Floss Rambling Rhyme warning...This is a really dire one... :)

[Oldfloss]

Hi there people..

Yes, here I am to cheer you up with another ode (Maybe not).

I am making progress, although the after effects of the pesky Covid still keep rearing their heads.

I am catching up with folk on the forums which is wonderful, in the enforced rest periods, and keeping up also, with Yoga, stamina and strength work and walking as much as I am able to. Hampered by wind and weather more than anything. Thanks to CBDB for all the great links to YWA and Active10 too.

I have started my water-colour classes again which is great... and am writing too... and because I do have time... I thought I would pen a very silly ode about my journey through Red January which I am, as are a fair few friends here, completing, albeit in a variety of exercise ways. I am nothing, if not innovative

Here it is.... Snail's Red January... so far

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The snail trail's getting longer

This snail is getting stronger

I just wish that the weather was more dry....

It seems it's getting wetter

Not really any better

And there's been no hint of sunshine in the sky!

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The snail is going steady

The snail needs to be ready

When she feels that it is time to try a run

The snail is never rushing

And she's certainly not pushing

And while she's building back, she's having fun.

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The snail is loving yoga

The snail likes falling over

When the moves get much too tricky and too tough

The snail is keeping moving

Determined to keep proving

That she's made of really good, strong stuff.

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The snail walks feel more jolly

When the snail won't need a brolly

And the sun is trying very hard to shine

The snail thinks the time is coming

When the snail could be out running

And that's the kind of feeling that's just fine.

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Now yesterday turned sunny

Which really wasn't funny

As the morning dawned with freezing fog and ice

The day was spent all here/there

And the snail found she got nowhere

Though she did think about it, once or twice.

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Now today, the snow is snowing

And there's just no way of knowing

When the white stuff will simply melt away

So the snail is indoor walking.

As the instructor keeps on talking

As for running? Well it's certainly not today!

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Snail yoga day is, Moving

So this snail will soon be grooving

As she bends and stretches all her ancient shell

She's hoping as she does it

It all helps to keep her well fit

And the snail runs will be just as strong as well.

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So, this snail will keep on trying

And she surely isn't lying

She'll wait until her body says, today!

So when it gives the all clear,

The snail will let you know here,

And a ramble will be writ. Is that OK ?

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Floss x

[OldManRunning Graduate10]

Yes Oldfloss, very ok 😂😀

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to OldManRunning]

Thumbs up from you then... thank you! x

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

Love, love, love this! I think you should be renamed SuperSnail.

I can see some sunshine peeping through our blinds, but the cars in the street are covered in frost. So today is the day for me to put lots of layers on and have a careful run with UpTheStanley at a steady pace.

You stay safe indoors in all that snow and I am sure that you will be able to get out soon. Well done on your YWA and your watercolour painting.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

Thank you!

So good to see that you are heading out... do take care though!

I am liking the idea of SuperSnail, a lot!!! I may have to re think myself! xxx

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

It was so lovely out there that once I got running I was actually warm in my 2 long sleeved tops. Frost was still lying in the shadows so there were a few spots to be careful. I was running around 10k pace but at 3.8k I needed to walk a while. I then managed the 5th km. I’ve definitely lost some energy since Christmas but so glad to be out.

[CBDB Graduate10]

Lovely. Hubby and I had a good chuckle this morning, as I read it out loud to him. I love your poems about running (and dreaming about running) and S&F!

It’s all winter white here in Cheshire, looks lovely, magical but also cold!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to CBDB]

Good to start the day with a smile... certainly is pretty but as you say brrrrr. Move has been successfully done! x

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10]

A big thumbs up from me! You’re doing brilliantly to embrace the slow and steady recovery. Keep those odes coming!

It’s bitterly cold here. When I was driving to work yesterday I spotted icicles hanging from the hedges by the side of the road. It’s moody-bright and a quiet day today so hopefully I’ll be trying a snail pace walk/run through frozen fields. At the first sign of icy paths, I’m turning back!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Oh that sounds just beootiful! I am heading to my art class later today and am hopeful of seeing a few icicles on the hedges...just like white needled waterfalls!

I hope you get a gentle outing... stay safe though! Thank you xxx

PS

Maybe a photo or two?

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Definitely. I’ve heard reports of black ice on the path I was going to take so it’ll be a different route than planned and all walking in my *new trail shoes*. Hopefully plenty of opportunities for pics of my hands aren’t frozen solid!

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

I made it out-waited until after lunch when the worst of the ice had melted and stuck to some very muddy trails. A great first outing for the new shoes. They took a battering but held up brilliantly. A lot of the standing water in the fields had frozen. I also spotted the first snowdrops of the year!

Frozen water in a deep rut in a field

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to MissUnderstanding]

Oh my goodness!!!! That is a very muddy trail!! Blimey! The shoes had an ordeal by... errr... mud !!Well done you and you saw the first signs of the Spring to come!!! Just wonderful. Well done you!

[Elfe5 60minGraduate]

😂😂😂 I will never listen to ‘A Winter’s Tale’ in the same way again! - Love it!

Go you OF - it’s good to be reminded to do what we can - such a heart lifting positive attitude. 😄

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Elfe5]

It is a real ear worm isn't it? My husband sings the words to it... I used a painting I did of a snail for a Christmas card once.. and used the phrase!

Got to stay positive whatever is thrown at us and as Chinkoflight pointed out... I could get eaten by a thrush! Thanks you x

[McFitty]

I think it quite amazing

(unlike me, who's navel gazing)

You're so disciplined in prepping for your run,

Just keep going slow and steady

You will know when you are ready

And the snail will rise in glory, like the sun⛅

Love to you Floss xxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to McFitty]

McFitty!!!! HOW SUPER... you are here !

Your wood is still there and the rooks are back too!!!

I love the rhyme and am going to make sure I copy and keep that for my first comeback run ! How are you ??? xxxx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to McFitty]

Here....

McFitty's Wood

[McFitty in reply to Oldfloss]

Ah Floss, that's beautiful! One day we will run together! All good with me (just need to shift the Christmas pounds and get back to it) 🙂

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to McFitty]

We should!!! I never run past that without thinking of you! You could send me any spare pounds..I need to build back up xxx

[LiisaM in reply to McFitty]

Another great poet! Wow!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to LiisaM]

You and Mc Fitty would get on famously... she is an incredible lady! This lady started by running C25K around her garden! I think she even moved stuff from behind her garden shed for more distance...is that right, McFitty ? She is awesome !!

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

That's more than ok Floss, keep healing and getting stronger

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

I knew you wouldn't mind... I have taken snowy images for you too ! xx

Early ...

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thank you

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun]

More for you today....

Today... I know you have seen this but I took the photos for you x

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

How beautiful, we have a white frost

[Chinkoflight]

Better to keep your shell down,

and hide under a bush,

Than stick to the frozen ground

or be eaten by a thrush!

Better slow progress than no progress Oldfloss, but be ready to pop those stalks out when there's a #chinkoflight.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Chinkoflight]

Love it!!!! Thanks you xxx

[Agelesslass Graduate10]

love this, really very good idea Floss 👏👍

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Agelesslass]

I get very rambly when confined! x

[Chinkoflight in reply to Oldfloss]

Now that is a very conflicted snail!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Chinkoflight]

Snail therapy.... ?

[Chinkoflight]

I tried rambling an SAndC programme indoors whilst on the move as instructed. It was awful. I just can't imagine slithering inside a shell. 😉😁

[Dendev75 Graduate10]

Love this OF, you are such a talented snail 🐌🥰 x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Dendev75]

Ha ha..with a lot of time on my hands! Thank you x

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

What a fantastic poem from you Oldfloss, I am wondering who the snail is, not you surely 😊or the "instructor" ?? 😀, hopefully the weather will improve shortly and you recover from your recent Covid and you can get outside again to run.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

No ..the instructor is on the programme.. I am the snail.I am getting there Al..just some slow days ...thank you x

[GTFC Graduate10]

Loved it, big smiles 😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to GTFC]

I love making people smile..x

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

I love it! What a smashing poem 😁🤩.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Rambling rhymes are fun! Although I did realise that it had a touch of the rhyme in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilderxx

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

What a great film 🎥

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Frenc]

Well I still love it.. I love The Goonies too

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate in reply to Oldfloss]

The Goonies was on at Christmas - also a great film!

[Roxdog Graduate10]

Haha - that's great. Of course, snails hide in crevices in the winter! No chance of that with you! Hope you are fully recovered very soon. It feels like it's been a hard winter, although some bulbs are rearing their heads on my allotment, so there's hope and the days are getting longer too!

No running for me yet this week, due to a lack of energy and lots of life stuff going on. Oh well, this snail will be put soon. Take care.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Roxdog]

It does feel like it has been a hard winter, you are right! Bulbs up though... oh that is so good to hear! Yes.. little signs of better days to come

Sometimes we just have to go with it.. life gets in the way, and we do know that the runs are there.... just waiting Thanks you x

[LiisaM]

Love it, OF, and you are moving along toward health anew and doing a wonderful job of it! And your poetry brings out smiles—gold!!! I should run this morning but am feeling like sitting instead. I missed yesterday due to forces beyond my control so need to get my get-up-and-go going….

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to LiisaM]

Thankfully yes... your get up and go will get you up and going soon I feel sure. Smiling... well that's always a win.... Stay strong... the Spring will follow x

[LiisaM]

Good run—it helped that Son asked if I was going because this implies he will watch his dad while I am free to run.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to LiisaM]

Brilliant... I knew you would get up and go when the going was good! Well done son and YOU xxx

[Sammyyy]

Excellent! Thankyou x

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate10 in reply to Sammyyy]

All a bit of fun to keep my spirits up and give folk a smile x

[LottieMW Ambassador]

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