2020 Accountability and Focus: Old Home Day

Way back around 1998-ish we lived on the outskirts of Austin, Texas. This is where we lived when I met my friend from Texas. (To make my life simpler, going forward she will be TF.) Today, C, E, TF and I drove by the house we used to live in. The entire area has grown up. The yard of the house seems to have many less dandelions in it. When we lived there, I had encouraged them a little bit to try to make dye with. It was a fun little science experiment that I am sure the owner of the property didn't appreciate. We were only there for about a year, so most of those flowers can't be blamed on me. I took a few pictures, but won't post them here, because that would be weird. 😁

We also looked for and found a park that had a live oak tree over 400 years old. It was beautiful, except for the wires. They light it up for the holidays and seem to leave the cords draped all over the tree. The tree was one of the things I remembered about living in the area. There are still some farms near by, but most of that area is built up in one way or another. It was a nice little trip down memory lane.

Earlier in the day TF and I went for a walk. We ended up walking around three and a half miles. My water ran out when we were almost back to the house. There is a point when out walking that a person may feel that they can keep going and sometimes at that point they forget that they still need to turn around to return home. We turned around at the right time.

It was a good day. I think my happy is finding that park with the tree. I'm not sure why I wanted to see it again. For some reason that tree stuck in my memory and I wanted to find out if it was still there. It was a nice short walk from the cool car into the heat to see it. There was also some very fun grass nearby to walk barefoot through. TF said it was tifgreen grass. Only C and I took our shoes off. It was like walking on a cushion, only with the occasional twig.

The first group of pictures are from the walk.