12 Oakdale

I was thrilled when a female yellow rumped warbler took a bath in our birdbath. She was light enough to be able to stand on the floating solar fountain, occasionally having a bidet experience when she turned her back on the spouting water. Two days before, a grackle had taken a drink of water from it. The next day a blue jay did too, then a dove landed on the edge, although that was just a stopping place until it went to the ground to search for seeds under the bird feeder. We’ve had that dang birdbath since friends gave it to us when they retired to Hawaii. In Fort Lauderdale and here, I’ve kept it filled and clean, just to be completely ignored. Finally it might be loved.  The house finches are eating the seeds off the tropical sage, grackles and red-winged blackbirds are at the feeder, with occasional red bellied woodpeckers.  My Haikubox is hearing ruby crowned kinglets, one of which I saw when I lured it in by playing its call. Yes, I feel guilty. I finally saw the great ...

 Not that I want to run a 10K, but I would like to be able to jog a whole 5K. Still using the Zen Lab app which moves from C25K to 10K which first 8 weeks are the same. Every run starts and ends with a 5 minute warm up/cool down. Pace includes those 10 minutes. Wk      Date     Mileage            Run/Jog                                  Pace          Place 7       02/20      2.31               25 min jog                             15:39         Home             1       03/05     1.74               8x ( 60 sec jog/ 90 sec  wa...

Pride does indeed goeth before a fall. I was very proud that I’d gotten all of our tax information together to send to our preparer Dennis. After mailing it at the Gotha post office, and cleverly buying both regular and international stamps so I’ll have them when needed, I somehow stepped wrong as I was leaving and managed, somewhat gracefully, to end up sitting on the ground, right next to the curb. I must have folded my right foot under me because the top of my foot and end of my pinkie toe were scraped. I hoisted myself up to sit on the curb, retrieved my purse, and assessed my condition. Nothing seemed hurt other than my pride. I said as much to the kind man who yelled over from the mailbox to ask if I were okay. Second tumble because I wasn’t paying attention.  Last Saturday was the Art Room’s Adult Student Show, in which I showed two pieces, the holly leaves and the little boy’s bust. I’d had Denise at Windermere Art and Framing mat and mount them in frames I’d bought at a ne...

I am absolutely thrilled. My latest Dexa bone density scan shows improvement in both of my hips and my femurs. February 27, 2023: Spine: Total BMD of the spine L1-4 is 0.774 g/cm2, with a T-score of -2.5 and a Z-score of -0.2.  Left Femoral Neck: BMD is 0.557 g/cm2, with a T-score of -2.6 and a Z-score of -0.7.  Left Total Hip: BMD is 0.768 g/cm2, with a T-score of -1.4 and a Z-score of 0.3.  Right Femoral Neck: BMD is 0.520 g/cm2, with a T-score of -3.0 and a Z-score of -1.0.  Right Total Hip: BMD is 0.689 g/cm2, with a T-score of -2.1 and a Z-score of -0.4.  FRAX evaluation calculates 10-year probability of fracture: Major Osteoporotic: 19% % Hip: 6.4%% March 1, 2024: Spine: Total BMD of the spine L1-4 is 0.780 g/cm2, with a T-score of -2.4 and a Z-score of -0.1.  Left Femoral Neck: BMD is 0.584 g/cm2, with a T-score of -2.4 and a Z-score of -0.3.  Left Total Hip: BMD is 0.779 g/cm2, with a T-score of -1.3 and a Z-score of 0.4.  Right Femoral Ne...