Living Contentedly

Due to Council road resurfacing I endeavoured to get out early. Cuddy & I were on the road just after 6:30, I even had my first coffee in the car! We parked up near the Newcastle cruising club marina & walked the Foreshore to Nobbys break wall, back along Horseshoe dog beach. We were out for over 90mins. but mileage suffered due to footwear.  I wore my hiking shoes thinking, well I jogged a bit on the Camino, they'll be fine. Big No! They were like running in high heel shoes, really clunky. I tried to persist, but in the end I was worried about injuring myself so I dropped back to a walk. So annoying.  the foreshore   heading along the break wall. The surf was a churning affair, only 4' but heavy. for whatever reason, i love this little driftwood trap. I fantasize about taking some & building abstract art or furniture.  

So blessed to live here, & have it to myself & a handful of furry friends. Sooty tried to follow us on our run, & the goats welcomed us home with a caper.  This morning's image looking north towards the Barrington's. Weak sunlight piercing fog. 

this is our lot today. A run & some varnishing sounds the ticket. Reading "117 days adrift". Lovely couple, Maralyn is the bomb as far as cool headedness, clear thinking & organisation goes.  this looks like a paddock, but beyond is a vast plain covered with fog. Huh, well you just had to be there. 

After running 5k in 38min. & coming 3rd in my division, i turned around for another 2.5k ;) This morning I drank a,grew & jogged up my road. Its 2k one way, plus the driveway, I think 250m, so I'm calling it a 4.5k hilly jog. I'd like to do it every day now, because:- *  makes me feel good, nay great!  * helps mentally to keep pushing out.  * to harden my body.  * grand to be out in nature.  * very few people my age are doing this.  In the later day I did some painting & refitting deck hardware on Shanti. She is looking way too goo d, but I'm very proud of us both.  I also finished reading Safe Return Unlikely   (I think thats the title.) Was ok,  but I don't get much out of reading sailing books by novice sailors eg: heading into a storm in the Furious Fifties,   the author described the skipper as tense & spending a lot of time on deck ... the the yacht capsized.    Now I want to get reading 117...

0°C or colder when I fed the pets, drank coffee & donned my jogging gear. I got off with the main start today. Unlike last week today there wasn't a cloud to see, I think. I recognized a few runners from last week, stats reveal there were 300 Parkies today. I felt good enough to add another 2.5k, but by then the faux sciatic ache caused by the tip of the thighs constrictor by my bum bag, was biting as were the worms. I needed breakfast. As happened last week, the positive comments from the volunteers, oiled the wheels.  I visited the large hardware chain for boaty stuff and picked up 2 sausage sangas. I intended just to buy 1, but the Scouts were cooking. Yes, I could have just made a donation.  I then visited my favorite grocery store to restock on fruit, veg and nuts as well as pet food.  On the way home a treat was in order, I dropped by a Vietnamese bakery for an apple turnover washed down with a coffee. I sat in the car, in thd sun and soaked it up. At home I set...

This beautiful morning I awoke before light, said a Rosary & did Wim Hof breathing. After a quick coffee the dog & I walked for an hour as the sun filtered through a mist & trees.  I was fascinated to listen to a podcast about Our Lady of Fatima. When walking the Portuguese Camino from Porto, I met a veryvery serene Japanese woman & her husband who were walking towards Fatima. I knew in a moment I should have followed their route; Camino Frances, Camino Portuguese in reverse & onto Fatima. But, it's possible that seeing the grace that lady showed, was enough reward. Further, with the podcast, I was reminded that revelations of visitations placed the shepherd children at risk. Their parents, fellow villagers, health professionals, journalists, atheists and sceptics all derided the children.  One government official forced the three children to denounce what they had said with the threat of being boiled in oil.  It strikes me that while a cro...

Yep, another "thing" I've been interested in for years. The seller will remove the e-assist at no cost to me.  Thinking hard.