This morning it was rainy and dreary and cold and I could think of nothing more fun to do than cuddling up with my book and blankets. I drifted off to sleep with the blankets wrapped around my head and only a nose hole for air, pretending to be a squirrel in a hollow tree with my fluffy tail wrapped around me.
When I woke up, the weather was glorious! Blue sky, warm air!
Out of bed, into tank top and jeans and onto the porch to help Husband stack firewood.
It's the annual ritual: last weekend the pretty summer furniture and all the plants came off the porch and this weekend the space transforms to woodshed. Last year Husband did the great majority of wood transfer all by himself and this year I'm getting in on the chore. It goes much faster and, after all, it's exercise. I feel so good, being able to help him without my back seizing up on me! A benefit of moving, walking, breathing hard on a regular basis!
Nice.
Nice.
PS: The photo is from January 2011, I think. We do not have snow yet.
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17 comments:
Yay! Nothing like exercise to feel better.
Two for the price of one ! All that exertion made you glow today ... and later in the winter , by the fire , you'll be glowing again .
That's a lot of firewood. I guess it's a bit colder where you are than here. Glad your exercise is paying off. Have you hit the endorphin, serotonin blah blah high yet? Wonderful.
GLP, oh yes. I depend on that I'mSoHealthyI'mHigh feeling!
Right on! The extra energy even comes through in your writing. It must be great to have fires in the winter.
What a glorious weekend we've had. Maybe not the last hurrah of summer.
We've got the same weather. This afternoon I started cleaning out the flower beds and picked the last of the strawberries...a final taste of summer.
Right you are
Have a lovely week-
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Your wood pile looks just like mine!
The art of wood-splitting must be the same the world over!
June I'm impressed you've hit the high.
I haven't, I just slog on ;)
You'll have a cozy winter. That nap sounds inviting too.
Thats great you feel that way June! What a lovely way to work together too, many hands and all that, I am looking forward to getting back to mundane jobs and tinkering if I feel like it.
I am addicted to exercise and am so glad whenever I hear of a fellow blogger who is the same! And to have a real wood fire in the winter, that sounds incredible. I've never had a fireplace so I don't miss it. :-)
I echo Rubye Jack. This post was filled with energy. I am out for a long walk today in response.
Good for you, June! Isn't it amazing how good exercise makes you feel? And how great to be stronger now than you were last year!
Just read your post as I was leaving for Yoga class. Yes! Exercise does improve life and does wonder for aches and pains... not to mention the psychological benefits.
Not many things are better than a good wood stove.
I think I just figured out why my blogging energy has waned. I have neglected my routine of taking a daily walk! Darn that was a very bad idea on my part! Today I shall get back to it!!!!
You are my inspiration and reminder of what I neglected.
Wish we still had a wood burning fireplace. Fall just doesn't fee the same without that glow from those logs.
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