Late Again - Tut Tut

Update: Was feeling quite rushed writing this post. I forgot to add the link to the band and somehow lost Be Still. You now have it twice.

A late start again today. It was town day with a ton of errands some of which I didn't get to. I just add them to the next list. It was a sunny day and I just wanted to be home.

Drove by this field an hour ago and got there a couple hours too late. They take the blossoms off the tulip plants as the company is growing them for bulbs not flowers. Piles of tulip heads were sitting on the ground just barely wilted. Obviously I didn't get good photos. There were some intact fields but they were far away.

Los Lobos brings the music picks for today. I really like the band. They've been around since the late seventies and have a distinctive style. They have a Tex-Mex, Chicano rock sound and sing in both languages. La Pistola Y El Corazon is from the same titled 1988 album and Cancion del Mariachi with Antonio Banderas is from the 1995 Desperado soundtrack. Be Still was up before and is also worth a listen. Here's Be Still from another day.

Just the Beginning

My Monday hike begins with a steep downgrade of about a quarter of a mile. Guess what! It ends at the same place but is then a steep upgrade. I've been eating a few desserts lately and in wanting to work them off, decided to do my two hour hike at a super fast pace. That last quarter mile can be a killer but today when I jumped in my car after reaching the top, I think my endorphen level was such that I could have made it home without a car. I still feel fantastic two hours later. I plan on doing a lot more hiking in the next near future. Anyone want to join me?

The leaves aren't even near as colourful here yet as they are in New Brunswick. The photo above was taken of a hillside visible on today's walk. The leaves are still mostly green. The next few weeks should be the most beautiful hiking weather. I'm very excited. I'm going to try to find someone to hike with as my regular partner has been busy and I like the company though solo is perfectly ok too as it is much quieter. As I said yesterday, no bears or moose to contend with here.

Here are songs 299 and 300 on page two. Autumn by Paolo Nutini seems like an appropriate song for today. We don't have colourful leaves yet but overnight we had our first major frost of the autumn. Autumn is here! Be Still by Los Lobos is today's other choice as today's hike was by myself and the stillness was such a big part of the occasion, a good part.