May 2011
9 posts
Yesterday, I visited an amazing exhibit at Invalides, where they gathered suits of armours belonging to the Princes of Europe in the XVIth century.
Incredible pieces of art and workmanship.
I was given this lovely Lily of the Valley, following the French tradition.
Lily of the Valley is said to bring luck and happiness when offered on May 1st
April 2011
3 posts
March 2011
7 posts
When Lynn, who has been faithful to the end asked where we all were, I should have replied sooner, but I was busy with my darn knee.
What happened on this blog is that slowly but surely, everyone lost interest. I for one, found another place, which had more resources than we had here, thanks to Sara, who introduced me to it.
I started on SparkPeople in June, and for a while, kept reporting about...
Hi all. I’m starting to feel like the lone voice in the wilderness. I hope everyone is OK and that the blog absence is due to general busyness and not ill health.
We’re seeing signs of spring here in Massachusetts. I’ve been walking more as well as doing my yoga/stretching/strengthening exercises at least 2x a week. I need to lose some winter weight.
It would be good to know whether or not we’re...
At long last, a sign of spring. It was a beautiful day when I took this photo. Now of course, we’re back to rain and more rain, but at least we had a sunny week
We waited for the train for a long time, and there was this family who had come for the weekend and were returning home, who let me take photos of them.
I had this lady’s permission although she felt too shy to look at the camera. I like her pensive face.
September 2010
11 posts
Dimanche dernier, je suis allée pour la première fois de la saison au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées écouter le concert du dimanche matin, entièrement consacré ce jour-là à des œuvres de Jean-Sébastien Bach.
Autrefois, j’écoutais beaucoup de Bach, mais je ne sais pas pourquoi, depuis quelque temps, je n’en écoute plus.
C’était Evguéni Koroliov que je n’avais jamais entendu, qui jouait.
Le dernier...
Last week was a crazy one, but I survived though without anything to be pleased about exercise-wise. Still, the fund raising event on Sunday that I was organising went well. So, hopefully, my schedule will remain on keel for the next few weeks.
Monday: 15 min. walking
Tuesday: 30 min. walking
Wednesday: 1 hr walking, 40 min. bicycle, 1 hr 30 min. yoga
Thursday: 20 min. walking
Friday: 15 min....
Like Lynn, I’m going to a Physical Therapist, and doing the exercises he recommends. My knee still hurts enough to stop me from going on the elliptical, but much less than it used to and I can take walks, even if I’m not even trying to walk fast.
Monday: 15mn flexibility, lying single leg raises: 4 sets, 15 reps, Thighmaster: 4 sets, 15 reps, sitting up legs extended, feet flex: 2x10mn,...
This dummy and her mates really caught my attention yesterday. She wears pretty expensive sportswear and has a pierced nose and tongue, not to mention her rather agressive look
I wonder how the posh customers in the area like it? Another photograph I took was blurred and I’ll have to go back
If you’ve seen the wonderful BBC series Pride and Prejudice, you’ll recognize Mr Darcy’s castle, Pemberley, in real life, Lyme Park.
We visited on a rainy day, but it was still a beautiful place
While I’ve been missing from the group for the last 4+ weeks I have been exercising. Not as much as I would like but at least the new semester did not derail me completely.
Because Sam has decided to work from home two days a week I am walking from campus to home rather than asking Sam to come pick me up. It is a 2.5 mile walk through a quiet residential area followed by a bike/walking path...
Hello everybody, I am a week late. Delinquent! Work schedule has definitely gotten busier. I’m beginning 3 choirs this week, another one next week, and have a big presentation to give (my LIFE in music and faith!!! ACK!) on Sept. 26th. Not freaking out yet, but close…
And as you will see, my weight has been up and down. And my cardio activity has varied as well. The first week, I really overate...
Well, as Lia noted in her comment to my last entry, it’s 2 steps forward and 1 step back. I am getting back to exercise but oh, so slowly. I have to keep reminding myself that I was VERY sedentary for almost 6 weeks and it will take a while to get my conditioning back–and I still need to treat my knee tenderly (really, both knees need TLC).
I’ve been doing my full PT routine every other day and...
I am not going to make excuses, but last week was hard because of bad weather and having my husband home sick. The week before was tops.
Sunday: ended up not relaxing but helping my friend clean her old apartment four hours!
Monday: 20 minutes of walking
Tuesday: 40minutes of walking
Wednesday: 1 hourr and 15 minutes of walking
Thursday: 20 minutes of walking
Friday: didn’t do much beyond...
And back to ElderExercise with weekly regularity.
And we are all invited to weekly regularity, right?
With a prize to Lynn who has been wonderfully regular, in spite of her bad knee and has been showing us the way.
Am I trying to imitate her with a hurting and swollen knee? Not of my own free will. But I must say that the summer has been… a pain.
Starting with bladder infection, followed by...
Last Saturday, I went for the first time in my life to one of Château de Versailles sound and light shows. Fireworks throughout
Some of the stuff was quite amazing.
June 2010
5 posts
I have figured out how to keep my record – I have a Word document on my desktop so I don’t have to OPEN anything to make entries! Hee hee, easiest yet!
Construction here has added stress, especially with my rather goofy neighbor. Here is the wall they took down between my yard and hers.
Demolition begins…
Halfway through the demolition, she decided she would like them to leave part of...
Pain in my feet has moved from my toes to my ankles or rather my tendons… I guess it comes from changing position when walking. So no jogging this week. I did enjoy the swimming better than last week as they had opened the swimming-pool and I swam looking up at the sky, and at the skyscrapers in the neighbourhood.
A lot of Leslie Sansone this week, as I can do that with two fans going full blast...
This has been an anxious and difficult week. My brother-in-law died last Thursday after suffering a stroke on Monday while working in Jakarta. My sister flew to Jakarta on Tuesday. So, not only have I been feeling sad about his death but I’ve been concerned about my sister with such a long trip and difficult news that greeted her.
Exercise does help with anxiety but it’s also easy to get caught...
I took such an amount of photos in India that I think I’ll never be able to sort them out.
I am slowly reposting in 23, my new photo site the ones that I posted in flickr earlier. But it’s a task that takes forever!
At the beginning of the trip, I was still shy about asking people if I could take a photo of them. This lady was actually posing for someone else and I found her...
Surprises, surprises – I woke up today to hear trucks & jackhammers – the guys were here to demolish our sidewalk, substructure & walls. Didn’t know it was starting today! Also had a pile of work to do by 10 AM. Neighbors to notify of work starting, need to park cars elsewhere, etc. etc. PLUS I misplaced my pedometer! Noticed this at noon when I got back from doing errands – not in my...
May 2010
4 posts
This was really a good week especially walking and cardio exercise. I just bought myself two 1kg weights to replace the half kg weights for my arms reinforcement as trying to deal with one-litre bottles was just sort of difficult. For some reason, I really walked quite a lot this week with two days exceeding 18,000 steps.
My feet are still somewhat hurting, but either I am getting used to it or...
Extremes of weather and busy, busy.
Lia asked for garden pictures. Here is a picture of the cutting garden I just planted–doesn’t look like much now but will hopefully be a burst of color in a few weeks.
And here’s my ancient cat lounging near the rhododendrons, which are in beautiful bloom right now:
The community chorus I sing with gave a concert last night. To add to the challenge we had...
It seems that today, there’s an “important” rugby match in Paris, the final of some rugby competition I don’t even know the name of.
I am not a rugby fan at all. I must admit that sports bore me beyond expression, but as I was walking up Champs-Elysées this afternoon, thinking I would get myself some Nespresso capsules -little did I expect the long lines at the...
I went to Jardins Albert Kahn at Boulogne-Billancourt yesterday with my friend Barbara, and we enjoyed the variety of the landscaping and of the flowers species. I always like reflections and liked the ripples in this view
March 2010
23 posts
But not such a bad week on the whole. I only got my new insoles on Thursday and the guy who made them said I should get used to them slowly (one hour the first day, two the second and so on)
They are quite different from all the insoles I’ve had up to now and he said they were supposed to slowly correct my feet till the moment when I wouldn’t need them any longer. I’m not holding my breath as I...
This will be a short post–last week was so busy that exercise got pushed aside most days.
Saturday, 3/20–Spent day shopping, etc., w/ a friend–probably walked about 1 to 1 1/2 miles at moderate pace, then home to do some yard work and a short walk. Didn’t time anything.
Sunday 3/21–20 min yard work and 40 min walk
Monday – Friday–Zip (except for occasional short, around the block,...
Chetham Library is the oldest free public reference library in the UK and is just a gem. It’s really a worthwhile and moving visit.
more photos from claudecf
I am in the process of rediscovering photos that I took in the summer of 2007 and never found time to upload. Here’s a busy bee. I took this photo while visiting Quarry Bank Mill, near Manchester. Going there was quite a venture in itself as I had to take a bus to the airport first and then take another bus to go to the Mill. The visit was well worth it and reminded me of the wonderful...
Il y a bien longtemps que je n’ai pas écrit dans ce blog, et même ce billet, j’ai mis du temps à le mettre ici. C’est que, voyez-vous, la vie passe et passe vite.
Il y a déjà un bon moment, à la suite d’un court billet sur les Musigrains, qui ont enchanté mon enfance et m’ont donné ce que j’ai de culture musicale, j’ai reçu le commentaire qui suit. Il m’a tellement émue que j’ai contacté Manuel...
Didn’t have to squat to take this photo…but I will need to squat if I plant some bulbs in my front yard, which I am quite tempted to do…
these are so lush I suspect they were bought this spring & planted…
Like Lia, I’ve hit my stride this week! Very happy with my exercise…
March 15-21
Mon. 9350 (3913 aerobic)
Tues. 7144 (2727 aerobic)
Wed. 10555 (5824 aerobic)
Thurs. 10815 (7281...
I photographed this shopwindow full of handless watches and alarm-clocks in Bikaner and really wondered at the time if they actually managed to sell anything!
Don’t know how I could have possibly forgotten to post last week. Guess it was because I was out walking and taking photos. I decided to by myself a small camera, so that I can take it along with me on my early morning walk.
This photo was taken today, just as I was rounding a corner on the canal pathway. Luebeck is an island and there are quite a few different canals and rivers that meet here....
By next Thursday, I hope I’ll have new insoles and will be able to walk painlessly.
Week from March 15 to March 21
Monday: 10mn stretching, 15mn arms reinforcement, 32mn stepper, 27mn aerobic, 11,435 steps
Tuesday: 10 squats, one-hour stretching class, 4,830 steps
Wednesday: 10mn stretching, 15mn arms reinforcement, 27mn aerobic walking (3LS miles), 13,000 steps
Thursday: 10 mn stretching,...
Didn’t get as much exercise as I’d hoped–just too much going on. All fun stuff but the days get fairly crowded.
Last weekend, which was rainy and cool, housework ruled. I was deep into paper sorting, with a goal of getting my home office into usable shape, which I achieved, but that required long hours sitting next to the recycling basket and the paper shredder after sorting through piles of paid...
I liked this old-fashioned dummy and the way they revamped and modernized “her”
It was in a shop-window rue du Bac