Exercise and Autumn
Oct. 28th, 2008 04:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenHave been walking or getting at least 30 minutes of exercise almost every day in the past week. Mostly walks, and in fact got two in yesterday, one with L. Both were lovely walks, but then I like seeing how the plants and animals are all progressing in their lives.
Got in one walk this morning while the rain was still reasonable and not quite as cold as it is now. Most significant change has been that the walks are getting easier again. Way too easy to get out of shape as one gets older... the color/elements breathing has helped too -- just a minute or so but it does the job.
And of course I've also upped my stretching/limbering up exercises. I'm also starting to bring back some of the upper body strengthening exercises I'd stopped doing in the past few months. With winter setting in I'm not getting the same sorts of exercise as before and I don't want the shoulder muscles to tighten up. And of course still working on being sturdy enough to try out various athletic activities!
It's funny, when I was a kid I was often walking or biking in the rain and now, hardly ever. Comes of having a car I suppose. It wasn't so bad though, and kind of pleasant in some ways. I wouldn't have minded one more layer of wool though.... mentioned to L maybe wearing the Norman "ponchos" next time and he thought that a reasonable idea.
Down by the house most of the leaves have been knocked off of the trees, but on the hillsides you can still see some autumn color. Yellow, gold, orange, and red against the dark green. More muted now, with the white, grey and brown of branches and trunks showing here and there. The grass is still quite verdant all around. There is the possibility of some snow up here tomorrow, but nothing like what is happening to the west and north of us.
Squirrels, chipmunks and others still scurry about gathering winter forage. Last night a tiny squirrel crossed our path carrying a nut larger than his head.
Went down the hill and got some pipe parts for the stove... some adjustments will need to be made to get things connected. Likely we may take up my MIL's idea of removing the radiator and the washing machine in order to move the stove a bit more out of the way of traffic, but not this week I don't think.
Well, no more venturing out of doors for me today. Time to see to doings elsewhere indoors...
Got in one walk this morning while the rain was still reasonable and not quite as cold as it is now. Most significant change has been that the walks are getting easier again. Way too easy to get out of shape as one gets older... the color/elements breathing has helped too -- just a minute or so but it does the job.
And of course I've also upped my stretching/limbering up exercises. I'm also starting to bring back some of the upper body strengthening exercises I'd stopped doing in the past few months. With winter setting in I'm not getting the same sorts of exercise as before and I don't want the shoulder muscles to tighten up. And of course still working on being sturdy enough to try out various athletic activities!
It's funny, when I was a kid I was often walking or biking in the rain and now, hardly ever. Comes of having a car I suppose. It wasn't so bad though, and kind of pleasant in some ways. I wouldn't have minded one more layer of wool though.... mentioned to L maybe wearing the Norman "ponchos" next time and he thought that a reasonable idea.
Down by the house most of the leaves have been knocked off of the trees, but on the hillsides you can still see some autumn color. Yellow, gold, orange, and red against the dark green. More muted now, with the white, grey and brown of branches and trunks showing here and there. The grass is still quite verdant all around. There is the possibility of some snow up here tomorrow, but nothing like what is happening to the west and north of us.
Squirrels, chipmunks and others still scurry about gathering winter forage. Last night a tiny squirrel crossed our path carrying a nut larger than his head.
Went down the hill and got some pipe parts for the stove... some adjustments will need to be made to get things connected. Likely we may take up my MIL's idea of removing the radiator and the washing machine in order to move the stove a bit more out of the way of traffic, but not this week I don't think.
Well, no more venturing out of doors for me today. Time to see to doings elsewhere indoors...
