On My Walk Today....

...while thinking about everything under the sun, my thoughts took me, for some reason, to a walk I took in Lubbock, Texas, while I was on tour with a show.  My passion for walking stayed with me on tour, and I would explore, most times with my fabulous cohorts - the technical director, wardrobe mistress, sound guy, and assistant stage manager, marvelous folks all - all the cities all over the country where the tour took us.  I find that the best way to really see things is on foot.  On this particular day, I was alone and took a long walk on the streets of Lubbock.  While on a main street where the sidewalk seemed to go on forever, lots of cars honked as they passed by.  My ego led to me to, oh, gee, I must look really good today!  All these fellas honking at me!  When I got to the theater that night and was talking with the local crew and regaled them with my story, sheepishly saying the part about me looking good, they laughed and said, "Nobody walks in Lubbock!  They must have thought your car broke down and you were looking for a ride!"  We all had a great laugh about that and my ego was put in its proper place :-)  It's funny how we think about ourselves, isn't it?  Perhaps they thought I looked good AND they thought my car broke down ;-)

I passed by this delightful fire hydrant the other day.  How wonderful that a simple pair of googly eyes transformed this into a fun creature!  Ah, imagination!  Hats off to the decorator of this hydrant.

Wherever your feet take you today, I hope you discover something that makes you smile and think in a different way.