Walking home from a day at the office - Day 49 of 90

Today I had to leave my car off elsewhere so I planned on walking home at the end of the day. The day was longer than I anticipated, but all in a good way and it wasn't raining and it was still light out, so home I went.

Now don't be too impressed, as I told a co-worker it is only 3.5 miles - not like my old commute of 14 plus miles (or 37 for a couple of years-but I shudder to think about that). If there were sidewalks along the entire route I'd walk more often. I have walked it before over the years but not often, and not even occasionally - more like rarely.

It's the sidewalks that get me. (That and of course I'm naturally lazy or busy or both.) In some spots there isn't even a shoulder, just the verge-and in some spots that isn't even there-there isn't any "there" there - just the edge of the world where the water is below. Humph. Anyway, it isn't terribly busy and mostly drivers look out for pedestrians as I am not the only one walking along.

BUT, you know what I noticed for the first time? The mailboxes were not at the street on poles, but rather they were on the houses just like you see in cities (or small towns for that matter) the problem that occurred to me today was that the mail must be delivered on foot - and without sidewalks, and that sounds like an accident waiting to happen-of course that could just be me.

Tonight I took a photo of a sweet pea popping up in the middle of a tangle of grasses and in the soft light of evening; it was quite pretty.

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