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usedtobeljs ([personal profile] usedtobeljs) wrote2020-12-25 08:48 am

Joyeux Noel, Post #46

Here in the subtropics, a very cold front blew in, with whipping winds and rain, and the temperature will be 30 degrees colder this morning. Tomorrow, we'll wake to the first freeze in a couple of years.

Miss Adventure still required her walk this morning, however. (Dogs do not observe holidays or weather changes.) So, I bundled up and we went out for our mile + hustle to the park and through the neighborhood.

Our walk proceeded as usual -- Miss Adventure wanting to run!explore!pull on the leash! and me trying to instill discipline. (She gets to prance ahead of me when it's "free walk," and she's supposed to be a mannerly dog when it's time to "heel." She thinks "heeling" is a stupid, stupid thing and she refuses to participate half the time.) The streets were mostly quiet, with no other walkers or joggers braving the Christmas wind chill. Sun was rising, and the chill wind through the oaks and palms kept us going.

As we were climbing the little hill back to the park, we heard a swell of birdsong. A flock of robins were vocalizing and flitting from oak to oak, diving and calling, diving and calling.

May your day be merry, bright, and filled with song.
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[personal profile] anne_d 2020-12-25 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
What a lovely description! Joy to you and yours, and don't freeze your toesies off!
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[personal profile] kathyh 2020-12-25 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been cold here in the UK too which I do prefer on Christmas Day, though I haven't been for a walk, which would actually have been more of a waddle due to how much I've eaten. Must walk tomorrow and see the robins in our park.

Hope you have a song filled day tomorrow too :)

[personal profile] roguedemon 2020-12-26 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds lovely! ((Hugs)) ((hugs))
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[personal profile] gwynnega 2020-12-26 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Merry Christmas to you and Miss Adventure!
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[personal profile] alhbooks 2020-12-28 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a lovely Christmas morning. We hunkered down by the fire and enjoyed a good soaking rain well into the afternoon. Such a relief!