Madeline Fountain

I walked to and from the office!

I walked from home to the Balmain post office and took the scenic route home past the local shops. It was lovely to visit some favourite gardens that I haven't walked past since the days of Iso walks!

I walked to and from the office. I have been applying some mindfulness techniques to my Unite for Recovery walks and when I noticed this sign I was grateful for the reminder. I often feel anxiety about running late, I always have so many commitments and meeting them all to the expected standard can feel impossible at times. Rushing my body and my mind all the time doesn't feel good. Allowing myself to slow down and focus leads to better outcomes.

Walking to and from the office past White Bay power station and the huge infrastructure project in the bay has been interesting. I keep taking photos of mysterious machines, that I can’t figure out what they do. This one looks like something out of a Miyazaki anime film or a Shaun Tan book!

I parked a long way away then walked to a fantastic event called Cut and Polish at Carriageworks. It is an artist car boot sale and the creativity of the displays were as great as the artworks.

No surprises here. Walked to and from the office again. I could post another photo of construction works but instead I’ll post a photo of my cute guinea pig snuggled up in Unite for Recovery colours. His name is Pompadour on account of his very big hair. We call him Pom Pom and he is very bouncy and often does laps at speed that we call “zoomies” around his enclosure. He may do more kilometres doing zoomies than I do strolling to work actually. I might ask him to join the team.