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I had a great run yesterday!  It’s that perfect ‘in-between season’ when you’ve got the crisp, dry fall air mixed with just enough summer to take the bite out of the cold.  The sky was a dark blue and the leaves crunched beneath my feet as I went from sidewalk to sidewalk.

When I got back to the house I was greeted by a locked door.  My wife had gone to the grocery store and had locked the door behind her.  It was no big deal, though.  It just gave me an excuse to sit outside and take in a little more fresh air.  But the longer I sat there, the more I started seeing things I had never noticed.  “Oh, there’s a tree there.”  I’m serious, I had never noticed this particular tree and it’s right there in our neighbors yard. Read more »