Forever young?

This morning when I woke up there was actually frost on the cars outside and I was glad that I didn't have to get up and scrape the ice off of my windscreen. When the sun woke up it was beautiful. We had a clear blue sky and no wind so I decided that I would have a walk across Castle Green to the shops to buy Harley's birthday present because he keeps reminding me that it's now only two weeks away. There were also a couple of other things I needed which I wouldn't be able to get in Tesco tomorrow so I decided to get those as well.
After breakfast I went out and when I got along the road by the school field, even more leaves had fallen from the London plane trees so they were right across the pavement. The leaves are very big and because the weather has been dry, they were also very crisp. It was just like walking through giant cornflakes! I just love to shuffle through dry, crispy leaves in the autumn so I turned around and went back through them and then back again, and no, I don't care if anyone did see me. Then my inner child took over and I couldn't stop myself from running my hand along the railings all up the side of the school field as I walked along, much to the amusement of the men working in the little scrap yard.
When I had got across Castle Green in front of the church, there is a row of plane trees which had also shed a lot of leaves and these are usually blown into a heap by one of the park keepers before being cleared. Well, I couldn't see anyone around and although I can't skip anymore I did have a great time shuffling through and kicking the leaves up. When I got to the end of the row of trees I came face to face with one of the keepers who had a great big grin on his face and asked me if I was enjoying myself. Luckily, I frequently see him when I'm on my way across the green and we often stop and chat for a few minutes before going on our way. He laughed when I told him that I had really enjoyed that because it was a great way to relieve stress and anyway, why should I lose the child which is inside us all, it's what keeps me young!