Walking the dog

I am trying to get fit, again!  This time I am starting out small, making little changes until they become a habit and then moving onto the next small change.

I have started walking each morning, after I have taken my daughter to the bus stop.  For now I am walking about 2km, through the crop. But as my husband is about to harvest that paddock I will have to rethink my route.  When that change occurs I will increase my distance.

This is Skipper (my daughter's dog).  She is my walking buddy and she loves to go on "walkies".  This is her expectant face, "come on Mum, hurry up and get your shoes on".

As we are walking down the track through the crop she often disappears hunting.  When I whistle she comes bounding back, leaping high over the crop so she can see where I am. She always makes me giggle when she does this.

The mornings are a beautiful time to go walking.  It's not too hot, the bird life are out and about and the flies are not out yet.

When do you go walking? Where do you go walking? Do you listen to music or to nature?

My next small goal is to increase my water intake.  I am not drinking my 2lt a day and if I'm not it is very hard to encourage my daughter to drink enough water.

I am me

Ann
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Tic-tac-toe

With my husband away for the day I thought what a good opportunity to raid the scrap heap and utilise my findings in the garden.

Instead of the scrapheap I found myself at the woodheap.  After some searching and a bit of grunting and groaning I manoeuvred a nice flat stump onto the bag trolley and wheeled it into place in the garden.

With some newspaper, masking tape and spray paint I painted a tic-tac-toe board onto the surface of the stump and left it to dry while I searched my daughters fairy garden for coloured rocks.

A few well placed garden benches, which I had recently inherited from my Grandma, and I had created a cosy little nook to sit and play in.

The object of Tic Tac Toe is to get three in a row. You play on a three by three game board. Players alternate placing green and blue stones on the game board until either opponent has three in a row or all nine squares are filled.  

My husband, daughter and I love to come out here and play tic-tac-toe.  The battleground rings with laughter.

Enjoy

Ann
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