Walking

I don't have much to report as far as gardening goes.  I've managed to get stalled there.  I had been concentrating on cleanup, but my weed eater ran out of line and it took me a couple of weeks to get that fixed.  My husband and I started making serious plans to build a new deck, and I got so excited.  I figured that would be a great jumping off point, but he's been very busy with work, so I'm going to need to move forward and not wait on a project that, realistically, might not happen.  I hate to say that but, I'm a little worried.  I've had my hopes dashed too many times in the past; it's best not to count on things that haven't happened yet.

In the meantime, I'm keeping my eyes open, looking for ideas and possible resources.  I took a walk this morning and stopped to admire the garden of one of my neighbors.

It's nothing fancy, but it's still lovely and quite doable.

So, my plan for now is to keep working on the yard -- someday I will be able to call it a garden, but I am not going to rely solely on gardening and yard-work to meet my fitness goals.  My walk this morning was the first of what I plan to make a daily habit.  That is ambitious given the fact that I live in, what feels like, the rainiest spot in the world, but this is a good time of year to start.

My current morning routine has me shuffling down the hall, grabbing a cup of coffee, and firing up the computer before I can even blink the sleep out of my eyes.  Then I get stuck there, and it takes an act of God or congress to get me out of my chair.  It's going to take planning and effort to change that habit, but it needs to be done.  Last night I set out my clothes, and this morning I was dressed and out the door before doing anything else.  Yay, me!