Wednesday Walk at the Acushnet Sawmill

This post if for Wednesday walk challenge And Make me Smile Collaboration challenge, initially our collaboration was once a month but due to the popularity of it we have decided to make the collab a weekly thing :)

Any questions about the challenge read the guide at the Bottom of the post ;)

For this week I had options on what walk to share but I went with a visit I did to the Acushnet Sawmill, A place near to the Hair Salon where our Daughter in Law used to work, a few months back there lease was not renewed and the salon closed and our Daughter in Law focused on her other work options, which is a long way of what I could have said in short as...

I haven't been to this park for months, and in the past I got kind of bored with it as I wouuld visit is almost once a week when My wife was getting her hair done, I felt the urge to go and check it out as I did always find it peaceful there

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Peaceful because being at one with nature and most times I visited there I was the only one there and one could just hear the sounds of nature, well the day I visited there was on the weekend and a nice day and seems many others decided to visit there, but that was kind of nice for two reasons, I always felt it a shame not many people seemed to visit there and secondly they were mostly families with young children and I was glad to see the kids enjoy being in the park and enjoying nature rather than eyes glues to their devices.

I didnt take any photos of the families, I avoid doing that I don't want anyone to think I am a durty old man taking photos of children LOL

this is a little I guess one could call it an outdoor auditorium with stone steps/seats, I did one see a class of school kids sitting there and someone was explaining to them about the park.

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the greens just seemed so lush and vibrant at the time I visited there, the pollen counts for trees and grass were high that day, so I had a Gator thingy over my mouth and nose to try and keep my allergies at bay

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OK I did get one photo of a child all be it not intentionally, I was about to take a photo of this field and a teen boy ran across the field and ducked down to hide from his family or friends and you can see him crouched down in this next shot

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I did a few loops around the trails that day each time with a different lense on and got a bunch of photos

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another spot on the trail some through the trees

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and some out in the open

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and amidst all the beautiful greens were some nice colors from wild flowers

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Weekly giveaway of shares

This week I am sending to the following who joined Wednesday Walk, for this week I did a random draw and the following each received some Hive Hive account@djbravo, Hive account@avesing, Hive account@beeber, Hive account@fotofun and Hive account@freedomprepper

And Hive account@elizacheng and I will send to Hive account@selflessgem

As Hive account@elizacheng and I collaborated with our Wednesday Walk and Make me Smile Challenges

And one person is randomly drawn who joins both challenges to receive one Hive from me and this week it is @TBA

Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.

This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines

Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.

Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.

Try and get a few shots not just one

Add a bit of a write up about where you walked

Just one Wednesday Walk tagged post a week

You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.

Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss

Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .

Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.

I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules

I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.

Make me Smile Collaboration

As I mentioned above Wednesday Walk is collaborating with the [Make Me Smile] hosted by Hive account@elizacheng,

Here are the rules for her challenge

Your post can be writing, singing, video, poem,drawing, photography etc.... the most important part is your post Make me" smile, Remember, the ME is whoever read/view/listen to your post and this includes YOURSELF.
b. Your content must be ORIGINAL CONTENT
c. Please include at least 50 Words in your post