Monday, May 21, 2007

How time does fly or having fun on the run

It is hard to believe that my last post was April 4 and today is the 21st. I have been digging holes in my back garden since early this morning. I am planting flowering bushes that will bloom at different times throughout the summer. So far I planted a flowering Almond, variegated leaf Hydrangea,variegated leaf French Lilac and Black Knight Buddelia. I have another I haven't planted yet and I forget its name. I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton a couple of weeks ago for their Tulip fest and the Flowering Almond Bushes/trees were in bloom and they were magnificent so I had to find out what they were and then I went looking for a nursery that had some.
It is about 4pm and the sun was cooking me so I decided to take a break and work in the cool office on the Newsletter that I am trying to get out this week. Something reminded me that I hadn't checked my blog recently and I found that Deb had memed me, which I will get to very soon even if I am late doing it and that it had been a long time since I had written anything. Since the first of April I have done two shows and the work before and after a show is totally time consuming and if physically draining. It leaves me aware that I am not a spring chicken and that it take me longer to recover from all the physical work.
I am back working on the Beach cardigan and just have the bands and 1 cuff left to do. whoppee, I may get to wear it this Spring. I have a number of things knit and ready for the Fall Show which is the next big hurdle.
In the meantime I try to spend at least a small part of every day in the garden. After the last show I realized that my strength was not there; in terms of lugging stuff for the shows. So I went off and joined a fitness club (first time in my life)that is just two blocks away from my house (no excuse about it being to far). It has Yoga, Aguafit, and a full range of exercise programs and machines and stuff plus a personal trainer to get you started. I started slow with Yoga. I haven't done Yoga in about 3 years and it is hard to believe how stiff and un-plyable my body has become in those three years. Oh well I guess I just need to keep at it until I manage to stretch things a bit more. I really can't do anything the rest of the class are doing, this is definitely not a beginner class. I won't be posting any picture of me working out but I might post some pictures of the yard from time to time. I have a wonderful shot of my neighbour's flowering tree across the street that I would like to share if I can figure out how to save pictures to add to the blog. The Iris' are ready to open and the Peonies are getting bigger and bigger buds. I think I like gardening and growing things as much as I like knitting.
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