Sunday, as a day of the week, has never been my favourite. To be honest, I used to be more or less a hater of Sundays and I like to think that I still am. The truth is, I dislike the fact that Sundays are monotonous and annoyingly quiet as most people, including my loving parents, see it as a day to rest from all the hustle and bustle of the past week days and weekend. 😑
As a kid, I remember resenting being forced by my loving parents to take siestas on Sundays after church. Lord knows all little Hillary wanted on Sundays was just to hang out with friends and have some fun before the dreary busyness of Mondays. Lol 😂
But that never worked out. So I've grown to dislike each Sunday and never expect anything fun from it. But can the same be said for today?
Well, I woke up to a message from @dreemsteem introducing me to the #SublimeSunday community. At first, I was skeptical about joining because before now, my Sundays had been nothing close to being sublime. But after much thought and going through some of the #SublimeSunday posts in the community, I decided to join and give it a try. And boy, did I enjoy making that decision!
So after church today, rather than force myself to a siesta, I decided to take a stroll around my neighbourhood in hopes of taking some nature photography. Headphones in, I set out to a small mountain located some miles away from my house. It felt so exhilarating taking a stroll and looking down at the whole of my neighbourhood from the mountaintop while vibing to some music, after being indoors all through the past week.
Below are some of the pictures I took while I was at it:
Though the view was not exactly breathtaking it was however worth the stress.
And yes, I also got to take a picture of myself after a long while of forgetting that I had a face. Sadly, I was ignorant of the art of smiling at the moment. 😂
I spent about two hours just admiring the greenery, beauty and serenity of nature before I got a call from mom that a friend of mine came visiting and was waiting for me at home. The sun was already setting while I was descending the mountain so I also captured the alluring moment. Here it is 👇
In sum, it was quite the adventure for me and I enjoyed every minute of it. A very big thanks to @dreemsteem for introducing me to this amazing community. I'm also very glad that by joining the community, I've been able to make my first post after a long hiatus from writing. If this Sunday isn't sublime, I wonder what is. Lol, Cheers! 🙂
Thanks for reading, I look forward to knowing what you think about my little adventure and nature shots in the comments.
All images were captured by me using my mobile phone.
This one got me really good. My parents do that to me back then when I was young and I feel Iike they just hate it when I happy with friends. So sometimes when I told to go serve siesta, I will, but then 😈 I will stylishly begin to slip to the edge of the bed so I can escape quietly and then boom! My mum will say "where do you think you are slipping to young lady, my friend climb back up and close your eyes!" 😂😭😭😭 It was torture!
Lovely, pictures you have taken, especially the one with the sunset. It is something I wish to experience someday.
I hope you enjoyed yourself up the mountain, the breeze and fresh air?
At last you made the post, eh?
Welcome back Mr Powers 😉 would love to see more of your post. 😆
Lol.. I can't believe you were already playing the fugitive at that tender age. Bad girl, Hehehe..
I'm glad you liked the pictures. And I've told you, come to Ondo. I'll personally take you to every mountain and beautiful areas I know.
As if you don take me wey dey Ondo out 🙄
"where do you think you are slipping to young lady, my friend climb back up and close your eyes!" 😂😭😭😭 It was torture!
Abeg, I can't laugh. Our mothers can monitor ehn! If you think they close eyes and you want to sneak out, be ready to hear that voice behind you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Miss Esther don kill me with laugh
😂 😂 You're so funny, I was just laughing at almost every paragraph. A not so sublime Sunday indeed but I think your Sunday was the best compared to mine.
I would so love to visit the mountains but it seem like it's a normal thing for you, like you're used to seeing the mountains 🥰 lucky you!
Did you say you're ignorant of the art of smiling? Then why am I smiling at the photo? It's still so handsome, you're looking good. Don't mind me joor, it's my first time seeing your face 😌
I'm glad you joined this community after a long time of no writing for you and I must say your write up is super cool 😎 I wonder why I haven't come across your post even in uptrennd platform 🤔 but it's cool.
Hope to see more of your super cool write ups 😋
Lol.. I'm glad you enjoyed reading the post. And yeah, I'm a lucky one when it comes to seeing mountains and greens. Lol
Thanks for the compliment too. I'm very sure I remember your name from Uptrennd.
🤭 He remembers my name, what an honor 😌 I remember you too 😂
Please since you're already lucky with mountains and greens, how about we switch places for just two days? 🙄 I want to see mountains too na 🥺
Hahaha. Switch places, you say? Where exactly will be switching to, if I may ask?
A no mountain place of course 🤷♀️ just agree to switch, lemme act like I'm in a mountain area 😌😂 Wahala for who wan stay mountain area for two days o 🤣🤣 nor mind me joor
Hahaha. Very funny. I don't want to switch 😝
You have gone for a long walk and welldone . There are some days in the week which most of us dislike and to my surprise, Sunday of all days which seems awesome is the day you did not like.
Anyways, I just knew that you have enjoyed yourself to the fullest while up the mountain. It means you should have still continued with the viewing of the greenery if not the call from your mum.
Yeah, it's very weird that I didn't like Sundays until now. Lol
Of course, mom's call interrupted my sightseeing.
Thanks for stopping by!
Your Sunday is such a sublime one indeed, going to the high mountain to take the picture of the greenery pasture, that's so cool.
Spending two hours with nature is not too much, sometimes we have to go outside there to behold the beauty of nature, it's give more life to the soul and I must confess that you're not looking bad in the picture you took even though you are not smiling
Nice post! Wish to see more of your posts.
I agree with you, spending time with nature is really refreshing.
Thanks for the compliment!
-Sir it was a Sublime Sunday must I say..the time you spent with the beautiful Nature and captured some views was truly a great moment! Aha! I also didn't like the idea of having a siesta on Sundays when I was a kid. I just pretended I was sleeping and closed my eyes at first and then after few moments I was dosed to sleep..Have a blessed day!🙏
#dreemer
Haha. I guess kids hate siestas on Sundays then.
Thank you very much for stopping by,@aimharryianne
Glad to have you back in action. With this sublime start we'd like to see more of your sublime poetry as well.
Glad you had fun and Sundays are getting better for you
I'm very happy to know that you think my poetry is sublime. And yes, you'll get to see more of it soon.
Thank you, Sofs.
Hehehe! So you just took that picture you used as dp? 😅😅
Funny you! You don't like Sundays 🙄🙄
I am not surprised though because I know you to be up and doing. Always not resting at all. I wonder what kind of being you be 😅😅
It's nice taking a stroll outside to view natures. At least you weren't trapped indoor🙈🤣
Lol.. Of course, I rest a lot. In fact, I've been resting way too much these days that it's becoming a gross act of laziness on my part. 😂