Boxerwood

With corona virus ravaging the globe, the girls and I have been bored. Yesterday, we got outside and went to Boxerwood, just outside of Lexington. Boxerwood will always be part of the family lexicon because it was the site of a tree-climbing accident that led to Alice getting 19 stitches on her inner thigh. That accident happened in the summer of 2018.

Alice and I spent a lot of time inspecting salamanders and turtles. You can see turtles basking on the little islands to Alice's right and at the center left of the picture.

We all climbed trees.

Eleanor was so charming on the hike. I mean that without any sarcasm. Eleanor spent so much time complaining about the heat and the bugs and the mud. I was getting annoyed until I realized that she was having a great time. At one point I told her that I knew that her complaining was part of the way she enjoyed herself. I did not explain that well. It is like, when she was complaining, she was present. She was being mindful.

The three of us are planning on doing some hiking in the coming weeks. I cannot wait.