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Footprints of the Dinosaur poem.
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Footprints of the Dinosaur poem.
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I've told you a million times...at least!...that Fall/Autumn is my favorite season of the year. And guess what?!...get ready for time number one million and one! ^_^ I LOVE FALL!!
Yesterday I told you that I was gonna see if I could get hubby to go around town and take some Fall foliage pictures to show you. Well...so far he's only gotten as far as the backyard! ^_^ Something stopped him in his 'tracks'...*that was a hint.* :-)) I'll show you in a moment.
We woke up to another dark morning...*I miss the early morning sunrises...*sigh*...The light was just barely starting to come through the trees...
Yeah...it was kinda dark, but it wasn't raining! So I'm good with it! ^_^ It was just the right kinda weather to kick your husband out of bed for! LOL I sent him on an adventure into our backyard...
...to go exploring and searching for Fall color! :-) ...
There were golds and reds everywhere! :-) The early morning sunlight acted like a sweeping spotlight for it!...
But then, as he ventured further into the woods, he came across something else!!!...Now...do you remember a while back...like two years ago!...when hubby stopped beside the Connecticut river on his way home and took some photos of the dinosaur tracks in our town?!...No?!...I shared it in THIS blog post.
Well, guess what?!...He found some more!...or one more, (depending on how many footprints there are on the actual rock!)...But this time he found it right in our backyard...so to speak! O_O ...
He came back in the house all excited to show me the pictures...And when I put my glasses on, focused my lazy right eye...(it could be lazy because it's been trying to talk the other crusty eye into co-operating! LOL)...and turned the picture right-side-up, THERE IT WAS!!! :-) A dinosaur print!...out in the woods of our backyard!!!...
Who knew?!!!!! O_O We sure didn't!!!...Should we call the historical society or something?!...Or did the previous residents already do that?!...There's no markings on it or anything...not like the ones over by the river!!! O_O ...
Soooooo exciting!! ^_^ I'll never look at my backyard the same again!!...Although, I confess that the Fall color might make me forget about the dinosaur tracks...or track...for at least this season! ^_^...
The closer you look, the more beautiful, and vibrant, the colors are! :-) ...
But even when you back up a bit....I mean like waaay.....waaaaaay.....back!...the color and awe makes you take a deep breath!...
Here comes number one million and two!....I LOVE FALL!!! ^_^ And we're not even at peak season yet. That'll be next week!...Yep! Get ready for more photos...if I can kick my hubby out from back there where the dinosaur tracks are! LOL
Have a good weekend, Everybody!! :-)
Footprints of the Dinosaur
They've left a giant footprint;
Solid proof that they were here.
Imagining their size evokes
a prehistoric fear.
Big toes encased in slate,
holding water for the small.
A permanent reminder,
holding stories for us all.
Who can tell their story?
There's no one that we can meet.
No poet dinosaur.
No one with their big shoeless feet.
They've walked a path through time,
and left their footprints everywhere.
And we can turn the corner
and embrace them...if we dare!
I saw hubby's shoes yesterday and it got me to thinking...*I know! You're saying to yourself right now: "Uh Oh! She's thinking again!!"...^_^ Yes I am!*...I saw how the toe areas on the soles of his shoes are all 'threadbare', and how the rest of his shoes, on both feet, are leaning to one side, and it got me to thinking about how my own gait, my cute little 'escalator walk' from my childhood, is totally gone!
Hubby's slow, upright, long-strided, lean-to-the-left, lean-to-the-right gait has changed too!...We're getting old!! `
'_'` I'm slouched over, and move so slow it would make a sloth think I was trying to outshine his speed. And hubby's lean-to-the left, lean-to-the-right, while still slow, has now turned into a slightly up and down forward movement, with shorter strides and a grunt on occasion. LOL And he's blaming it on his shoes!...Of course! That's it...It's the shoes! ^_^
Maybe all of this 'getting-older, need-some-new-shoes', stuff is why he stopped on his way home from the Kingdom Hall the other day and took these pictures of the dinosaur tracks along the river. They're a kind of tourist attraction in our area...that is, if being able to stop on the side of the road and look at dinosaur tracks in slate stone is a tourist attraction. :-))
Or maybe he stopped because he wanted to get me something interesting to talk about on my blog. :-) ...Have I told you lately how much I love him! :-)
Frankly though, I think it's one of those things that you have to see in person to really appreciate. The contour of the slate and the depth of the impressions doesn't show up that great in a photo.
See what I mean?! LOL Although, if you squint your eyes in a dark room, while leaning to the left and then leaning to the right, you can see the footprints perfectly!! LOL
He did get a couple of good shots though. One being the one in the header photo. This is the other one...
Pretty cool, huh?! :-) ... There's a couple of other photos, and some information on Wikipedia about Holyoke Massachusetts' dinosaur tracks HERE. If you're into fossils and talking about the past you'll love it.
I'm into fossils and talking about the past too, but in a different way. And lately I find myself thinking and talking about the 'good old days' more and more! It's definitely because I'm getting old, I'm sure!...Or maybe I need a new pair of shoes. ^_^
Anyway...thanks honey!
SOMEBODY in our house is gonna be getting new shoes today or tomorrow. ^_^ And SOMEBODY ELSE is not going to be thinking about how much money that's gonna cost, because they will be distracting themselves with a lot of tennis! :-))
By the way, tomorrow I have to tell you about what's going on in the backyard......UGH!
Have a good day everybody!! :-)
Footprints of the Dinosaur
They've left a giant footprint;
Solid proof that they were here.
Imagining their size evokes
a prehistoric fear.
Big toes encased in slate,
holding water for the small.
A permanent reminder,
holding stories for us all.
Who can tell their story?
There's no one that we can meet.
No poet dinosaur.
No one with their big shoeless feet.
They've walked a path through time,
and left their footprints everywhere.
And we can turn the corner
and embrace them...if we dare!
