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A walk around

 Henderson Park lake


I meet up with the SSA to go for a walk with Allyson.  We were the only ones who showed up today.  Dixie loved it and it was the first time we walked all around the entire lakeside with group for me.


There were hay bails at the park, Allyson said they might be for horses 🐎 cause they do horse rides around the park in winter and they might of started for it.

We took a picture by it since it’s different.

Later in our walk we talked about art and chiaroscuro and in horror movies 🎥 


I mention the doctors office making art around the office deep in thinking 🤔 rather than the postmodern new centre of thought experience.

We said hello 👋 to many people walking around the lake.  One comment was how a dog feels being naked in a room unable to speak 🗣️ and being touched by everyone.  Dixie is,.. well done 👍 she gets handled lots on our walk.

People with disabilities stop to pet her and she enjoyed her self care on the walk.  A good day for her. I made her sit multi times to no jumping up. She listen 👂 and smelled every thing.  


Allyson and I start talking if Dixie doesn’t like 👍 smelling anything. And I said it’s rare usually she wants to smell everything.  Like poop 💩 for one thing.  I don’t think 🤔 Allyson would think that was a good thing.



She is now calm not barking at anyone looking at her corner of the window where the blinds lift up to look out 👀 side.


Looks like a new park of Henderson is the post on the side and a step into the lake.  Looks like a redone part of the park.  Still had some construction 🚧 tape out on this side of  the park.


Kind of wish more people joined the walk. But am also happier that we got to walk around the entire pond. So is Dixie. She needs her walks.

I’m off to work later today so I got my walk in today.  I am already at 5000 k steps.  Should be a good day if it’s a busywork day.



Thanks to Allyson for hosting the groups walk.

It goes every Monday at 10 am for summer hours but autumn 🍂 is only 10 days away.


So that might change things for it, other than that I thought 💭 depending on the group, how large it is sometime we don’t walk the full circuit around the lake.  


Henderson is one of the larger ponds in Lethbridge to walk around. The water looked a bit dirty but there was a motorboat 🛥️ coming into dock when we notice this park of the lake.


A fun time.


I kept looking over at the north side of the park to see if I could see my wife. She said she would be there an hour earlier, but seemed we were passing each other due to our timing.


An excellent day for a walk, only so many more walks with weather and sun ☀️.

Over all Allyson said she look forward to working as a colleague with Kim this Wednesday and said she would try to be in on Friday to meet with Kim when she starts her new job.  Looks to be an exciting time for Kim and I, and I’m happy everyone has been so friendly and supportive for Kim to start there.

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