“The School Boy’s Walk Home”

DJ and I are still enjoying our weekday (1.5K) walks home from K-4. And JM and E still join us – because DJ still “gets tired” about halfway. He’s found a great excuse to keep riding on Daddy’s shoulders – and he provides a progressive weight-lifting program for JM!

We often vary our route, admiring the architecture, trees and flowers, and – most recently – the change of seasons reflected in new colors on the trees along the way.

Our wandering ways remind me of a favorite French idiom – and inspiration for the title of this post!

Our favorite sweet gum is getting new leaves.

The silk floss kapoks are illustrating their name.

These tiny snapdragons fascinated me as a little girl, too.

Watch out for the caterpillar! He’s not known for being friendly...

It’s not at all unusual for our walk home to include a stop for a treat and sometimes a walk to a nearby plaza to eat the treat. Consequently (and when I’m in a hurry), our “meandering” might sometimes be a strategy to avoid walking past the panadería or the kioskos – places where treats are known to be sold!

This treat is appropriately named “Cara Sucia” (“Dirty Face”)!

We’re enjoying celebrating the change of seasons!