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July 18 The WalkI mentioned in a previous entry that there's a dirt path that circles the complex. Monday to Friday I walk the path as well as what I call "up the mountain" and down the hill. There's some interesting things to be seen. These are in the accompanying album "The Walk"
The complex sits atop a small mountain but not the very top. There's still a little bit left. I leave the path, walk just a little way down the hill and up the mountain. You can't fully appreciate how steep it is from the pictures but you will get an idea. The "As seen from the hill" is looking up at the path from about halfway down the hill. When I come down the mountain I walk down the hill, back up and get back on the path to finish the walk.
Almost daily there are three crows that sit on the lamppost. They watch me come up the hill and seem to be offering a running commentary. I think they're either throwing insults or discussing who gets what juicy bits should I have the big one right then and there and not make it up the hill. In the picture "Two crows" the third one didn't show up so these two just milled about waiting for him. He never did show.
In another previous entry there was a picture taken from the highway looking up at the apartment complex. There was also a zoom showing the apartment name. The "View from the top" is taken from the path at a spot right where the name is, looking down on where I took the first one from. Just at this spot is also the sign that keeps me alert on my walk.
There are plenty of little lizard creatures to be seen scurrying about. There are baby ones as well. To get an idea of just how small the babies are, in the close-up, compare the tread marks of the running shoes against the size of the baby. The little dot you see on the sidewalk in "Lizard" is an adult. There's also a close-up. The adult is about as big around as your thumb and stretches, tail included, from about the tip of your middle finger to just maybe half an inch past your wrist.
The spider web pictures are of this huge web between two palms. How big? Make a circle with your arms in front of you, fingertips touching. That big. I was pretty sure I didn't want to meet the spider that made it. I did see it once only. It was sitting in the dead centre of the web. It's abdomen was about as big as your thumbnail. Then there was the head and legs, so it covered a fair distance. Not as big as I had imagined but certainly not small either. I didn't have my camera with me and haven't seen it since so no pictures.
I also see hummingbirds and lots of butterflies. As you can imagine it's somewhat difficult to get a picture of them. There are also rabbits but as the mornings are cool and good for walking lately, there's more people out and about so by the time I get to where they usually hang out, they're gone.
Lastly, I've included a picture of the elevator. Why? Let me tell you, by the time I've gone up the mountain, down the mountain, down the hill, up the hill and around the path - that's a most welcoming sight and something without which it's doubtful I'd ever make it up to the apartment.
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