This week’s sidequests included setting my clothes out for the next day, lighting a candle or creating a relaxing aroma in my spae, and to go to a dog park (with or without dog).

I have a handful of candles that I enjoy lighting up in the evenings for a few hours, so that one wasn’t hard to accomplish halfway through the week.

Setting my clothes out is a bit hard, because the cats will lay down on them, but I did plan an outfit for a day out. On Saturday, I went to OKC for the Water Lantern Festival they have every year – it was rescheduled from April because of weather. We’re starting to get into the really hot time of year for our area, but there was a nice breeze and plenty of shade in the park where they hold the festival. I chose to wear a green dress I had bought earlier in the year just for the occasion. At first the breeze swept most of the lanterns to one side of the pond, but after awhile they shifted and spread out more.

I had heard that our area has a dog park before, but I’d never had a reason to go since I don’t have a dog. I looked it up on Google and drove out to it.

It’s located at the beginning of some kind of larger park area that has a gravel road running through it. There was plenty of parking, and lots of shade with the trees in the fenced in area. There was a sign listing the rules, the sorts of general things that make sense for a dog park. Of course, it’s so hot lately that no one was visiting, although the area did have kiddie pools set up that I assume were full of water for any dogs that are brought there. I imagine it probably gets busier in the evenings or morning, or at different times of the year when it’s not full sun and 100 degrees.