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Old Sun, Feb-17-13, 16:50
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Plan: Suzanne Somers; LC
Stats: 182.5/158/105 Female 5'
BF:Melting!
Progress: 32%
Location: NE Ohio
Default The Exercise Past the Garden Gate

Wow. A gym log. I can do this. My hip is healed and I need to get my strength, health and body back to where I want it. I have achy pieces parts and after 2 days of a 30 min walks my old soft tissue ankle injury is fussing, but I have a soft ankle brace for it, guess I'd better put it on. I joined the 2 Hr a week exercise challenge and that'll keep me doing something for 30 min 5 X a week. (If I shoot for 5 days, surely I'll get 4 in...)
This is also where I want to post my pics as I walk. I need to make this interesting for myself since I live in a very uninspired area...this part of CA isn't very pretty. But I did find things to photograph with my crap cell camera.
This is down the street, early AM.
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Surprise find: pussy willows! Didn't think they existed here.

cat tails along the small airport airstrip

bush grew into fence and they just cut around it....
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and Canadian Geese flying overhead
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Taking pix is fun for me although I never do it - until now. Anthonyc's journal actually inspired me to take some; his walk pics are very beautiful in his J. (unlike these...LOL)
I had some pix of a flock of turkeys in the parking lot this AM, but they ran too fast and ended up blurry.
Kat

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Old Mon, Feb-18-13, 00:24
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Very nice Kat! Each picture represents the treasure of time and the gift to yourself of walking, exploring and becoming more healthy. Good going!
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Old Mon, Feb-18-13, 14:07
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Plan: Suzanne Somers; LC
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Very nice Kat! Each picture represents the treasure of time and the gift to yourself of walking, exploring and becoming more healthy. Good going!

Thanks Vicki! You're right - its an experience captured
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Old Mon, Feb-18-13, 14:25
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Keep at it...the picture idea is great. You asked on my page how long it takes to do 5 miles. Here it takes about an hour...very brisk walking and sometimes a bit of jogging. However it is easy to walk here cause lots of nice paths. The way I figured it out is...
Walked to a nice lookout point and did google map on my phone. It pin-pointed me and then I asked for direction back to where I stated. It gave me the mileage. I am sure there are easier ways or apps made just for tracking distance but this worked for me. I was surprised it was that far!
Keep going...you are doing great!
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Old Mon, Feb-18-13, 21:11
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Plan: Suzanne Somers; LC
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Thanks Vicki! I was actually looking forward to doing it today. Googling the map is a great idea. I have a smart phone I need to switch my antique over to...haven't done it yet. I'll be able to do fun things and take better pix.
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Old Mon, Feb-18-13, 21:34
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Default Monday Feb 18

Walked 30 min around the neighborhood loop. I actually got out before dark because we have a storm coming in and it was cloudy so it was perfect for taking pics. I am not a sun person so if it was sunny I'd wait til sunset...Nothing terribly exciting...
Here is a Ponderosa pine on my way up a grade
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A gully wash along the complex road[IMG][/IMG]
Rubble pile along the way and my guess as to where the spot was where something very tragic happened years ago
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Dead end where Urban artist wannabes practice for the day they can vandalise in a real urban place
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Pot of gold at the end of the trip: A huge pussywillow bush! I never noticed it before
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Old Tue, Feb-19-13, 21:29
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Default Tues Feb 19

I couldn't wait to get home and do this. I thought about where I would walk today and what to photograph. It had just rained when I went out. Not far up the road in higher elevations chains are required already.
I walked 45+ min today, because I was stopping to photograph..I lost track of exactly how much time it was...It was pretty cold. Low tonight 28.
So daffodils coming up at the base of a mailbox up the road
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The first robins I've seen this year...there were many of them but they didn't photograph well on the ground....and they kept toodling away from me
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Ok, this is actually kinda pretty - sun was peaking out at the edge of the park

Yesterdays little league has deserted the park today...just me and the robins
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It had just rained and the raindrops were still on the evergreens
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Old Tue, Feb-19-13, 21:47
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you are finding magic in everyday things.... what beautiful walks

Good for you,Kat!
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Old Tue, Feb-19-13, 22:32
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Thanks Arlene! You probably take some beautiful walks with your group too... I forgot how wonderful everything smells after rain.
Thanks "walking" with me!
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Old Wed, Feb-20-13, 16:22
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Yes, we do see wonderful things, and way too often we take things for granted.....
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Old Fri, Feb-22-13, 00:06
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Plan: Suzanne Somers; LC
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Yes, we do see wonderful things, and way too often we take things for granted.....

It's true, I had lamented the lack of pussywillow bushes here for years and now on my walks I've seen them up close in two spots nearby Things smell good too - I love the "green house" garden smell and fresh air.
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Old Fri, Feb-22-13, 00:11
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Plan: Suzanne Somers; LC
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Progress: 32%
Location: NE Ohio
Default Break yesterday

Today I got home late, so I programmed my Pandora for a Dance Music station. I set the timer for 20 min with about a minute inbetween to keep programming or skip songs that didn't inspire. And I shook it up! It was really fun and I set the timer for another 20 min and kept going. I am a bit sore...haven't moved like that in a long time, but wow felt like I had a good workout. I love dancing.
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Old Fri, Feb-22-13, 21:37
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Default Friday Feb 22

It was a little overcast today and the temp was nice - 60s. So I did what I rarely do... I went for a 10 min walk at lunch - not a sunlover so I had on a hat and sweater which I needed - cold wind! I took pix of my workplace which is in this godforsaken area....too close to high electrical towers. I could fill a book with what's gone on since I started working here. So the pix aren't very pretty today.
Out behind our warehouse - it looks like a stalag. Used to be a base, I think.
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The gigantic water tower amidst the bombed out warehouses
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Desolate looking parking lot on the way into the "base"
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The "base" road...
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And a rosebud struggling to bloom in an attempt to bring some beauty to this place...
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I'll dance for 20 min again tonight to get my 30 min in.

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Old Sat, Feb-23-13, 22:30
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Default Sat Feb 23

I've made my 2 Hr a week challenge!
Wk of Feb 16 Sun – Sat
Sun Feb 17 – 30 min walk
Mon Feb 18 – 30 min walk
Tues Feb 19 – 45 min walk
Thur Feb 21 – 30 min dancing in apt to Pandora
Fri Feb 22 – 10 min walk and 20 min dancing
Sat Feb 23 – 30 min walk

I was shooting for 30 min 5 X a week (an extra day to make sure I got it in) and I did. Went for a walk tonight - it was already dark out. So here is Kat's self taught photography lesson - more bad pix
Tried to photograph a complex light globe with the moon overhead...
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Trees partially lit by the complex porch lights and globes...
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And I was getting that odd feeling that maybe tonight wasn't a good night to be out standing around on a back road trying to photograph things in the dark... so I ended my "session" and hoofed it back home...ah...cozy.
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Old Sun, Feb-24-13, 07:38
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