Cinco de mayo [ day of the dead ]

 

let s cheer anyway

dreary in the  ' boro. but this is spring in the Great [ almost ] White North

0504

  May the 

th be with you

a sunny day in the  'boro and the dandies are proving why, all that I dig is futile

🎪 the 3 rd of May

 🎪 the marching of the time

today, tarted fine and devolved to rain and grimness

grimness. yes, its pulling dandelions .... I dug out a bucket and said ' quits' 

went for pizza and relaxed
the dandies will be there tomorrow, the dandelions will be there many tomorrows to come

🎒 the symbol of ' on the road again '

🎒  bringing you the month of May   ... and  'guess who'll cry come first of May ' Jose Feliciano

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no deer today. foggy as yesterday but warmer

a threat of rain but its skimpy

the plan for the day was to address the heating coils in the eavestrough s. The ice prevention scheme worked a charm.
BUT now that's its warmer - time for the coils to be removed.
I did the back, just a short run of cable. Cleaned the guck out

Went to start the front and a neighbour waved. I went over - chit chat. Then I said ' better get back to getting heating coils out of the eavestrough '
neighbour goes ' why / '
just leave them in

So I did.

And big sun came thru'. Brilliant day

later. I attempted to fix the edges of the landscaping fabric that is topping my stone ring for the backyard trees.
As usual.
cart before the horse
 I laid the paving stones as a border for the tree grove. There was landscape fabric from previous attempt to block weeds. 
Then while talking to a neighbour who had an artificial lawn, she mentioned almost weed proof fabric [ more expensive but ... ]. 
I put down Fabric2 over the old fabric1. However, the edges overlapped the stones. I tired to tuck the fabric in [ crap ] and then layered limestone screenings to hold down the edges [ crap ]

Today. I lifted the pavers and pulled the fabric2 under the stones. 
OF COURSE ! I should have done this years ago

The appearance has improved several fold

🎬 its a wrap, as at today

 🎬   April, come she may ..... [Simon & Garfundkel ]

we had three deer appear in the yard, browsing on buds and wary of dogs in the ravine

neat.

misty as evidenced by the photos. threatening rain.

And Kapow ! full sun and clear but no deer

🚜 closing out the ....

 🚜 .... the fourth month. and its been eventful
overview. the driveway [ front aspect of the house ] has improved by a quantum factor

aha ! its called curb appeal

so, for us, driving up is a pleasant view

🤯 mind over .......

 🤯 .... water  or ...... everything ....... or matter

Thus. for two exercise days, I started early, like in 8 or 8: 30 AM
Friday, I was going out for the day, just thought ' get it over ' then not worry about could I squeeze the exercise in.

today. why not. Usually, its 11 AM or such when I start
BUT more importantly, its mindset.
People go for daily walks. Walk the dog.
Me ! its
rowing machine plus elliptical and free weights and callisthenics

I track my workouts for  Av BPM and Max BPM and elapsed time and Calories
as in : 113 / 128 BPM, 44:50 min and 503 Cal
I'm thinking [ always dangerous, that ] this is my walk. Way more vigorous and varied and a sweat maker to boot

So, done. And maybe, this early bit takes the whole exercise thingy down a notch.
I have been trying to re - jig my thought process re : my exercise
This re - think is formatted by several items :
I'm older. And I've been relentless and thorough in pursuing a fitness regimen
Next. I am not getting stronger or faster or anything more than I can be
So, I'm making my workout akin to a walk or 5 000 steps

And you are thinking, of course, but it's taken me about three years to re - jig. It is hard to come down from that ' go - go ' manner of exercising.
sort of stronger, better, faster