Wondering and Pondering

During my commute to work this morning, the fog and traffic were both heavy.  The fog always seems so mysterious to me, probably from watching all those old movies.  Thanks Dad! ;-)  Since we've been staying at the apartment and not the property, all this fog made me wonder just what it might look like out at the property.  I was thiiis close to turning around and making the trek out there, just to find out.  This photo is from an early morning last week coming down the 130 toll road, I had that same feeling then as I did this morning.

Coming home from work today, the traffic was again heavy and gave me a chance to look around and think.  My commute generally consists of an hour long slow drive where I almost always have a chance to look around and think, or become frustrated with the person creeping in the fast lane who insists on texting while driving, all while leaving a gap of multitude car-lengths between them and the person in front of them - but I digress.

This afternoon was nice, the sky was a nice deep shade of blue with a few light wisps of clean white clouds strewn across the sky, and the sun was low in the West giving everything a slight orange-ish glow.  Despite the fact that I was surrounded by cars, highway, and businesses, the median between the two sides of the highway had yet to be mowed and the grass/weeds were tall enough to peer over the concrete wall on the inside lane. But it was the glowing of their tops in the evening sun that really caught my attention, reminding me of picturesque wheat fields, rolling hay fields, and country farm roads. 

Maybe it was the mesmerizing glow, or the cool evening Fall breeze blowing through the windows, or the Dixie Chicks singing "Wide Open Spaces" on the radio, but I soooo wanted to be turning onto the drive to the property at that moment.  Heading up the little windy dirt road to the gate to see the evening sun lighting up the property and seeing the number on the gate as if to say, "Ah, you're home!"

But then suddenly the traffic opened up and I was able to take my exit to head to my current abode, the apartment. 

It's these things that keep me excited about moving to the country.