Walking Journal and Walking Stories

The Lovely Bride must have been feeling nostalgic as Mother's Day
approached because she said she wanted us to go play miniature golf.
But when the weather for the day promised to be fifties and windy, she
changed her mind. Instead we went candlepin bowling. So, for the first
time in about ten years, I bowled. As soon as my left leg slid forward and
I dropped into position, my knee pinged. Ouch. I altered my stance, but
it kept happening. The next morning, the knee was sore and swollen.

So now I'm walking (instead of jogging) at lunch.

it could be worse, if i have to go somewhere, like shopping, i'll tend to wander around longer than i might, weather is going to cooperate for a few days now

rain has left us here in the north for a few days, (wed, thurs and most of fri should be decent)

Three stupid questions:
1. What the bloody hack is a smoke tree?
2. Is it filtered or not filtered?
3. Menthol or regular?

Still (being philosophical about your situation), the rain is good for your garden, Right?

Oh. Watch that knee, George!

even when i get down, i can always rely on these fungi's to lift my spirits

I hope they're the edible variety!

not gonna find out

Djjd? Is this what you are seeing today after conversing with the magical fungi?:

get out of my head

DJ - are they spherical with no stems?

they're not puffballs, those i know you can eat, they have stems

Ah, you've got mushroom smarts.

some, i wish i knew more, i've been watching a show from the UK called River Cottage (it's actually a bunch of series), the host goes out regularly with a mushroom hunter looking for wild mushrooms, he always asks the hunter, "can i eat these?", to which the hunter often replies, "you can, but i wouldn't"

smoke tree, mine's purple

ha, i was expecting the desert version

yeah the desert smoke tree is pretty common but not what I have.

I didn't know where the smoke monster comes from until now.

Walked from the Northern Boulevard stop of the R train to the UPS warehouse then back to home in order to pickup my new T-Mobile phone. It was far longer then I expected it to be.

Which it turns out to be 4.7 miles according to Google Maps.