Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group

@ess77, Yes, Elizabeth, I'm another of those also on the mentors' High Watch List! vbg Thanks, Elizabeth, for being our "Supreme Defender of the Off Topics Ramblers"!! Surely your post will guarantee or at least strengthen a reprieve from our most esteemed Amanda, @amandajro? But now we may be in trouble with another favorite, Becky, @becsbuddy for making our walks such a tempting opportunity to branch off on other topics??? Hope sunshine touches all today.

Oops, @imallears, @ lioness, Just reread the earlier post about bone/blood meal and meant to say that squirrels cause most damage to tulips bulbs. They leave the others intact. Scattered puts it mildly for my early morning posts!

@imallears, @ess77, Well, drat it all, I managed to erase an earlier reply. When going through some rough times, I used to go to dept stores to try on all the hats and then pop over to a card shop to read the humorous cards. Both always brought some smiles and lifted my spirits!

A big fan of hats for all seasons and reasons. my closet door rack sports a large variety. Not only are they great for sun protection but also camouflage for those bad hair days and just whenever one feels the need for an added bit of sass, right?

Another sunshine girl, I am thankful that dark/drear days here are usually of short duration and far between. Additional Vit. D3 is necessary too for my osteoporosis.

When a shrub trimmer rang the doorbell to tell me he'd finished and gave me the job cost, tears started pouring down my cheeks. Alarmed the fella said: "Oh, maam, I can reduce the price if that would help." I quickly assured him that I 'd just forgotten my sunglasses and my eyes were extremely sensitive to sunlight and bright lights. Never forgot his kindness but it was also funny. Sunglasses are a top priority for me, too. I have several pairs stashed near doors and in the car. Hoping for a bit of sun for all today.

@imallears, Yup! Elizabeth, @ess77, caught me green with envy at your 5 min. walk to water! With the exception of 2 yrs in Duluth and discovering the joys of being near Lake Superior, I love trips that include being near large bodies of the life giving stuff. Otherwise,sigh, whine, I just have to "make do" with tiny playa and man made lakes. So Mary, wiggle your wet toes for the rest of us next time ok?

@fiesty76
Just got back from my 2.5 mile walk on this beautiful windy, no humidity 65 degree day. Almost lost my baseball hat at one point.
I am not dipping any toes into the Anclote river woman! Gators might think they’re chicken nuggets. Yes we are lucky we can walk on several beaches near us although my daily walks don’t take me near any bodies of water unless I detour down to the boat ramp in my subdivision. I have always lived along the East Coast and am very glad to be on Gulf side of this state too. But I would take lakes and streams manmade or not.
I remember walking near the Atlantic Ocean in Long Island in the middle of winter with the kids when they were young. The first day I retired 8 years ago my fam and I went and walked Clearwater beach with our morning coffee ...so liberating...couldn’t believe I wasn’t stuck in an office on a gorgeous May Day.

Sun is out, doors are open, AC is off! Woot woot.

FL Mary

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@jakeduck1 venison is a mainstay of our family’s diet and deer hunting is like an annual holiday! I do not hunt anything and never even saw such a thing until I moved to northern Minnesota and met my husband (and had 2 sons)! If there’s an animal to hunt here, I think they’ve gone after it and we eat it (other than squirrel-although I have it once or twice). My rule is no hunting on our property (3acres)-we live in the woods....they all think I was unfair....hehe. I gave up any hope of having a garden or flowers as deer ate everything. When my sons were little, we saw a doe with twin fawns that ate my geraniums every time they bloomed. They named the doe “Flower.” It was sweet. When they got older, dead deer hung from the rafters in our garage every fall and they bursted with pride with their accomplishments. Providing food for the family.....bonding with their father and the hunting party! What a strange place I live in🤪

@migizii Sounds like my family My husband loved hunting and fishing so every year we went up to our camp in Oct. He used bow and arrow at times or rifle I loved tramping in the woods .Funny story.When our son was school age I stayed down home and went to my girlfriends on there farm Howard went to camp .I went out as well as both of them I heard guys say her she comes get ready It was a 8 point buck , dressed out at 200 lbs my husband came home with his little 90lb spike never lived it down

@migizii
A family of Bambi Assassins. I bet you’ve eaten those cute fawns and Flower too.
I guess it needs to be done but I couldn’t do it. My Dad went deer hunting but I doubt I ever ate it.
Jake

@jakedduck1 I abhor hunting for sport but when people do it because they need to supplement their food with the meat from what they shoot then I'm OK with it. Trophy hunting turns my stomach though, deer heads hung over fireplaces, etc. I think these days we are so much more aware of the fact that animals really do have feelings and do feel pain than people used to be.
JK