Life with a blog

I'm new at this, but that's alright. Everybody is new at everything the first time they do it.

This blog is for my friends and family to be able to "keep up" with me. For starters let me say that today I walked into town that would be a round trip of about 18 kilometers. But I detoured when I was leaving town because I had forgotten to go the post office, so I walked along beside the lake and went to another post office. It made my "trip" longer than if I had turned around and gone back into town, but it gave me different scenery to look at. I suppose that brought my walk up to somewhere between 2o to 24 kilometers. And when I got home I walked the dogs! Whew, am I tired.

The past 24 hours or so have been rather stormy, sporadic rain but mostly just windy. Fortunately the weather is otherwise mild. The wind does make walking in the rain with an umbrella a bit of a challenge. So far my red umbrella covered with Dalmatian puppy decorations - a gift from my sister after her exploits in China - has withstood everything so far.

I'll post more another day. This is enough to get started.