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What does it mean to be a “grown up”? What do you do regularly as an adult that you dreaded having to do when you were a child? Have you found ways to maintain a sense of childhood wonder or curiosity? If so, how?

1. A grown up? Pay bills, hopefully on time, make and meet budgets, upkeep on housing, family cleanliness, all regular human needs become your responsibility. I think ongoing learning is also important to an adult. It helps you focus on something new. Your mind doesn't spend so much time dwelling on daily, or ongoing problems.

2. Driving in extreme traffic. I'm hopelessly oriented to dirt roads and low traffic areas. As a teenager I learned to rely on my horse for recreation and companionship. Riding a horse give you more senses to rely on to spot pot holes and wild life in your path? That isn't so funny when you notice how manufacturers are trying to incorporate more automatic auto road senses into their products.

Childhood wonder or curiosity? Nature keeps wonder alive. Yesterday I spent time learning more about container gardening. I did not garden last summer or do much of anything. I missed the fresh tomatoes, lettuce, and squash. I don't like weeding and what worked for gardens in days past isn't interesting. I started gardening in raised beds 15 or 20 years ago. Now, I'm going to try some better container gardening. I tried gardening in sacks just did not care for the result. (probably needed more knowledge about it.) Now I am going to try container gardening with watering from the bottom. There are lots of You Tubes about this.

I'm also finding a lot of training tricks for dogs. Drifter and char need regular exercise. Char is an older dog and needs to keep up his exercise to stay healthy. Drifter is younger and we need to keep building our dependence relationship and keep the younger member of the family wearing off his energy so we can all take a quiet break afternoons. Lots of fun games to play with both dogs inside and outside.

HAPPY TRAILS!