Walk in the park

I suppose there were important things I should have been doing today - such as getting groceries or cleaning the bathroom - but it was sunny and the high was only -5 Celcius, so we went out for a lovely long walk with the dogs instead (while the bread was rising), and came back with glowing cheeks and stories to tell.

Yet what to tell - the squirrels with peanut-filled cheeks & chickadees hanging upside-down at the feeders, the children hurrying to the toboggan hill with sleds trailing behind them, the crowd of skaters & hockey players whirling about on the frozen lake, the long shadows and sparkling snow in the forest? - everything was about as perfect as it could be.

And the bread was pretty close to perfect as well!