Walk Notes: January 19th – 23rd
Monday
Sunrise: 8:39
I developed a cold over the weekend but this morning I woke up without a blocked nose. The air is cold and fresh. It feels good to breathe it all in through my nose, and out through my mouth. Now all I need is a good stretch.
The road between the canal and the pelicans is busy enough for me to give up on the crossing, so I u-turn back to the flat. I’m sure the pelicans were happy sitting in the morning light. The pigeons are already nibbling on anything that looks like a shoot on the tree outside the front window.
Tuesday
Sunrise 8:38
Out before the sun hits the city. It’s cold, dark and crisp and everyone hurries. Surfer man is scraping the ice from his car window, I didn’t think it went below freezing last night though? One of the bulbs is beginning to sprout on the balcony.
The pelicans are looking subdued, perhaps the shock of another cold night. Five cormorants sit in the tree above the island.
Discovered the sunlight optimism calculator through Walk Notes and sent it to my parents. “Jerry will really like it”.
Friday
Sunrise: 8:34
Milky skies and still air. A feeling of default winter. No dog walkers at all today but W and I walk to the pelicans as per the unspoken rule that if there is time, we walk.
An unexpected cormorant pops up next to a pair of mallards on the other side of the canal. Everyone looks at each other without knowing how to respond and before anyone can do or say anything the cormorant slivers back under the dark water to search for mysteries in the shallows.
Work this week was teaching a workshop at an art school I used to regularly teach at. I thought I would be nervous but apart from some anticipation fear, I felt fine. It reminded me of how much I enjoy teaching when there is the time and the space to think about it. Teaching code, whilst still relatively novel to me, feels good. Debugging together feels better than debugging alone.