Nightwalkers
Mar. 13th, 2004 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojJust came back from a walk in the woods and under the stars.
Justin had wanted to go for a walk in the woods all day, but it kept getting delayed. We finally decided that after dinner, we'd have a night walk. Haven't had one for a while. So off we went, and it wasn't going terribly well - the boys were both a little spooked by the shadows in the woods, and I was a little nervous because the ground was rock-hard frozen covered by patches of ice. Very treacherous. So we finally left the forest path and just took the cement bike trail. Then we climbed up the side of the Little Hill - basically, a reservoir that's been covered by sod. It's like a mesa, with a field on top large enough to hold two soccer games, and a nice view of Ottawa.
Or rather, at night time it's a nice view of Ottawa, with twinkling lights spread out below. In the day time it's actually rather grey and dismal.
Looked at the stars, tried to find constellations, talked about defeating fear, walked around, listened to the kids tell stories, then came home. I think we were out for about 40 min. Nice time.
Oh, and I got to tell the kids a story, as we gazed down upon the city. I told them that a long, long time ago, before I met their daddy, I was dating a man who lived sort of outside of Ottawa (Kanata, actually). And I would drive out to visit him, and at night I would drive back home, and there was a part of the road home that was quite stunning. I would drive up a little hill, and all of a sudden, at the top, the whole city would appear as if by magic. Spread out like a blanket of light before me, reaching out to the horizon, welcoming me home.
Pause while they absorbed the beauty that must have been this glorious scene.
"So why didn't you marry that man?" asked Daniel.
"Because he was an idiot," I answered him.
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bast2:
Um... OK.
Justin had wanted to go for a walk in the woods all day, but it kept getting delayed. We finally decided that after dinner, we'd have a night walk. Haven't had one for a while. So off we went, and it wasn't going terribly well - the boys were both a little spooked by the shadows in the woods, and I was a little nervous because the ground was rock-hard frozen covered by patches of ice. Very treacherous. So we finally left the forest path and just took the cement bike trail. Then we climbed up the side of the Little Hill - basically, a reservoir that's been covered by sod. It's like a mesa, with a field on top large enough to hold two soccer games, and a nice view of Ottawa.
Or rather, at night time it's a nice view of Ottawa, with twinkling lights spread out below. In the day time it's actually rather grey and dismal.
Looked at the stars, tried to find constellations, talked about defeating fear, walked around, listened to the kids tell stories, then came home. I think we were out for about 40 min. Nice time.
Oh, and I got to tell the kids a story, as we gazed down upon the city. I told them that a long, long time ago, before I met their daddy, I was dating a man who lived sort of outside of Ottawa (Kanata, actually). And I would drive out to visit him, and at night I would drive back home, and there was a part of the road home that was quite stunning. I would drive up a little hill, and all of a sudden, at the top, the whole city would appear as if by magic. Spread out like a blanket of light before me, reaching out to the horizon, welcoming me home.
Pause while they absorbed the beauty that must have been this glorious scene.
"So why didn't you marry that man?" asked Daniel.
"Because he was an idiot," I answered him.
And in other news, stolen from
bast2:Um... OK.
