Hi All! Today I want to share a few photos from a short walk that I took at Cromwell Valley Park in Baltimore County, Maryland. I did three very short walks on this same day but didn't get far on any of them which brings me to the ugly photo that I'll show at the end of my post. The ugly photo is from the accident that I had last month and the reason why I didn't make it very far on my walks. The photo shows just one of the bruises from that accident and I'll explain more when I get to that photo. So beware! If you don't want to see it then you may just want to skip my post. Now, let's look at some nice photos!
I could not have asked for a more beautiful day! We (husband,son and I) headed out early also to try to beat the heat some.
This next photo was taken far away. My husband spotted a couple of deer jumping in the field and I caught a quick look before they disappeared. I waited for them to pop back up again but they did not. I took a photo anyway of the area they were in and I was still happy to have seen them.
I also saw two butterflies and a sad yet beautiful moth. I saw this Monarch butterfly and this Red-spotted Purple butterfly.
This is the poor moth that was laying on the edge of the asphalt walk way. I wondered if a bird or two tried to get him. I felt so sorry for the beautiful moth laying in the hot sun so I carefully tried to pick him up to, at least, put him in a shady spot with flowers. When I touched him, he tried to fly and I guided him over to a better spot out of the sun. I'm sure he probably died there but hopefully it was a nicer spot to live out his time.
I made it just over this bridge and by the one of the old barns that is in the park. I say old barn because it is old but it is very well maintained which shows in the photo.
Right about here I started having a lot more pain in my chest and had to turn back. I did stop a few times to take a "breather" and snap more photos of course.
I was amazed at how many wineberry thickets that we saw! Yet..I only snapped two photos of them including this one!
I love this spot right here! It is the Hawk Watch area and there are benches and a couple of picnic tables. It also is a bit more shady which I took advantage of all of the above..lol.
From this spot I was also trying to get photos of a couple of squirrels and birds that were at a feeder not very far away. I took a few photos on the way in as well but I could see much better from the shady spot.
I thought this was an odd looking Cardinal. He almost doesn't look real but trust me..he was. Maybe he was still young but he just has a different look about him or maybe he had just finished having a bath in the water nearby.
Anyway, this is the last photo from my little walk and you may be able to tell from it that the temperature was really starting to rise from the haziness in the air.
Now for my ugly photo! As some of you know, I'm not much into taking selfies but I wanted to show you why I've had a lot of chest pain from the accident. This is the bruise I got on my stomach and this was after it was looking better. It also only shows the bruising on the front but my sides were bruised also. Imagine that bruise but worse on my chest and now you know why I'm still having quite a bit of chest pain. I go back for another follow-up with my doctor in three weeks. It was suppose to be two weeks but my doctor is on vacation the second week. It does feel like my heart hurts at times and I mean that literally. The hospital checked my heart three times and the doctor says the pain is from the bruising and inflammation from the accident. This was caused by the seat belt and impact but if it weren't for the seat belt then I know I wouldn't be here to tell you this right now. I spent most of Friday in bed but I know that isn't good for me either but I was in a lot of pain that day pretty much all over. Saturday morning I felt a little better. I will tell you something funny though and maybe you can look at that ugly bruise and have a little laugh over it. My father in-law saw my bruise and said it kinda' looks like a fish. Honestly, I do see it..lol! 😂
I know..I know! Not really the selfie you were expecting and I'm not saying an actual selfie would be much prettier...hee hee! Gotta' laugh! 😁
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