Its just been an incredible week of beautiful, winter weather here, light breezes and sunshine. After struggling for weeks, I’m back in love. Mummycav posted a couple of weeks ago about how she was feeling about her running and I could have written that, not so eloquently or with such humour, but what she expressed was just what I was experiencing.
Ran past our local war memorial on the start of my run today and saw a young woman hanging something on the Olive tree, but it was too soon to stop and have a squiz, so ran on. On my way back I gave myself permission to take a couple of photos and saw that she had tied hand knitted poppies to the tree. They are so beautiful. Wish I could knit, would love some of those poppies to take to France. We are heading to France in August to visit the grave of OH’s uncle who was killed in 1918 and my great uncle (Irish, who emigrated to Canada and lived where Saskalliecat hails from) killed at Dieppe in 1942. We * (see below) volunteered to make and place harakeke (flax) crosses and photograph the graves (for family who will never get over there) for the Dolores Cross Project, whose aim is for every New Zealand serviceman killed and buried overseas to have a cross. * I’m using the Royal “we” here, being truthful I didn’t or couldn’t make even one, I’ll blame the arthritic fingers!
The rose is one of the last of my Windermere still smells divine and by the time we get back from our trip it maybe even starting to bud again. I love the acorns, it’s a little watercolour painted for me for my birthday by my stepdaughter’s eldest daughter, (my first grandchild) clever or what?
Being a parkrun tourist in the UK is going to be so exciting, but the possibility of meeting and running with VRB’s even more so.
I have gone on for way too long. Again. Oye como va, Mi ritimo, Bueono pa gozar, which apparently means Hey hows it going? My pace. Good to enjoy.
I enjoyed my cool down walk to this tune this afternoon, light on words but love that guitar. There might have been a little salsa in my steps too, because my Garmin said its was my fastest 5k.🐌🐌 Happy Running everyone. ❤️🏃♀️
PS Meant to say 80 crosses only