UBC January 2024 - Pride Walk

OK, I'll admit, the title is sort of a click bait. 

I simply want to share that I am proud of the fact that I got off my butt and went for a walk today. How about that?

The weather forecast pretty much said it was going to rain or drizzle all day. Around 9:30am, like a teaser, the sun came out. Only a little bit. It didn't rain. I was just finishing up what I was doing and felt motivated to head out for a bit.

Before my inner bastard could dissuade me from the idea, I put on my shoes and left the house.

Here's what I saw while out there:

Some leftover snow

Yin / Yang Parking

The entrance to "Sunset Ranch" - my favorite private building in the neighborhood. Very non-Swiss, as you can see ;-)

An early Easter bunny

Some unlikely birds to live in the same place, but yet, here they are

This house owner probably won't let me park there since I don't drive an Alfa-Romeo

Our monkey fountain, yes, that's what it's called.

My other favorite private building in the neighborhood. Zimtgeere is not a German word. I was racking my brain about what it could mean. Turns out, the owners, an architect couple, used the letters of the former purpose of this building, which was a Metzgerei, a butcher's shop. I don't know how long ago this was. I grew up in this village, and I can't remember it ever being a butcher.

By this time, it started drizzling again. If I hadn't stopped to take all these pictures, I might have made it home dry. 

I walked 2km, that's 1.3 miles, in half an hour and burned 90 active calories. Which I promptly refuelled by eating 15 grams of cashew nuts. That's not even 10 nuts. I feel cheated. But hey, something's gotta give. 

Thank you for walking with me.