Nothin in me Noggin

I wasn't really thinking about anything. I listened to my breathing. I heard each foot hit the pavement. Birds chirped and fluttered through the leafless tree limbs.

Today the sun is shining bright. A familiar, but distant scent of springtime hangs in the air, fresh and clean. It feels as though the earth is waking up from a deep dark sleep. The sky is baby boy blue with streams of thin white clouds holding perfectly still. The hills look like God poured green food coloring all over them, except for the dirt that washed across the roads, that part He painted red.

What a masterful artist.

I ran Otter trail and second gate. I kept my back straight and my head up. I ran slow. I always do. Once in a while I would begin to feel sweat dripping down my face. I wiped it away and ran into the stream of water that flowed along side me. My shoes delighted in throwing water up the back of my legs. I rather enjoyed it too.

There is ONE thing I wondered...How long does it take for a banana peel to break down? For at least 2 months I have ran past the SAME banana peel on the side of the road. I have witnessed it go through many different stages of color and size. It hasn't really changed it's position much. You would think that after all the rain and wind we have had, it would been carried away by now. But no. It sits in the same spot, day after day. Hmmm?
I wonder...
How can mother nature move mountains...but not a simple black, old, shriveled up banana peel?