🎬 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  

👠 if the shoes fit

  👠 or shoe
well, I decided that today is a write off
went out and inspected the front 40

since last summer, the interlock on the East side of the driveway disappeared. Topsoil was layered in its place.
I spread the seed and grass grew. Overall, its a success over there on the East side

This last bit. The West side of the drive. The neighbour agreed to contract to remove the curb work [ ugly, old and I didn't like its look ].
Well, this work left a narrow strip of [ basically ] nothing.
Thus, neighbour contracted to beautify and remediate the area.
A miracle worker.
The West side looks as though someone cares and thought about what they wanted [ not me, him ]
Pleased. 

Howver, its dull and wet. I have designated this as a write off day.

Bacon and tomato sandwich. Sat and watched Prime Video. Started on my Yeungling lunch early. [ never too early !!!! ]

Tough love, tough luck

follow up or not. The bacon was a marvel. In essence, the Tiger has this brand of bacon. It looks good in the package BUT usually, its a marketing ploy w/ fat layered all over the bacon.
This brand [ Butchers  ..... ] does have fat but you can lop off the white strips.
Today, pan fried the bacon. Turned out a treat.

Yeaungling is the treat of the week

🍱 vol 2, going for lunch

 🍱 much further, this trip.
approx 1 1 / 2 h. and the venue is less welcoming or the nature of the day is less welcoming
We [ a posse of 4 ] are visiting a nursing home to say hello to a former student. Yes, 8 yrs younger than me

needs must, as they say. and you gotta care and you gotta try

the person is stage three cancer nd coping well
unfortunately, at her age there is no appropriate company in the nursing home

however, L .. has very specific interests [ TV is not one them ] and luckily has a lake view [ and balcony ]

thankfully, it wasn't only me going 
spread out the load, so to speak

🍱 going for lunch

 🍱 .... yes. this is ' take a senior to lunch ' day
A .. is a former student, friend
we'll go for lunch and maybe Costco. kinda retail therapy

" you've got your troubles, I've got mine "
naturally, A .. is about 34 yrs younger or approaching 3 cycles of the Asian zodiac

re - watched the ' jingle ' scene from the ' Coca Cola Kid ' circa 1985

credits to Tim Finn

Don't want to go Where there's no Coca-Cola You've got Life by the throat When you're drinking Coke Choke back the tears When there's no Coca-Cola You've got Life by the throat When you're drinking Coke Under the hot sun When the day is done And you're dying of thirst There's only one drink It's universal Don't want to go Where there's no Coca-Cola You've got Life by the throat When you're drinking Coke Choke back the tears When there's no Coca-Cola You've got Life by the throat When you're drinking Coke Life by the throat When you're drinking Coke Life by the throat When you're drinking Coke Keeps you up 'cause There's nothing like Coke

Magic Noodle, magic. Thursday special is ' Magic Beef Noodle ' bowl. the guys all, drain the bowl and I leave the soup part. no way can I hold the lot
still excellent [ if you are a ramen type fan ]
FYI, ' ramen ' the Japanese term for a bowl of noodles, is derived from the Chinese.

Google search yields ....Although ramen takes its name from lāmiàn, it did not originate from the hand-pulled lamian noodles of northern China, since the noodles used in ramen are cut, not pulled.
And at Magic, the noodle Chef whacks the noodle ball and stretches til it makes our noodles - ah, might just be  lamian

🏄 all downhill

 🏄 from here
or so they say
or want you to believe

why is it that the path of least resistance, is so bad for you

falling in love can be good
falling for it .... not so

dreary out there. we stay moist or wet or damp

the sun burst thru. yes, cool ish but bright out there