MARCYINCNY1's CalorieKing Blog
All or Nothin'
Friday, December 14th 2007
After four days of low energy I felt practically manic yesterday. It started to snow just as I headed to the park and several inches fell while I was there. I took the camera and this doe was very patient while I took some pictures:
(control/click 'view image' for full width and to see her yearling)
The hike was lovely but more of a workout than usual because the trial was icy especially where melted snow had collected in low spots before freezing solid. I'm lucky I didn't fall....
Big Easy Gumbo
Thursday, December 13th 2007
My lips feel like two sausages and my eyes look like two water blisters. My feet and my hands are swollen but it's all worth it. We finally made up the postponed holiday get-together last night at the Empire Brewing Co. and I ate almost an entire bowl of their wonderful Big Easy Gumbo.
http://blog.syracuse.com/weekend/2007/10/
dining_out_empire_brewing_co.html
I know I don't tolerate the salt very well but I'm surprised how little appetite I have this morning. I think I'll sti...
The Ice Storms
Wednesday, December 12th 2007
One of the sounds I dread most is that of tree limbs cracking under the weight of ice or heavy, wet snow. My heart goes out to the people in the central states who have been hearing that sound the past few days.A lot of the snow has melted here and the footing was much better than I'd expected yesterday. As I got to the upper campground I heard what sounded like crows mobbing some raptor and sure enough, there was a beautiful barred owl in the pines.
(An old photo taken by Genie...
Where Was I?
Tuesday, December 11th 2007
It's frightening how little it takes these days to throw me off track. Four days without a trip to the park and seems like a month.
Down the road a bit from my purveyor of pasture raised meats, Wendy at Sweet Grass Farm.
I've just felt the need to concentrate instead on reestablishing some kind of order around the house after putting things on hold in part because of the two weeks of uncertainty about the refrigerator. After the repairman came out for a third time on Friday and f...
The Week After
Monday, December 10th 2007
This is one of those times when I get in trouble, a week following one of disrupted routines and sleep patterns, unusual sources of stress and unexpected houseguests. All my instincts are to slow down, close in and ruminate.
For me times of 'letdown', usually accompanied by fatigue, throw my diet off. I'm surprised I don't see more information about the relationship between fatigue and poor diet because it seems so obvious to me that on some physical level I'm trying to get an ener...