OK everyone, today is the official beginning of Walktober, though if you’ve gone out exploring early, we won’t argue!

But if you haven’t yet, find a place you’d like to walk, or drive, or jog, or swim, or bike, or roller-skate or hike, or canoe, or whatever and spend some time doing just that. Then write about it. It could be an essay or a poem or a run-on sentence. It can include pictures, or you can just describe it and let our imaginations run free. Alternatively you could just show us the pictures without any text if you aren’t in a writing sort of mind frame.

You have until the end of the day October 28th to complete this adventure, though if you need a few more days just let me know. I’m flexible!

Help us see a part of the world we might not ever get to see without your help.

Or show us around your familiar yard or neighborhood. Wherever you go, it’s all good.

You could spend some time in a city…..or head out into the wilderness.

Tell us why the place you visit is special, or why you don’t think you’ll go back. It’s all part of our celebration of October!

When you’re ready to post, link to this official Walktober post, and at the end of the month, probably early November, I’ll gather all the links and put them into one big post so we all can see where we all went.

I can’t wait to see what you decided to share with us all!

Today’s photos are from a drive/walk I took at the Shiawasee Nature Preserve at the end of September. I saw so many egrets there; this series of images was just one of the hungry birds.

I haven’t decided if that walk will be my official Walktober…I have so many other photos to share with you from that day so maybe I should use it. But I would really like to explore somewhere new. On the other hand, if time gets tight, I might just share the rest of this wonderful walk with you.

We’ll have to see how it all works out.

Oh, and just a fyi, Penny says she’s thinking about doing her own Walktober. Since she’s only 10 months old she’ll need a little help, but so far she thinks she can do it all on her own. Silly girl.

If you have any questions about Walktober, you can email me at dawnkinster@gmail.com, or just comment here.

Have fun everybody!