Living Contentedly

After an easy running week due to my eye op. I set out to run 10k this morning. As usual the morning light was especially beautiful improved by my vision.  The usual numbers were present and despite my hoping to arrive a little early so I could get a half lap in, I began as usual. I missed The Doctor today, but the bulk of faces are here.  The lake looks nice, a fresh SWr stirring early. I finish easily at my Slow Jog pace in 32min. and immediately head out for another lap. I'm feeling better than I was to start with, but midway through my third (half) lap I feel soreness in the quads. Good! Prolong the pain. I sm stoked to rerun the finish line as the PR elders and regulars are packing up in 1h12m. With a 2-3m lapse during sign off, I'm about the same pace as earlier. Funny, I have trouble stopping. My usual treat follows, a small apple turnover and large flat white, and a gnome.  Feeling grateful. 

A long time love, the Heavenly Twins. A beautifully curvy little girl that I could love aboard.  This is a Sell-The-House and go all in proposition. For this boat, I would do it. The forecast was "cloudy" for today, but I knew yesterday's build up held rain. We're having a light shower.  My plan to ride to town  (Maitland) may be drowned if it keeps going. I have a medical check up after midday, so time to figure it out.  Well I cheated on the ride by taking my bike on the train. The risk of getting wet was high, and I was being wimpy which I really should stop being like that. I read a little of a book by a guy from western NSW who had run across Australia and he reckoned that shedding comfort was a key to becoming better at endurance sports. Anyway karma bit me, the rear tyre on my folding bike has a not-so-slow leak. I have to stop every 15 minutes to pump of back up. But I'm out in the fresh air exercising and haven't gotten too wet yet. I act...

Yesterday was a forced rest, the day after cataract surgery. Which I will say was done on the public sector and was 100% job. No hassles, no pain relief required andy vision is now excellent.  Anyway, today I wanted to get out and exercise without popping my eyeball, so i would have to restrict myself to walking.  I kicked off at the far end of Martin's Creek Road and headed towards the boat ramp on the Paterson River at Tocal. Walking alongside Paterson Road is something I will never voluntarily repeat. Noisy, narrow and dangerous.  At the ramp I met a guy from Stockton. He had a well set up older Cruiser, with a sit-on kayak and a cattle dog cross. But as was evident at the ramp, it was nor possible to launch. The river level was way low, and a sand bar was exposed 10 off the ramp. All around there was mud, and old mate was rightly worried about getting stuck in it. We were chatting away, and am older fellow who fishes from here a fair bit confirmed that the situation w...

Park Run was its usual, highlight of my week. i àwanted to go slow this week cos I got annoyed with being competitive with another old guy. So I began at the back, and even running slow, still did 33'. I really like the positive vibe, and everyone aiming up in their lives.  As usual I got groceries then shouted myself an apple turnover and Micheles coffee. There is always a collection of old guys hovering about, a dead give away as to the quality of the brew. I always feel a bit lazy afterwards, but rose up to work on my bench and pull lantana.  now my workbench.is done, I could make some of these  Sunday was pretty well a repeat, with lantana and fire wood prep. Im working on the road below the driveway and although its nearly impossible to pull roots, running under the road, I am squiggly good about it.  Today, getting to the hospital was the ordeal. I used Sunday timetable and showed up early. Then I came back an hour later there were buses on the rout...

As the radio kicked into life this morning I learned that " millions of people across Europe donned special Eclipse Glasses to view Europe's first total eclipse of the sun for 28 years". So many months ago our European Leaders of Commerce studied the future movements of the celestial bodies before ordering the manufacture of millions of glasses, no doubt is all the dreamt of sizes and styles to be in the shops by the 5 August 2026.  The manufacture of said glasses being monitored for schedule were then shipped across Europe as those ELsoC engaged popular astronomers and science journalists to work the masses onto a total frenzy over this " once on a lifetime major event"  while "medical experts" were eager to warn the people that to " look directly at the sun will cause blindness" and further encourage the sale of special Eclipse Eyewear. The image below cautions that " permanent eye damage that you are unaware is occurring  ...

Hello Journal,  We got out for our morning run up the hill. Nothing unusual aside from saying hello to Steve K. He was the nice Tocal Ag College worker that reminded my daughter when signing on, that her dad used to lead her on the pony "all the time". He's renovating the small rental atop the hill, and seems quite chirpy.  After breakfast, I weighed up whether to go sailing, but something in the sky was discouraging. I realised around midday when it go windy, clouded over and threatened rain. Not ideal for a fun sail.  So we (the dog and I), went pulling lantana. We, I, worked below the first creek and it was heavy going. There weren't many bushes, but they were all well established. As the one hour timer rang we were decamping to get the Land Rover to tow one tough root ball out of the ground. We did it, but snapped a length of 12mm double braided rope trying.  Home for lunch, rice, tuna and beans before this afternoon's woodwork: the work bench continues.  Oh...