When John and I walked to the creek on February 12, someone had left a juice pouch, a lock, and a heart-shaped rock high above the water.
Two days later the pouch was gone, but the other items were there in approximately the same position.
On March 3, I took another photo to show nothing had moved. This time I put a date on it.
The next time I went down, the lock had a new position.
Some time between March 10 and 19, both lock and heart were gone.
I’m amazed that the items stayed beside the stream for roughly a month. Granted, the weather was cold and few people were wandering about. How I wish I knew who put them there and who took them away! John’s last time to walk all the way to the creek was the day we found the lock and the heart rock. I think if only the rock was there, I would have brought it home as a memento of our walks to the creek.
Mehrling Muse 
How interesting a conclusion to the story! Was someone “having fun” with Anne? Forgot where they left the heart rock and lock? Just a random stranger who said “How cool, a heart-shaped rock and a lock. I will take them home and use them in my garden”? I know we will never know (most likely at least) but it was still a nice story. The moral of this story is next time, “pocket the rock and lock.” 🙂
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You have excellent questions.
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There’s a story there but we’ll never know it. Isn’t John walking that far?
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John can’t walk that far right now. It has taken six months to get a diagnosis, and he doesn’t have a treatment plan yet. Supposedly, having injections and/or pills for several months should help a great deal.
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I’m so sorry. Hope he gets better.
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Thank you, Kate. He should get better when treatment starts. Maybe that will be worth writing about!
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This would make a great prompt for a story.
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I wish people wouldn’t do things like this. Other people see It and feel it’s ok to leave whatever they want!
Then you come back in a years time and the place is just littered with people’s junk! We need to keep at least place untouched by us!
Out in Nature people should leave footprints.
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I agree that litter often multiplies, but it doesn’t in that spot. We’ve been walking there for almost eight years, and this is the first time things were left on that rock. Having agreed with all you said, I laughed at your last sentence about only leaving footprints. We have mostly ROCKS on the creek banks, and I’m not good at leaving footprints there.
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Very interesting story. Beautiful lock _ heart picture. Some day both of change position. I hope thinkable it’s!,đź‘Ś
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It was fun to watch the lock and rock and to take photos of them. We’ll never know who left them and who took them away.
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But it’s lovely. It’s Chang position self!
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I like your idea that the lock could move itself. That changes everything! We’d have to invent a new story. Good for you!!
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Thank you so much 🌷! You make me happy! I like story. Have a nice day.
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I hope you are having a nice day, too. It’s the middle of the night here, and I’m going back to bed.
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Sorry for disturbing. Please you forgive me!
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No! No! You didn’t disturb me. My phone is silenced during the night. Sometimes I wake up and read blog comments on the phone before going back to sleep.
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Nice too but I feel it then I say sorry. !🙏
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I appreciate your sensitivity.
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Thank you so much!
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A mystery –
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Ah the endurance of an unlocked heart. Or is locked heart? Either way I very much enjoyed this! Chris
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You can choose for the heart to be locked with another person or locking another person out. I like to think love always wins, even if it doesn’t in real life.
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A lovely sentiment
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We do love a mystery – and what could stimulate more wondering that those items – time passing – and disappearances
Fun and curious
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There was a good result from the lock/heart story. I pushed myself to walk to the creek to see what had happened to them.
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A mystery indeed. Now I will be wondering about this too for the next two hours. Hahaha
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I’m glad you will spend less than two hours on the creek mystery.
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An interesting mystery – now if you ever find a rock with a saying or picture painted on, snag that rock for good luck!
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