Rounding out Cool Blogger’s Walking Club – thanks again to Elisabeth for organizing this community effort.
I’ve been picking something to notice on my walks – past weeks, I’ve notice Hallowe’en decorations, and flowers. This week I picked fall foliage. End of October is peak fall foliage time here in Maryland. There seemed, though, to be a variety of foliage from some trees still being mostly green, to brilliant oranges, yellows, and reds, to some trees already all bare.
Monday 10/27:
-15 min yoga
-Walk kids to school from the parking lot on the path. Take a loop through the woods on the way back to the car. Took this picture:
Tuesday 10/28:
-15 mins yoga
-Walk kids to school from the parking lot on the path. Take a loop through the woods on the way back to the car.
-Walk at lunch time. Saw some beautiful mottled leaves.
Wednesday 10/29:
-Ten minute yoga
-Walk at park during the 13 year old’s piano lesson. Saw this beautiful orange tree:
-Walk kids to school from the parking lot on the path. Take a loop through the woods on the way back to the car.
Thursday 10/30:
-10 min yoga
-Walk kids to school from the parking lot on the path. Take a loop through the woods on the way back to the car. It was a soggy day, making the colour of the leaves really pop.
-Walk in the neighborhood around work on my dinner break.
Friday 10/31:
-Yoga 20 mins
-Walked to pick up kids from the school bus. The late afternoon light through the trees was stunning, setting the leaves ablaze:
-Hallowe’en! Trick or treating for two hours.
Takeways from CBWC Fall 2025:
- Walking, getting out, moving – I can choose to do those things. I don’t have to get out for miles and miles, but when I have a free space of time, a ten minute walk rejuvenates me more than if I had spent those ten minutes scrolling. I need to especially remember this when I get really swamped and can’t find the time to go for a run and start feeling sluggish. I can make the choice to move.
- On the subject of choice- I feel so grateful that I have a variety of options on how I commute and travel. I can drive, take the Metro, or bike. So days when my schedule is a little more flexible, I can choose to take metro or bike instead of driving. It is a bit of a luxury, I realize, because not everyone has all those options. If my car breaks down I can still get to work. If I miss the bus, I can still get in my car.
- I had a lot of fun choosing something to notice every week. Being on the look out for Halloween decorations really made the lead up to Halloween fun. Looking for flowers when the world was starting to go dormant brought little flashes of colour to a grey world. And I’m glad I took time to look for leaves because often fall is a very busy time for me at work, and I don’t get to go leaf peaking. I sometimes get to winter and realize I’ve missed the wonderful colours of fall, so I’m glad I took time to find the pops of fall that I could see this week.
I also love to notice things on my walks. I find I can slip into automatic mode easily, and so it’s a nice way to bring myself back to the present.
I think your “themed” weeks of walks were brilliant. I want to try to do this next year!