The blahs have been making way too frequent appearances in my life lately - but this past weekend did a find job of vanquishing them. The excitement started Friday at 6 a.m. when running buddy, Connie, and I - and Kendall and Taz - rendezvoused at Davidson Mesa for one trip around to complete the Buffs4Life Virtual 5k. Connie and I were to run it and Taz and Kendall would walk it. After the 5k run, Connie and I would reverse course, find Kendall, get Taz, and cool down a bit more. The plan worked beautifully - with just a bit of excitement after the Taz hand-off.
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| The venue for our 5k - Davidson Mesa |
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| Connie - ready to run |
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| Run done! (Me & Connie are the masked runners - Taz is standing guard) |
The slithering excitement just after we got Taz from Kendall - slowing down Kendall's 5k walk considerably!
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| Me turning back around to get a photo of K and The Snake! |
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| K reaching into his pocket to get his own photo of The Snake! |
Saturday and the Fourth of July. For years and years our tradition has been to bake a cherry pie for the Fourth of July (if you say it right, it's a delightful little rhyme!). Usually the cherries are from our tree.
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| 1990 cherry picking extravaganza |
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This year, Paul's tree provided the bounty and, once again, our Fourth of July back porch feast culminated with a hot-out-of-the-oven cherry pie! The progression in photos:
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| Freshly picked & ready for pie cherries |
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| Paul's loaded cherry tree |
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| Pretty darned pleased we're going to have pie! |
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| Happy Fourth! |
Sunday evening of the Fourth of July weekend, Kendall and I watched Hamilton - now being broadcast on the Disney channel. Wow. ...still running it through my brain... Yes. Wow.
So, yes, it is possible to vanquish the blahs. And to have the kind of day / weekend / pick-your-time when it's perfect for bringing out the t-shirt Kendall gave me when I crossed the finish line of my run from Boulder to Petoskey.
Words to live by!
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