Walkies...and Lemonade Making
Jan. 17th, 2022 02:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mlerulesGonna do it. Feeling crappy too much/often, or at least am today, which might be enough motivation. Just saw FB memory of Huntington Garden's blooming desert garden which I usually visit in January. It has served as a good break from the cold, grey, damp PacNW, but I've missed out the past three (3) years. I also miss the people I usually reconnect with around this time of year. Saw a few sets of folks in September 2021, but don't know when I'll next return.
So, now I want to return to some of my fave local spots to regain the good feelings I get from Huntington Gardens and elsewhere. Am I escaping something? Perhaps. Does that matter? I don't think so. There's so much fear and dread and uncertainty about these days. If getting out and about lessens the impact of these feelings, huzzah! I'm in favor of going walkies, and getting exercise, exorcising some demons, blowing away cobwebs in the process. Along the way, I make more good memories, so getting back to those places reinforces the positive associations. Some spots serve as Emotional Kodak Moments. Feeling like creating more of these touchstones locally, since here's where I am for the foreseeable future, with minor jaunts to spots not too far away at times. Lemonade-making time.
So, now I want to return to some of my fave local spots to regain the good feelings I get from Huntington Gardens and elsewhere. Am I escaping something? Perhaps. Does that matter? I don't think so. There's so much fear and dread and uncertainty about these days. If getting out and about lessens the impact of these feelings, huzzah! I'm in favor of going walkies, and getting exercise, exorcising some demons, blowing away cobwebs in the process. Along the way, I make more good memories, so getting back to those places reinforces the positive associations. Some spots serve as Emotional Kodak Moments. Feeling like creating more of these touchstones locally, since here's where I am for the foreseeable future, with minor jaunts to spots not too far away at times. Lemonade-making time.
