Word for the Day - 2020

Adventure

Adventure is one of my favorite words.
It creates glorious images in my mind.
I love, love, love adventures both small and large.
If I don't have an adventure rather often
or am not planning an adventure, I am sad.

Each spring I take my camera to Sauvie Island, which is about 30-40 minute drive.
I usually go alone.
It is my day to savor the apple blossoms in this historic orchard.
I have shared before this wonderful little orchard.
Now it is apple blossom time and I am wondering do I go with mask on?
Or do I skip it this year?
It is an internal struggle in my heart right now.
I am telling myself there won't be people there,
usually I see class rooms of children running about.
They won't be there.
I do love this adventure and for me it is indeed an adventure of my heart.
I grew up with a family of apple growers and seeing the pink blush
of these blossoms just sings to me.

from Wikipedia: An adventure is an exciting experience that is typically a bold, sometimes risky, undertaking.^[1] Adventures may be activities with some potential for physical danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting or participating in extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in order to achieve a greater goal such as the pursuit of knowledge that can only be obtained in a risky manner. 

Well adventuring right now is a risky undertaking for sure.

Do you feel these days it is an adventure to go to the market?

 To just wake up in the morning and face another day?

To walk in your neighborhood trying to avoid those runners coming straight for you? 

From Barnes and Noble ad this morning:  "Explore Adventures without Leaving the House".
I think they must know how important adventure is to us.
Yes, reading a book can be an adventure.
Watching something special on Netflix or Amazon can be an escape from
the every day, it becomes an adventure.

What adventures are you taking right now?