Started out with a long walk, ---

then, I caught a bus to the train station then caught another bus home. It was 61°F today with clear blue skies. Delightful walking and exploring and watching some 80 Canadian Geese visit some of their Texas relatives. It was like Cabo to them. They were fishing (bottoms up),bathing in the lake, sitting down on the grassy hillside and some were just nibbling the native grasses. The first couple of miles into my walk I had to move on, though, I could have watched them all afternoon. 

Tomorrow, it is going to be just above freezing for the BMW Marathon that will occur. A bit chilly to start  but more manageable once under way to regulate body heat. While yesterday, while out, I put my original thought of using a two wheel cart to do some grocery shopping while out since I do have my groceries delivered in. The cart was so nice, I decided to dump my back pack and use the car for as  my camera gear cart. That ideal worked so well that it held my folding stool, my water bottles, camera cases with room for rain gear and a folding windbreaker jacket. I've used it to pick up a 4-pack of blueberry cupcakes for weekend treats. That worked out well without crushing anything that I set out yesterday with the full intention of filling in some holiday food items from my Neighborhood Market,Walmart style. It must be said that the cart  was totally full to the top where the cover overlaps. It's not a wire or metal cart, rather it's a canvas bag that is held in a folding frame. The increase in weight was not a problem and after researching the cart until I found what I wanted, it was fulfilled every bit of what I had expected including even more. 

So, while the weather is so good for this time of year, I had to get out and shoot a few things that were on my list where I also use those images to create items for my stores on Zazzle. I have enough fall colors of leaves etc., to fill in for some of the older stock that will be retiring. "Once you created the beast you have to feed it." I've always said. By that I mean that buyers of media can only use some items for a couple of turns when they start to look for new  material. I respect that and have always tried to keep that part of my photography updated. It's not like someone writing a blog that can use an image over and over for certain times of the year. Already, since the Texas Rangers became World Series Champs, my images of a baseball score board has been licensed for the upcoming spring season for little league, I would imagine. 

So, tomorrow will be a rest day. I've got 41,311 steps in for the month thus far. That's 17.60  miles with a calorie burn of 1,532.1 calories. I don't want to overdue it. Last month step count was 95,426 so I am pretty much on target for the month. I don't go out every day of the month. But, I do try to keep my steps out to meet the standard of about 4-6,000 steps every other day.