How I liked to walk on water and how walking is like staring at nothing

Two Feline Condo-Mates

Photo Credit: © Pat W.

[From About.com cats]

I look for cats when I go out walking and like on this last link I find a lot of blogs about cats.I have no cat but I like to stroke them and in the side streets with gardens I find a lot.I would like a Siamese as they will walk with you but they are very expensive to maintain like some women

So I like to walk along as if I am a child playing,looking out for amusing things to do.

When I was at school I used to know all the places where pools would form in the pavement aftera rain shower and I especially liked one place because it looked like one big pool but there was a small island in the middle so that I could appear tp walk through it without getting my feet wet.That was something mothers told you often:

Don’t get your feet wet

.I only had one pair of shoes so I still had to wear them if they were wet.The antibiotic era had not started and so  parents worried about children getting strep throat and other nasty illnesses.Penicillin was around but not in use very much.I once had an injection of it when I had 19 boils on my legs.At once! I had bandages all up my legs.I can see little holes now where the boils were.I don’t hear much about boils nowadays.

I liked to join boys at play because they did more exciting things and would sometimes let me ride their tricycles or bicycles.And they went out into the country roaming about which we were not alowed to do.

Now I look for cats  not boys and watch them elegantly cross the road looking very intent as if they are about to spot a mouse or a bird but often it’s just a game.I  try not to walk as if I am rushing to catch a train… that is more tiring.I like to take my time.

As I walk I find images come to my mind or words and phrases which I use sometimes in writing