Elisabeth is once again organizing Cool Blogger’s Walking Club. Yay for intentional movement! You don’t have to be a blogger, or, I would argue, “cool” to participate. (I certainly don’t think I’m “cool”)
I always like starting things on a Monday, so my version of walking club is Monday to Sunday and not strictly per the day of the month.
Last Fall, for CBWC, I chose something to look for on my walks each week- Hallowe’en Decorations, flowers, foliage…
This time around, I’m choosing a colour to look for every week. To make it easy, I thought I’d go in rainbow order, so the first week was RED! Which is, also, incidentally, my favorite colour.
So RED things I saw on last week’s walks:
Monday 3/30: We went down to the National Mall to see cherry blossoms. It was a few days past peak bloom, but there were still lots of blooms to be seen. (I have a feeling that there will still be lots of blooms to be seen all month, so there might be lots of blossom pictures even if they aren’t strictly in the colour of the month.) Red things we saw:
Red Line Train.
Red kite stuck in the tree. The National Kite Festival was the weekend prior, and you can always see the aftermath of the Festival in the lost kites festooning the trees.
Red (white and blue) Flag (next to the Washington Monument):
It’s not red, but I had to include a shot of cherry blossoms since that is why we were down at the Mall in the first place:
Tuesday 3/31: Went on a bike/run with the 6 year old and 9 year old. A bike/run is when they ride their bikes and I run. They bike faster than I run, but they are good about stopping and waiting for me to catch up. We stopped at the playground where there was this red lady bug:
And on the way home, red folliage:
Wednesday 4/1: Walked though Costco for an hour. (Does that count?) Then in the afternoon, went for a walk to the park with the kids. Saw this red azaelea bush, buds still furled tight:
Thursday 4/2: Went on another bike/run with the kids. This time, I noticed that the 9 year old’s bike has red accents and he is wearing red shoes:
Also this redbud tree, which technically isn’t red, but it has “red” in its name:
And the red stems on these blossoms:
Friday 4/3: Went skating with the kids. (Even the 14 year old came!) I noticed the red markings on the ice:
Saturday 4/4: Went on a bike ride with the Husband and the 6 year old and 9 year old. My bike is red!
Sunday 4/5: Easter Sunday. Went on a walk after dinner. Noticed a red umbrella sitting next to our red door:
Red Tulips in a neighbor’s front yard:
The sunset wasn’t strictly red, but it was beautiful:
And that’s week one. Next week’s colour will be ORANGE!
What are your favorite red things?