I haven’t been posting here lately. Something(s) in life had to give, and keeping this log of my exercise program made the cut list for a while. I haven’t stopped walking Shiloh & I haven’t stopped going to yoga. I did cut back on yoga for a while during heavy pruning season, but I’m back at it 2-5x/week now. As well, Shiloh gets a daily walk. Often on Fridays she spends the work day with me, driving from nursery to nursery in the truck. Some of the nurseries even allow her to run and play amid the trees and shrubs while I pull plants for clients. Those are her best days — our best days.

Buying all those plants means I’m spending a lot of time taking plants to clients and often teaching them about laying them out and putting them in the ground. This means I’m doing a lot of outdoor labor carrying, digging, lifting, pruning, mulching, etc…

As well, I helped a friend install his path and patio earlier this spring. And, Bob and I are working on our front flagstone patio now. And the stones are enormous. I’m surprised sometimes that we can lift some of them…visualize a piece of iron-filled slate 4′ x 3′ x 3″…1, 2, 3…lift. The front path is laid out and filled in. The main patio is almost patterned out, and hopefully we’ll fill it this weekend. Then two small paths to go, and most of our hardscaping will be finished. When we’re 80 we’ll be glad we did this — no mowing, no watering, built-in seats. And, the blueberries, lettuce, peas, and brussel sprouts mixed into the ornamental beds around the granite seats are filling in nicely. It will be lovely this summer to munch on fresh vegies as we watch the sun set from this new western garden space.

So, that’s the update. I’m glad the tools here seem to be running a little better…faster…for a while there my machine was grinding to a halt when I posted here. Maybe the machine…maybe not? At least I’m no longer at a halt! Happy spring all!

Logbook Activity

  • Type: Flexibility
  • Date: 04/30/2008
  • Time: 17:00:00
  • Total Time: 1:00:00.00