‘now autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods
and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.’
-william allingham
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tonight will be my visit to the last ann arbor park
one day before my goal of halloween
it will be bittersweet to end this adventure
watch for my story this weekend.
bird hills park
dolph park
dhu varen park
eberwhite woods park
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loving all the forts, both big and small that i’ve discovered as i continue my journey through the ann arbor parks. forts are very sacred places. lots of heart and hard work go into the making of them – special spaces to meet and hang out with your gang.
(i’m about half way through the parks now -through the letter ‘i’)
– 80 down and 80-ish to go! –
onward.
—
“i have a lot of growing up to do. i realized that the other day inside my fort. “
-zach galifianakis
see the mermaid bathing in her pool, as fairies scamper through the woods. -jack horne -- *still walking the 150 parks, into the b parks on the list now more beautiful discoveries every day shot above taken in bird hills park, ann arbor
summer schedule
another day, another quiet hike.
—
waldeinsamkeit;
(n.) forest solitude,
the feeling of being alone in the woods.
one with nature.
– german
as we made our way through the jungle of giant leaves,
only one of us spotted a tiger and we looked out for each other.
—
“on a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”
― tahir shah, House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City
i wonder
who lost one rubber slipper
in the middle of the woods
maybe i will
cross paths
with the person
who is wearing the other
one day.
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“you cannot put the same shoe on every foot. “
-publilius syrus
an autumn afternoon in ann arbor on the huron river
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“slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.”
~john de paola
I didn't have my glasses on.... 