Training Log Archive: barb

To Middlesex Fells.
Past the pigeon house, where the pigeons hang out in droves on a fine day. On a rainy day they stay under the 28 overpass, on the beams.
The Fells seemed gloomy. Still, oppressive, dark. I could hear the airplanes taking off 7 miles to the east.
On the way back I approached a red light at an intersection with three lanes. The SUV in the right lane did not have a blinker on, but I thought it might be turning right. If it had been signaling a right turn I'd have pulled up to its left. But instead I pulled up on the right. I thought for a while about people I know (like John) who don't use their turn signals as much as I would. I figure you never know when someone you don't see could benefit from knowing your intentions. What are these non-signalers thinking? That they don't want to give away what they're going to do? They think they'll look like goody goodies by signaling?

C • blinkers 7

In the Fells.

Went to the Black Yoga studio. The instructor looked like Eric Bone. Afterwards, I realized Bodo was there; he came up and reminded me who he was. We talked for a little afterward about things. He's now Director at Harvard's Center for Systems Biology. He likes mentoring students, post docs and fellows.

This container is spooky. Twice I planted chive seedlings in it, and both times they were gone in a day or two. Each plant was just sliced right off near the ground. There are a bunch of small black ants in the container; could they have done it? Dave recently planted some basil in the container; we'll see how that goes.



Cabbage behind; eggplant in front:



On the right is the new raised bed for growing things that will tolerate shade, watered by Giovanni's automatic watering system. The grass lawn is looking fine, thanks to Giovanni having dug it all up and buried long pvc pipe reservoirs that hold rainwater from the roof and gradually release it through holes. Then he groomed the dirt and planted shade-loving grass. We recently added some clover seed. We miss Katia and Giovanni! And not just for the manual labor!

C • Container gardening 3

More garden photos.

We're growing several kinds of potatoes; some are shown here in the white containers. We started by planting the potatoes in a little dirt at the bottom of the containers. As the leaves emerged, we added more dirt until the dirt was nearly up to the top of the container. Makes more room for the potatoes, I guess.



A couple potatoes were planted in a really big garbage can:

8/17 by the skin of my teeth. Skipped the fireworks to get to bed by 10. Maybe I'll write 8/8/17 from now on, indicating that I got 8 items out of the 8 I'm supposed to, out of the 17 to choose from.
The weight is down a pound, which I attribute to the orienteering and hiking in Alberta, along with not drinking beer and feasting every night, just some nights.

Home from the airport with heavy baggage. Thursday 5 pm, truck route. Past the airport car rental places. Through a passage cars can't get through. Into Chelsea. One-way streets around the tunnel entrance/exit. Across a metal-grate liftable bridge. Under the Tobin Bridge far above. Past the Chelsea City Court. Then vegetable wholesalers and energy processing plants, across another grated drawbridge, under Route 93, past the personally infamous Holiday Inn, under 28, through Somerville's square (what's it called, where I lived with Mike and Cindy and Mike - Union), hot out but a stiff breeze and really dark clouds to the west. Merge into the left of 2 lanes, then into the left turn lane toward Central Square in Cambridge. Head off on Columbia, past a heavily attended basketball game (last time: rocking swaying gospel church service), past Toscanini's and the Asgaard and work and into Cambridgeport and home just before the storm hit.

C • infamous 1

Up to a lake and back. No bears, cougars, wolves, badgers or foxes.

Really really nice route in Peter Loughsheed (sp?) area south of Banff. Julie from Seattle at the O meet told us about the general area and let us use their maps to plan the hike. Didn't see any grizzlies so I didn't get to use my new bear spray. Maybe I can use it on the truck route to the airport sometime.

The smells were divine. Christmas spruce. Snowmelt spring fever.

C • Lougheed 2

My editorial published!

C • Editorial 4

in banff.
meat. caff. 2 hrs. alc. fl. peop.

tough. geat map. hot. sorta thick. lots of bugs but they didn't bite much. technical. really nice course. a bit heat strokey after. i beat both john and dave today! long courses give me an advantage - just wait for them to get tired and err.

10/17.
Counting going up the steep hills as strength training...