crape myrtle

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doeskin, ix-iii-xii

Seems like something miraculous happens every time we go to the preserve. Today we got Mike's farewell message just as we were leaving.

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new vehicle!

We traded in the Mazda for a Jeep Patriot. We needed more room for the dogs. The color was a little off-putting when we first saw it at the dealership, but I came around when I realized that it's a really organic color, and we're just not used to seeing such colors on man-made objects. (Jeep calls it "rescue green." I call it "algae.") We'll have no problem finding it in parking lots, but we might lose it if we park it in the woods.

tanner in the basket

august 2012 stats

Month 2012-08
Activity Walk
Count 51
Total Distance 101.19 miles
Total Walk Time 30:27:15
Total Calories 11045
Average Distance 1.98 miles
Average Walk Time 35:50
Average Calories 217
Average Pace 18:03 per mile

Total miles per dog: Ondine - 77.39; Pan - 8.01; Fergus - 12.97; Alone - 3.85.

I've been doing most of my walking in my boots, but I'm afraid I'm wearing them down too quickly on our suburban streets and sidewalks. I'd rather keep them for travel and rougher stuff. So today I used a gift card and some birthday money to try something a little different:

They seem a little tight to me but Bren and the shoe dude said that's OK. We'll see. Hoping they'll help my knees.

dove

you tell him

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49!

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and sugar comes from stars

august 2012

lol back in our day the phone was stuck to the wall and we wrote on paper with pens and pencils