Saturday, March 3, 2007

45 minutes and flowers

Didn't have such a great run today. It was a shame, but I couldn't help it, I went to bed later (much later than I should have) then I had bad dreams so I didn't even have a restful night. My dream was really scary. I wonder where I come up with these things. Still, I ran 45 minutes, and it ended up being 6.6 km, which isn't so bad. I'm actually celebrating two years of running right about now. I don't have an exact date of when I started, but I know it was a couple of weeks before Purim. It's two years since my Grandma passed away, and I can remember getting back to running after the shiva, thinking about him, and not enjoying my running. The first few runs after that were not fun, and I remember it. At the time I was barely running a few minutes at a time, so it was also not very easy. I'm glad I kept going. I actually saw my highschool English teacher running on Thursday. As I passed her she said "you're still running" and I said "almost two years" and she yelled to me (I had already passed her) "kol hakavod" ("well done"). That made me feel pretty good.

Anyway, short ride to see the flowers today. Everything is so beautiful. I have pictures!

My favorite always comes first. I love cyclamen.We actually found a new spot with tons of flowers. It's not as pretty as the other place, but it's also very lovely.

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We found a big field full of anemone not far from home. It was beautiful:

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anemone

Here's a thistle:

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And here's a little grasshopper. It was about the size of a penny, maybe a little bigger.

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Sorry it it's more photos than you can handle.

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