Both Sides of the Street

6/5/23 Maple Leaf

6/7/23 Northgate Community Centery

My daily fitness-walking routes take me all over my own Maple Leaf neighborhood plus the three adjacent neighborhoods – Green Lake, Roosevelt and Northgate. I vary the streets I walk on for different views. Out of habit, I sometimes find myself taking the same side of a street I always take, and I have to make a conscious effort to walk on the opposite side. When I do, it always surprises me that having a slightly different viewing angle makes me notice different things or appreciate something I’ve ignored before.

6/7/23  Green Lake

6/7/23 Green Lake Village

Sometimes I turn around and walk backwards for a few steps because, again, the vantage point or light will be different.

6/9/23 Maple Leaf

6/9/23 Maple Leaf

It reminds me that it’s important to walk on both sides of the street – in both directions.

6/11/23 Maple Leaf Park

6/13/23 Green Lake

6/15/23 Maple Leaf

6/18/23 Maple Leaf

6/18/23 Maple Leaf

6/21/23 Green Lake

6/29/23 Maple Leaf

7/12/23 Green Lake

7/12/23 Green Lake (workers on the same project as above)

7/18/23 Maple Leaf

7/19/23 Green Lake

7/20/23 Roosevelt

7/20/23 Roosevelt

7/24/23 Maple Leaf