Back in a post I wrote before coming to Ottawa, I talked about the some of the reasons for moving to Ottawa, one of which included having one last "adventure" before settling into a city forever. I haven't particularly written about our feelings after moving here, but one prevalent thought has been that this move has been VERY, VERY tough on our family, physically and otherwise. To put it in only a few words, this move has literally made me feel old, kind of like I'm not up for these kinds of challenges anymore, and I think it would be fair to say that we, especially Rob, his mother and myself, feel exhausted about this move. But I won't go into much detail because I think I can't do justice to this topic unless I dedicate a whole post to it.
Anyway, my point was, that even though this move has been tough on us and life has been incredibly busy (as testified by my lack of posts lately), we are making a constant and conscious effort to keep our eyes on our main goal, which was to have fun, do interesting and new things, and enjoy a new adventure. Sooo, every weekend we are trying to visit a new place, be it a park, museum, or city landmark. And in doing that, I have found that discovering new places and having no expectations, gives me such a sense of satisfaction that at that moment, makes all that effort and exhaustion from our move worthwhile. We have spent some really pleasant evening doing really low key discoveries, but really getting that feeling of satisfaction from seeing something new, simple, and beautiful. Which is why I have decided to wrote a little sort of series of posts on our discovering Ottawa (we'll see how long that lasts!).
Thursday August 8th we visited The Rockeries, which I think it is technically a part of Rockcliffe Park. This is actually a little park that apparently Rob bikes through regularly on his way back from work. We went here on Thursday after dinner just as a quick sort of outing to do something different from the routine.
Well, breaking away from the routine was definitely worthwhile. This little park is a gem hidden in the treasure neighborhood that is Rockcliffe. The park is such a simple beauty. Just a piece of green grass with little stairways to hidden corners and garden nooks, and tree covered paths that guide you from shade to wide open spaces showered in sun. Little rock statues and columns sprinkling gray in the vast green landscape. Such a simple beauty. I loved it!
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