While Wandering

I started documenting the beauty while on our walk with my yard. I knew it might be slim pickings once we rolled on out of our driveway.

Okra flowers are in bloom. Other than that, tomatoes and peppers are about all that's growing in this heat....for me. 

I was pleased that someone sprinkled the sidewalk with flowers for us! However, after turning the corner...

I remembered I forgot my trash bag. Our squirrel friend was waiting for us in the same tree!

Also in wait were a pack of cigarettes and an empty condom box. Really?

This fatty patty thought he was real tough.

A reminder to

We decided to head over to the neighborhood playground only to learn that we were obviously crossing onto someone's territory.

My kids didn't really seem to mind.

Heading back towards home...

We really don't live in the slums, I promise. Houses in my neighborhood go for anywhere from $80,000 to $130,000. Now I know that probably sounds really cheap, but Houston is a really cheap place to live. There's mainly just a lot of working people here and a few trouble making kids. Anyway, we decided to save the best for last, our horse friends.

Time to head on back out of the scary streets (just kidding) to our refuge, home. There wasn't much shade on our walk and we were hot! So, now for a dip in our luxurious state of the art swimming pool!

Thanks to cpcable at A Life Sustained for this great idea of documenting our wanderings.

While Wandering

I was inspired by cpcable over at A Life Sustained to take a walk out in my neighborhood and try as I might to locate some beauty. It was tough, I'll admit. There was a lot of garbage (next time I'll bring a garbage bag), but we did manage to find a few things. Also, it was raining which was great. Not only because we need it desperately, but because it kept us from sweating to death. Thanks to cpcable and barefoot crofter (you made a comment on cpcable's post that really made me think) for forcing me to look a little harder and to appreciate the small things. (Note: I had to create this post with the old image editor which is why my photos aren't as large. Has anyone else had trouble today with uploading images? Also, if you're wondering about the pic with the tree, there is a squirrel at the top. He ran away as I was trying to take his picture.)