Running Schedule: Week 3

Monday: Run 5 minutes / walk 1 minute, 5 times
Tuesday: Walk 30 minutes
Wednesday: Run 5 minutes / walk 1 minute, 5 times
Thursday: Walk 30 minutes
Friday: Run 6 minutes / walk 1 minute, 4 times; run 2 minutes
Saturday: Run 6 minutes / walk 1 minute, 4 times; run 2 minutes

Warm-up and cool-down by walking at least five minutes.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing everyone a very happy Valentine's Day*

Imagination

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40:26

"In every wind that blows, in every night and day of the year, in every sign of the sky, in every blossoming and in every withering of the earth, there is a real coming of God to us if we will simply use our starved imagination to realize it." Oswald Chambers My Utmost for His Highest

Running Schedule: Week 2

Monday: Run 2 minutes / walk 1 minute, 10 times
Tuesday: Walk 30 minutes
Wednesday: Run 3 minutes / walk 1 minute, 7 times; run 2 minutes
Thursday: Walk 30 minutes
Friday: Run 4 minutes / walk 1 minute, 6 times
Saturday: Run 4 minutes / walk 1 minute, 6 times
Sunday: Rest

Warm-up and cool-down by walking at least five minutes.

I did Monday's regimen this morning!

Sand Crane Secrets

I saw an unusual sight on my morning jaunt -- a lone sand crane walking across a yard. Unusual, you see, because sand cranes are rarely seen alone. And I had passed several, heads tucked beneath wings, just a few moments before only a block or two over. Had this one not been invited to the sleepfest? Was she the same one I had watched the day before flying away from the group as a larger, menacing crane chased after her?

The answers are sand crane secrets.

Here's another puzzler. Earlier this week, two sand cranes flew into our backyard. They paced on their long spindly legs from one corner to another, looking for a way to escape. "You flew in," I told them from the safety of the screened porch. "Fly back out." They looked at me, but didn't heed my advice. I went back in the house to tend to morning chores. A few minutes later, I heard the loud raucous honks. Close ones from the cranes in our yard and farther away ones answering. When I looked back outside, the cranes were gone. I imagine the farther away cranes had said the same thing I did. "You flew in. Fly back out."

My mistake was saying the words in English instead of sand crane.

Christmas and Cookout

This photo was taken the first week in January. That's our undecorated Christmas tree and our just-used grill.

One of the blessings of living in the Sunland!