Good Morning Greenwood -- well at least a farm near it. It's a gorgeous morning and my sweetheart is moving much quicker than I. I'm taking a few minutes to enjoy my time in bed. Upon rising, apparently Mister is peeking through the windows at me --- such a peeping Doug.
We are up and out of the house for a fingers-crossed moment at the zoo. There are three new baby lion cubs and we "think" they may be out in the habitat this morning. It's cool out and if they are, I want to see them. Upon our entry in, we make a beeline towards the Savanna and straight to the window. WAAAAY up in back, one little cub is laying with mom. I watch for awhile, but not much happens and he finally moves out of sight. DRAT.
I'm kinda bummed, but there are also a couple of young giraffes to take my mind off the situation.
10-10-10 --- The date was chosen with care and I cannot believe it is now 10-10-20. Ten years of marriage to my sweet Mister and I would not trade a single one of them for something else. Perhaps a day or two, but that's marriage, right?
Due to work constraints, we had to back our anniversary trip up a week and are simply hanging around Dallas a bit today. Deep Ellum and a new coffee shop start us out, but upon our arrival to the shop, it's packed and no place to sit. Well, dang, that defeats the entire purpose. If we have to take the coffee to go, we'll just go down the street for beignets and chicory coffee. A little nostalgia for New Orleans.
Each year as September comes to a close, my heart starts being lifted up. I absolutely love October and the signal that Autumn is here. I always have. Perhaps it's because I'm a redhead and they are "my colors" -- who knows. At any rate, it means the scarecrows came down and the house took on a new look. Want to see? I love the warmth it provide and the happiness I feel as I walk through. It will stay this way, with perhaps some Halloween added in and then removed, right up until the house turns red and white for Christmas -- I love that too. Such a happy place to be.
My sweetheart has snagged passes to the DMA this morning and after picking up coffee at White Rock, we are downtown just a week bit early. Like 40 minutes too early. Might as well walk around a bit. One end of Klyde Warren Park has been finished and we have not checked it out in a long time. Walking along the path, I love what they have done at this end. It's the perfect city park. I do like the buildings all around and the little nooks and crannies to sit in.
Impromptu trips are always fun. We unexpectedly were invited to Abilene for the evening and decided to "just do it." Leaving Dallas around 12:15 put us into Abilene earlier than we had told Jen. Lunch was desired and I discovered that there were new breweries there that we had not explored. Down to the SoDA district we went.
This is the South Downtown Abilene district and is currently undergoing a cool rejuvenation. The spot we have stopped at has the most interesting signage on the corner and we are trying, with the help of Google, to figure out just what it used to be. Apparently the Matera Paper Plant building used to be on this location and this is all that is left -- the vault. The SoDA recently placed their sign here and it lights up after dark. Sockdolager Brewing has been built on the location after the Matera building burned.
