Glorious Day

The day before yesterday was a glorious afternoon. I came home from work around 4 and immediately noticed how fantastic it felt outside. It was a mere 80 degrees with a lovely light breeze which contained the foreshadow crispness of autumn. I couldn't stand the thought of being inside any longer after working inside all day, so I grabbed my "yard laying supplies". For those of you who don't know, my top ten necessary yard laying supplies are as follows:

1. Blanket (preferably big enough to spread everything out on and lay down comfortably)
2. At least 1 book
3. Musical playing device
4. Journal and pens
5. Quote book
6. Letter writing material
7. Sun glasses or hat
8. Bug spray
9. Camera
10. Snack and/or drink

I may take all ten of these things, or mix and match a few. Depends on how much time I have. I also have to wear dirty clothes in case I decide to climb a tree. Which happened the other day, and it was fabulous, regardless of the fact that my dog freaked out and thought I was dying and kept jumping in the air, attempting to bite my foot to pull me down. Which of course was funny at first, but not so funny when he almost succeeded to pull me off the branch as I climbed back down. I have to say, it was one of the most relaxing afternoons I've had in awhile. I read a book called The French Lieutenant's Woman, which is set in England and so I read it out loud in a British accent to my cat. Yes, I did feel like Alice reading to her cat Dinah and no, I did not see a white rabbit. I've decided to have days like that more often. Even if I don't have time to do it for very long, I need to lay on a blanket outside and read a book as often as I can. It's good for the soul, and that's something you can't afford to be bad to.

This time spent outside reminded me of two things. One was an afternoon in Cambridge with Ashley and Molly spent in the park on a blanket. All three of us being English majors, it only seemed appropriate that we would bring an ungodly amount of books, journals, etc..



And we just soaked up the sunshine we had missed oh so much while living in England.

It was a magical day for us because warm days were rare, as you can imagine since we lived there from January to April!



I was also reminded of a little trip I took one day in Cambridge by myself. I went to a park that none of us ever went to since it was on the opposite side of town (bear in mind we were always on bikes!). I discovered this fantastic tree:





I mean, seriously, how stinkin AWESOME is this tree? Doesn't it make you just want to go lay under it, or climb into it? I decided to do the first idea and spent the afternoon relaxing under this magnificent tree.

I had a lovely view of a playground!

So as you can see, it was a great day in Cambridge that was spent exploring and wandering to my heart's content. That evening, there was an amazing sunset.


Ahh...talk about lovely! Man, I miss England.

That's it for now, folks. Take time to enjoy the little things!
If you want to read more about my England/European travels, check out my travel blog.
http://mydistantlands.tumblr.com/

Byeee!