Captive on the carousel of time

Mid-afternoon, no coat, wearing just a sweater and scarf in the sunshine, and enjoying quality time with Claire and Nobunaga...

 We're all a bit slower than we used to be...

 ...I stopped to take some pictures in a quieter area of the park, today being Sunday there are people everywhere you go...

 ...but it's only squirrels that get Claire excited this season, so we follow her lead up some secluded paths...

 ...while Nobunaga checks out the bushes for cats, getting all caught up in the process...

 ....as the shadows lengthen...

 ... the sunlight creates tints in Claire's hair...

 ....maybe time to circle back and go home...

 ...one last look at the incipient blossoms in the plum park...

 ....too close to the lens to capture, the blurry pink blossoms shower petals and scent upon us...but cats are waiting to be hunted in gardens on the way home...and the seasons, they go round and round...