Steemit Engagement Challenge | S14W6 | Places That Feel Good: Where I Go To Relax - City Pond

Today I wanted to invite you to this challenge by Steem4Bloggers Community:
https://steemit.com/hive-109435/@hive-109435/steemit-engagement-challenge-s14w6-places-that-feel-good-where-i-go-to-relax

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Greetings friends.

This is a city park in our regional center, in the city of Kirov.
I love this place, especially in the summer. Here I can relax body and soul. I like to sit by the water under the shade of the spreading willows and look at the ducks that swim in two ponds - the upper one next to the diorama and the lower one next to the Ferris wheel.
This place is very popular among the locals. In the morning, you can meet people walking dogs here. In the summer, I met people doing physical education in the morning. On a hot sunny day, you can even see girls sunbathing in a clearing.
This place is also popular among fishermen who do not have the opportunity to travel far and they fish in these urban ponds. Personally, I would not fish in this place.

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From spring to autumn, boats can be rented on this pond. In the summer of 2022, my son and grandchildren came to visit me and we went to rest in this place. An amusement park is open next to the ponds in the summer. That day we rented 3 boats because I have a big family and many grandchildren.
It was a very fun day. My eldest grandson and I visited a dangerous attraction. Even the eldest son said that he would not get on this dangerous ride. I'm glad my grandson wasn't scared!

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In summer, I like to visit this place in the morning, before starting work. I usually do 2 laps around the ponds, it turns out to be a distance of about 2 kilometers. At other times of the year, I visit this place in the evening.
In 2023, the city administration drained the ponds in the summer to refine the banks and clean the bottom of the ponds. I want to admit that I haven't been to this place since October, but at that time there was no water in the ponds yet. I don't live in the city, but in the countryside, and therefore I don't come here very often. At the moment, we have big frosts and it is very uncomfortable to walk by the ponds now.

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In autumn, ducks do not fly away from this place to warmer climes. I get the impression that ducks from the surrounding lakes come here to spend the winter. There are a lot of them in this place in winter. They walk along the banks between people's legs and ask for food.
People like to feed birds. Children especially like to do this. Ducks are very happy that people feed them. Otherwise, they will just die.

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Spring is coming soon. There are only 4 months left before the snow melts. Time will fly by very quickly. It flies faster and faster every year. And I will walk in this place again. Sports grounds were built in the park next to the ponds last year. I want to visit them. Who will I invite here? First of all, his youngest daughter. Perhaps it will even be when the frosts leave us.
Of course, I sometimes enjoy visiting this place with my wife. But we rarely have such an opportunity. We visit this place when we visit a theater, and before we go with the children to the circus, which is located next to this place.


I like this place. There is some special energy here. It is in the center of the city and it attracts a lot of people in the hot summertime.

I would like to invite @weisser-rabe, @bambuka, @jaynie, @patjewell for this challenge

Friends, thank you for your attention.

I wish all of you good luck!

I will be glad to have your attention to my posts again.

_@apnigrich