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| 7am - 12/20/22 |
A quick peek out the back door this morning. It's been a month since I've ridden my bicycle, and now my car is buried in snow. I was hoping for one more visit to the local holiday festivals and farmer's markets, but I'll be staying safe at home instead. Rain is predicted for the Christmas holiday weekend. That will be messy.
For several weeks the Ferndale library renewed the David-Dorian Ross taichi DVD's I had been using, but I finally had to return them last week. Now I am back to my own yoga improvisations, and a Bettina Gozo workout DVD purchased via Amazon a while ago. She does short, fast-paced routines, focused on the upper or lower body, or core muscles. They are short enough to finish while I brew and drink my first cup of morning coffee, and intense enough to get me sweaty and out of breath. Yesterday I did a legs-and-lower-back workout that didn't seem too hard at the time, but I'm aching this morning.
It reminded me of the time I did a fitness test before joining a local gym. I had never tried a stationary bicycle, which they used for the cardio test. Starting out I didn't feel any resistance at all from the pedals, so I cranked it up to about 13, which felt about like a bicycle feels on the first few pedal strokes as you get moving. Only I forgot that on a real bike, once you overcome the initial inertia, pedaling gets easier. The stationary bike stayed at 13 for three minutes. That had me sweating and panting by the end, and staggering a bit when I got down from the seat. I completed the tests and they let me in, then I was able to walk the half-mile home. But when I crossed the street I had to use the curb-cut ramps because it hurt too much to step up and down from the sidewalk.
I guess I need to do more. I get out for walks, at least. Here is a collection of festive and scenic photos from various locations, weather conditions and times of day.
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| Hovander Park sunrise |
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Ferndale lights have to survive the wind
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| At the Lynden Fairgrounds |
Birch Bay State Park at about 1:30pm, looking roughly southwest.I'm not sure whether the sun was rising or setting here.
