walking pictures - fourth set

[snugglekitty]

From the pond to the park.

	soccer field On the weekend this field is full of small people who are very excited, their dogs who are also very excited, and their parents, who are sometimes excited and sometimes bored. It's amazingly peaceful at other times.
	burning tree This tree had such brilliant leaves it looked like it was on fire. Gorgeous.
	the path continues This is the beginning of my favorite part of the bike path. It has interesting trees and feels very calming.
	crooked tree This is one of my favorite trees on the route. I love how bendy and twisted it is, and still, it's alive.
	park entrance This is the entrance to Spy Pond Park. I feel intense joy when I get to this point, not because I'm halfway done, but because it's so beautiful.

Comments

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

These are great to see, because it's *so* obvious to me that you're seeing the path as a walker and not as a biker. I find that fascinating!

[lady-anemone.livejournal.com]

These are great to see, because it's *so* obvious to me that you're seeing the path as a walker and not as a biker.

Could you say more about this? Your comment made me ragingly curious. :)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Well, it seems to me that the closer you are to the environment you're passing through, the more likely you are to notice small things and things not directly in your path. So, for example, I see more on a bike than I do in a car, and more on skates than I do on a bike. Walking, you are necessarily so slow that you can trivially take the time to photograph the drinking fountain, or the funny-shaped trees, or ... or any old thing to the side of the path! Hm. I'm not sure I can articulate it well, but there is just something about all of the photos you posted that conveys a closer connection with each bit of path than I have ever gained from biking it a thousand times over.

And it makes me think, you know, I *do* see every inch of the path when we walk it in to Davis Square from our place. Beyond Davis Square, I know the cross streets and the bends and twists in the path and where the bad pavement is and where the good shops are, and I know the spots that I think are gorgeous, but I don't take the time to notice small things nearly as much. Just like in a car, you will notice the very breathtaking scenery, but probably not notice all of the workgloves that get abandoned in the road shoulder and the wild animals darting into the woods and the quality of the roadside mud and rocks in the way you would on a bicycle.