Temperatures getting up to 85° today. Might be time to get cover off a pool before algae blooms.

Short run today on the Battlefield. Tourists are pouring into town. It's going to be a busy year, I can tell already. On a health note, I'm being optimistic that adding the second antibiotic is helping me more. Fingers crossed.

Walked 5-6 miles around Longwood Gardens yesterday with DW.  We did all the nature walk areas plus the woods and of course the Tulips. Did not see a tall, thin balding man there (Didn't know XT was there until today, when I read the dailies.)  Now, If he had his shirt off, I would have recognized his hairy back him right away.   Plus thousands of people were there yesterday.

QOTD:  Any gardeners out there, (flower or vegetable)? If not, does significant other garden?  DW is our gardener, but she's kind enough to let me run the heavy machinery and build raised beds. She does both veggies and flowers. Her zinnia bed will be 20' by 40' this year.

Wonderful pictures, AT!

Finally it is getting warm. I am planning on a few miles soon, I can’t wait to get out there.

AT: glad that the antibiotics seem to work. I hope you are feeling right on top soon again.

Warden: it must take a lot to get you sore! Enjoy your evening run!

QOTD: I do garden a bit, usually just flowers. This year, the property management is removing all of the flower beds, but I disagreed, and me and my neighbors are allowed to keep ours. I am very happy about this. It seems to me management really is putting in every effort to take away anything beautiful or any expression of individuality, they don’t care about people's Emotional health at all. They have removed all the trees that flower in the spring, too, like cherries or crabapples, and the ones that have nice fall foliage, like sugar maples or burning bushes. So creating a supportive and literally flowering place for my kids is now up to me, and I am more than happy to live up to that challenge.

Morning trailers. Haven't been running this week until this morning. 4 miles easy along the bike path. I need to get out to one of my favorite trails-- there was a large brush fire a couple of days ago. Someone's cigarette, from the sounds of it. Damn dogwalkers can't get out in nature without near burning it down.   It's a pretty heavily forested area, so I was surprised. But we've been dry and it was very windy.

Harrier-- Um, I think you're being overly optimistic about the ice conditions.This is looking over to Ontario and while there is no snow, the ice is doesn't seem to be going anywhere. They've had snow since mid-October and the ice came in early this year as I understand. gunflint webcam

Couch-- that's too bad they ripped out plantings and trees. Keep fighting the good fight.

qotd: My garden is as important as running to me. DH will assist with heavy lifting, when needed. Around the house, some vegetablesm fruit and perennial beds. I also have a community garden plot in Rock Creek, which I got when we moved here and now are impossible to get. Someone has to die or move away. I plan on doing neither anytime soon.

couch- from yesterday, we don’t have a lot of broadleaf trees, mostly pine, spruce, fir, etc (evergreens) , we do have some aspen and cottonwood, have not seen any buds on them yet- I’m sure it’s very close now. I have seen some of the shrubs with buds however

Ran with friends this morning for 6...may run with group tonight because they are running in a new place I want to check out.  Haven't been to the gym in awhile but still bringing the gym bag to work everyday.    maybe today I get back ion the wagon.

AT:  Beautiful...we have a place here that does lots of tulips...one of these years I will go.  Hope your second antibiotic does the trick.

FTYC:  That is so wrong...our post office cut down all there trees in the parking lot and filled the space in with gravel...man people were pissed off around here.  Work did a bit of the same thing to make way for ugly solar panels but enough trees left so that it wasn't too bad.

Gatsby:  I plan on signing up for the Tahoe Training run.  A friend is running the 50K and his DBFthe 100 miler.  She is also doing the training run so you will get a chance to meet her and have a friendly face on the course.  She will also be crewing the DBF.

QOTD:  I have two beds and they do poorly..not enough light I think.  Given what I pay for the plants and what I get I think I lose money every year.  Once retired and if we move to a place with more sunlight I may do more.

 

That's not sayin much 😛

 

True dat.

6 miles up and down the mountain on a very technical trail.

My legs are just not up to par with this one, so it was hard. And the temperature around 82 degrees did not exactly make it any easier. Still was a very enjoyable run. I almost wanted to give up about half a mile from the turnaround point, but I am happy I stuck it out and got it done as planned. I can be stubborn at times, and this time, it was for my own pride.

Saw a white tailed deer, which is rather rare in our area. Edit: Just checked it out, we only have white tailed deer. I should say: Never have seen one like this there before. Its tail looked as if it had stolen a fox's tail, just huge and brown and white, and attached it to its behind. 

Queen: You are so lucky you have the running group. They look like a fun bunch. Even though I usually prefer running alone, I sometimes like groups for motivation and fun.

warden: I checked again today, to set a contrast to AT's flowery flower pics, and there are only a few bushes that are just starting to get green leaves. Everything else is like dead. Only back in the civilized world, there are bluebells (groundcovers gone wild, literally), spring flower beds, and blooming trees. Nada out in the wild.

A year ago I was running alone most times and for the 3 years before that.  I had issues   I decided running alone wasn't helping these issues and starting running with a group that I like the folks but wasn't to happy with the large group runs of various paces.  Lot's of waiting around.  But that group splintered off a bit and really enjoying the "friend" runs.  It's really helped me in getting the run done, escepially in winter months when dark.  You may want to try locating a group at least for a weekly group run.

 

 

Queen: You are so lucky you have the running group. They look like a fun bunch. Even though I usually prefer running alone, I sometimes like groups for motivation and fun.