Doing some walking

I'm getting better it isn't even a week since I last posted. We did see the cardiologist last week. He says we are both fine. In fact he says Bill's heart is getting stronger. Though both of us had slightly elevated blood pressure. I said it was probably the drive over. Traffic was horrid and we were almost late. He did put Bill on a blood pressure pill. Then he said see you next year. So that turned out good. 

Went out back one morning and caught this flock of birds going somewhere. I don't think they were geese as they were going north and I didn't hear any honking. 

They are still working on laying the new miles long - right through the Wetlands - sewer pipe. This poor guy is out there every day in the heat with his SLOW/STOP sign. They have been starting work earlier lately. 

It finally got cool enough to walk early in the morning. We walked on Sunday morning as we missed Saturday because my friend had an early appointment. Left home about 7 a.m. and got home 8:45 - did 2.5 miles.  I was tired when I got home but we needed to go to market. Before I went to bed that evening my watch went off - I'd done 10,000 steps that day. My friend is 15 years younger than me and is a fast walker. She had to wait for me a couple of times. Hope I get used to it the next few weeks. We started out on a concrete walkway we've taken many times. Whoops! it came to an abrupt end. A wide dirt roadway cut it off - the sewer pipe was laying on the edges and I presume that all the big equipment uses this as their right of way right through the park. There was orange plastic fence up across the trail. Hum. We noticed that it looked like a lot of people had come that way and just walked over the fencing. Okay. We didn't want to go back to find another way so we stepped over the fencing and slowly, for me anyway, carefully walked down a little incline to the smooth dirt. That was okay. But then we had to climb over the pipe and the fence and go up a !mile high incline! to get back on the trail. My friend went first. Did I mention she is YOUNGER than me. Between the incline, the rocks, the pipe and the roll of stuff and over the fence...she pulled me the last few feet. I feel that a few years ago I wouldn't have even slowed down. Funny how your body and mind says...mmmmm??!!  We made it and off we went. 

Got to the first pond. Lots of turtles swimming around. They came right over to the overlook when they heard/saw us. I guess someone is probably feeding them. Only saw one big catfish swimming around. No water fowl. Two or three different kinds of turtles in the pond. 

Continued on up the trail to the area that was burned in the first fire. That one big tree in the middle won't be coming back, it seems complete dead. The black one in the left front is sprouting from its roots. So in a month or so the burnt part won't be visible. We sure hope the little ash trees that were planted after the fire live. Most of them don't look very good. It felt so good to be outside walking. 

Didn't take a picture, but should have. We came home a different area. Again the orange fence, but not trampled down. Again we didn't want to back track so we ended up lifting the fence away and crawling under it. That would have made a funny video. I wonder what the construction company will do about the big dirt path they've made. If they'll replace the dirt and reseed it?

I have finished my fourth small quilt. So here they all are, just waiting to be boxed up and sent. Hate to think what that is going to cost. All are different patterns, materials and sizes. I kind of like the bear paws, but will never make another one of that pattern. Too much work. The middle one has a lot of butterfly material in it. The bottom one I made a year or so ago. It was  fun to make. The one on the left I saw the pattern on line and copied it. 

I also made those little basket/bowls I was making a while ago to match each quilt. Finished them this morning. Put a note in each one saying to use the quilts, don't just put it away somewhere. Hope they do use them.

This one is different. 

Last week we had a four-sided house inspection. Management walks all around the house then sends you letter telling you what you need to fix, paint, prune or get rid of. So waiting for that letter. They always seem to find something. One time years ago when we still had the big pine trees, they said there were too many pine cones and needles on the yard. Glad the trees are gone.

Also we have the RV out front. They are repaving the RV lots so everyone had to move their RVs out on the the streets. Waiting for them to call and say we need to put it back. They say they are making the spaces wider, that would be good. Can barely open the door when someone is parked in next space. And that is it for now.