{"id":94,"date":"2015-09-11T22:16:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T02:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/?p=94"},"modified":"2015-09-11T22:16:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T02:16:28","slug":"32-a-lovely-day-with-a-lovely-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"32. A Lovely Day with a Lovely Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kathe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-95\" src=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kathe-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Kathe\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kathe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kathe.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where to even begin with the blessings that happened today?<\/p>\n<p>After I posted about loneliness this week, my dear best-friend-since-3rd-grade Kathe asked if we could get together.\u00a0 (We always mean to do so more often than we do.)\u00a0 I&#8217;d been thinking that I really should use the Annual Pass to Shenandoah National Park that I bought last September, which expires this September.\u00a0 And it worked out that we could go together this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>We got off to a rather late start, but it&#8217;s not far, and we didn&#8217;t have to hurry.\u00a0 We did a very short hike to Land&#8217;s Run Falls.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also not far from the entrance to the park, so perfect for a late afternoon hike.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"LandsRun2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trail takes you to the top of the falls, so I couldn&#8217;t get the greatest pictures.\u00a0 But it was so lovely and peaceful to be walking in the woods, hearing the rushing water, and there with my dear friend.<\/p>\n<p>The leaves were just barely beginning to turn color, but already beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-97\" src=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"LandsRun1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun2.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, always on Skyline Drive, the drive was beautiful, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-98\" src=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"LandsRun4\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun4.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The whole day was simply such a blessing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-99\" src=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"LandsRun3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun3.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LandsRun4.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where to even begin with the blessings that happened today? 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