September 22, 2005
A Walk to School
I walk to school each day. Sometimes I like to take a different route, but lately I've been taking this same one because there are couple things I like to see along the way. I start off going through the fence in my backyard and entering this alley. Right now it looks pretty nice. In the morning, it's often populated by cats, squirrels, and butterflies. At night, it's kind of dark and there are lots of rocks you could stumble on.
Here's me with my headphones walking to school. Lately I've been listening to Tilly and the Wall while I walk to school. But I also often have it on random so who knows what will come up. (I also always have my finger on the track forward button just in case.)
I live right next to this grill. Sometimes when I'm walking home in the afternoon, it smells like hamburgers and it makes me hungry. Usually, there aren't too many people there.
I noticed this sign for a free cat a while ago. Some of the phone numbers have been torn off, so I hope there's someone out there (not me) willing to give this cat a good home.
There are lots of trees here. I like it. It was drizzling a little this morning while I walked to school, so things seemed greener than usual. I like this little turn in the road because when I go around it, I see this:
For some reason, looking up at the sky through these branches makes me smile in the morning. And then I walk past St. Andrew's and see the sun brightening the stained glass on the other side of the building.
At this point, I realized that I should never walk in these shoes without socks. They really hurt my feet. I even have a little cut now on the top of my foot. I had to ride the bus home because of it.
As I get closer to campus, the walk isn't as pleasant. The houses are full of undergrads and the paint is peeling. There's often garbage around, like this blue cup. (It's blurry cuz I took the picture while I was walking.)
The last obstacle before reaching the haven of Purdue is crossing Northwestern. I happened to catch it at a good time this morning, but sometimes you wait to walk across four lanes of traffic for a long time. You have to be assertive.
I really like walking to campus each day. On some of my other routes, I find a blue house with red painted shutters, a doll on the porch (of an undergrad house - it's kinda creepy), designs in the cement, porches, barbeques, construction workers, a dog that barks, lots of butterflies and moths, and trees that hang so low over the sidewalk, I have to limbo under them. Oh, and joggers passing me by.
Posted by kea at September 22, 2005 07:37 PM