Aaaahhhh....this is the life!! Instant transformation into a "mushroom-head" (with my helmet) and it's off cycling around the lake on a magical scenic route!! There's nothing quite like cycling on a gorgeous day!!
What magic it is taking a ride and witnessing the exquisite beauty of nature first hand with the breeze blowing …!! Today’s ride was even more magical than most. The trail was quieter than ever (it certainly pays leaving earlier for the ride than usual… before the teenyboppers are up and out yet:D )
I thought it was a statue at first but noticed that it slowly turned its head to follow my gaze as I cycled past.
As I started on todays ride – the first minute in – I subconsciously notice this huge thing on the right side on a grass embankment outside one of the office buildings (you know how you – via the side of your eye – suddenly & immediately notice things that seem “different”…that are not usually there?) and turn to the right. It was an amazingly beautiful and *huge* falcon.
If it wasn’t moving its head to follow my gaze as I cycled past, I really would have thought it was statue! I don’t think I have ever quite seen one so close up before…just a few metres away. It was really something! It really is quite incredible all the different things one notices each day on the trails… the incredible amount of colourful butterflies that are fluttering everywhere, the cute little chipmunks that are darting here, there and everywhere, the wondrous array of different flowers and species of birds…so much that we just simply take for granted. Well, today I thank God for all these gifts that I am able to enjoy each and every day!
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