What Do You See While Walking?

My photo of a mother goat and its kids

In my morning walks, I can see a lot of things inside our subdivision. This is a small community, and I love walking in the morning because I seemed to “own” the road; no vehicles, no people looking at me. L love this kind of freedom!

Usually, my easy walk starts at 6 to 6:30 a.m. during these summer months when the sun is not yet shining so hot. Am doing the easy walk style, not walking so fast because I could not do it anymore for fear that my injured knees will not make it.

My routine usually starts from our home, then some 500 meters towards the main gate of the subdivision, then there is an oval road leading to the other part of the subdivision, then back to our home.

Along the way, I can see a lot of beautiful flowers, beautiful plants, and wild birds feeding on fruits of some grasses. One time, I walked past a long snake that looked like it was sleeping at the middle of the road. Good thing I walk fastly because I feared it so much.

There are also quails walking at the grassy area; and there’s also an herd of goats; a mother goat and its two kids feeding on grasses under the mango tree. The goats were owned by one of the homeowner’s I think as his pets. Raising of animals on a commercial basis is not allowed by the subdivision management.

There are also some vegetable patches in one corner, courtesy of a house helper in one of the homes. She grows healthy vegetables like pechay, string beans, radish, tomatoes, and pepper. One time when I passed there, she was harvesting pechay and I bought six pieces of pechay plants worth only Php20.00, and it was organically-grown.

Security Cameras

Though I mentioned earlier that no one is on the road, and I “own” it, I am aware that most of the houses here have security cameras installed to keep them aware if there are burglars trying to barge into their homes or in their premises. So, I usually do not look at the houses, I only do it when the occupant is at the garden or at the yard waving at me. This is for my protection because anybody can be a suspect when there are robberies or thefts. They will notice it when they reviewed their camera’s recorded images, that I was not looking at their houses.

Do you also walk in your community?