, my 20 minutes are up, and I head on out on my bicycle to catch the bus.
Sit Spot Challenge 2011: Day 4