{"id":14949,"date":"2024-03-27T09:13:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14949"},"modified":"2024-03-27T09:14:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:14:23","slug":"working-and-enjoying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14949","title":{"rendered":"Working and Enjoying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been busy. I love being busy. Especially being retired and doing the things I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went out to Turkey Mountain and checked out the new board walk they installed over the western rock faces of the mountain. This is an area called Rock City and I love how they put the walk right in and over the boulders using cedar that was cut on the mountain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a small network of new trails interconnecting with two trails, one on top of the rock faces and one below. I bet it would be fun on a bicycle. It looks like they put a mesh on top of the cedar to add a little traction for the bikes. You slip off the wood on a bike it would ruin your whole day. Me and gravity are not friends these days so I will never take my bike across this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ventured back to the parking lot on the Tiger Muffin trail. It’s the trail name for a friend of mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last Saturday I put my cold weather gear on and joined a bunch of people from the Tulsa Urban Wilderness Coalition<\/a> and Bike Club<\/a> to clean up a trail called Mooser Creek Greenway. It had a lot of tree falls from Tulsa’s Father’s Day windstorm last year. The trails were cleared back then but a lot of the downed were a little unsightly. Plus there is a never ending chore of repairing erosion and wet spots on trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I helped clear the limbs and trunks that were being cut up by people with chain saws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love the trail work days. Tulsa really responds to stuff like that and all sorts of people show up to help. I got a promotion with the Wilderness Coalition. I am now the Vice President of Government Affairs. My trail job didn’t change much. Moving limbs and cut up trunks off the trail is what I do along with whatever else needs doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later that day Heather and I went out to the Tulsa Botanic Garden<\/a> to check out the flowers and new projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They have added an event space in the middle of the pond. They are also converting some wild land they had into an arboretum. They have done a good job adding onto the gardens and it is getting more and more settled as time goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tulips put on a quite a show. Last year when we went some deer had gone into the gardens ate a bunch of the tulips and other plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They also had Lego animals scattered around the garden. I love this woodpecker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And I always love redbuds. The Eastern Redbud is the State Tree of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Daffodils were putting on a show even though their time is short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was my favorite tulip. It looked black in the sun but is actually a deep purple. This one is the only one I spotted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And to end up, we had an almost full moon the other day. I captured the image in the late afternoon so it was almost a daytime moon. I love the moon in all its presentations but I especially love a good daytime moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what have you been up to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am linking with Skywatch Friday<\/a> and My Corner of the World<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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