I don’t go into work till noon on Thursdays, so I waited till the sun was up to take my walk. I decided to take advantage of the light and bring my cell phone so I could make a Pedestrian Post with pictures. Full disclosure: I am not making the post on my phone as I walk but merely took the pictures. I am now at my house, ten-finger typing on my dining-room-table-top (must get a new laptop one of these days).
The weather was cold and gloomy, with snow off and on. It was off as I started but had stuck on the sidewalk, so I walked with caution and did not set as brisk a pace as I might have on bare pavement. I admit I do not always set a particularly brisk pace no matter the walking surface, but today I felt I had an excuse. I had a payment on a bill to put in the mail, so I was also walking with a purpose. I headed towards the post office.
As I went through Meyer’s Park, I noticed they had taken the Christmas lights down from the gazebo. Regular readers know I love to look at lights when I am walking, so I felt a little sad this morning. Yes, yes, I know, it is January, Christmas is over, I should get on with my life. I can still feel a little sad, can’t I? Sheesh! Anyways, I took a picture to share the gloomy scene.
I felt the dusting of snow added to the gloomy mood.
I soon made it to the post office and mailed the bill. Then I crossed the street to take a picture of the post office.
A handsome building.
I continued towards Main Street, which I crossed and went by Municipal Hall. I felt I had a kind of a theme of public spaces going on here, so I took another picture.
This is where I use to go to register for the DARE 5K, when they used to have one.
Close by Municipal Hall is what used to be the Baptist Church but is now owned by the Business and Professional Association of Herkimer. Pre-Covid, there were big plans for the space. I must reach out to the association and find out the current status of the building.
Another handsome building.
Having three pictures in my phone, I felt I had fulfilled my blogging obligation and concentrated on my walk. I slid once on an icy patch, which was a little scary (I guess I am easily frightened), but I stayed upright and did not encounter any more ice. Soon it began to snow like a Christmas card, so I thought I would try for a picture of that.
This is the path over what used to be a hydraulic canal.
I’m afraid I did not capture the snow. It soon turned to a fine, not very visible snow, and I was soon finished with my walk.
My walk lasted 30 minutes, the longest since I started walking again after my bout of flu. I felt pretty good about that. I may try for a run on Saturday, but after my little slip on the ice, it will rather depend on the weather.
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