The Walking Thread

[PollyannaMom]

Love bugs have been bad this year but they’re mostly annoying and harmless…unless you get a ton caked up on your car.

I had to look them up, and...ewww. I expected something like cute little ladybugs. But I'd jump if one of these landed on me! I'm rather glad we don't have them up here.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I had to look them up, and...ewww. I expected something like cute little ladybugs. But I'd jump if one of these landed on me! I'm rather glad we don't have them up here.

My parents came up with a fun but off-color name for them back when I lived in FL that I cannot share on here. To me, they look a lot like lightning bugs/fireflies...but without the fun illumination feature. I try to ignore them since I've heard that killing them can release more pheromones and attract more. Not sure of the truth behind that, but I did notice fewer last week when the kids near us stopped swatting them.

 

[John VN]

Great reading about the experiences.

My parents came up with a fun but off-color name for them back when I lived in FL that I cannot share on here. To me, they look a lot like lightning bugs/fireflies...but without the fun illumination feature. I try to ignore them since I've heard that killing them can release more pheromones and attract more. Not sure of the truth behind that, but I did notice fewer last week when the kids near us stopped swatting them.

r.e. bold -- been in SW FL since 1986 and the LB's are back but not in full intimacy mode yet. DW came back from Sarasota yesterday and a warm hose to front of car was priority followed by Rain-X application.

Next week is some surgery on DW's left knee then likely followed with right knee and hoping that with my Cho-Pat Dual Action Knee Straps on both knees (bone on bone a long time) we can get back to walking and eventually 5K's to half marathon for us and also full M for me. The 2010 WDW Marathon Weekend 5K was our first venture into walking events and as Senior Walker's we got hooked.

Good Healthy FUN Walking to all.

If it ain't FUN it's work and us soon to be 76yo geezers don't work any more

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[TiggerTrigger]

Happy Thursday!!!

So, I guess it was later Tuesday night when I got the fun realization that I'm not sluggish because of race recovery. No...I picked up whatever crud has been making the rounds through DD17s school softball team. I hit the gym Tuesday night, right on schedule, but I could feel the early makings of a sore throat. I was very flat in my elliptical efforts and by the time I hit the circuit for lifting, I was feeling drained. I cut my weights and machines...eventually just giving up and heading home. Yesterday, I woke up early to walk but chose sleep. I got in a short walk in the evening on the gym treadmill. I went 2 miles before feeling like I was ready to rip my hair out with the monotony of it all. I followed it with eight machines for lifting but still cut back on amount being lifted. This morning, I had an early start and did get in 4 miles, but I changed/cut my route because I didn't want to be too far from home if I started feeling bad. It was a pretty boring route, as well as being dark, misty and webby. Still, with the way all of the biting insects have been coming out at sunrise, I'll take it! I did come home to a very angry whistling duck up in one of our trees.