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Looking Up
Just for the record, I truly did fear that I might not be able to rejoin my friends in the thrice-weekly morning futsal matches on the wood-floor basketball court at a local health club because of my degenerating lumbar disc. However, I refrained from going to the extreme of canceling my membership, even though the only time I use the club is for the soccer with my friends. Deep down, I was holding out hope that I might return.
On Tuesday of this week, my physical therapist spoke the magic words. I am now authorized to begin testing out my normal activities to see if any pain returns. I immediately returned to the wood floor for a test yesterday morning, and am very happy to report that I feel no worse for the wear.
For an undetermined amount of time, I intend to play indoors only one day a week. It is my hope to augment that with one day of outdoor play on grass. I’ll fill the days between with some bike riding, and of course, the ongoing 1/2-hour walking as often as possible.
I’ve begun to recognize a number of other regular walkers that seem to be undertaking a similar routine. I think I can recognize the ones who are treating back issues. There is just something familiar in their stride.
Here are a couple more views I’ve captured during my little expeditions…
Looking down the tracks:
and looking up:
June Arrives
It is the month that, to me, means summer. I wonder if typical summer weather will be very far behind? What we have been experiencing thus far seems less like summer than most years I have in memory.
Summer for us is usually a time of traveling to our vacation spot. After every great weekend at the lake, I find my mind is drawn to revisit the events that just occurred at our paradise. The most recent experience was tainted a fair amount by Cyndie’s and my current circumstances, but there is still enough magic from just having been there that my mind doesn’t hesitate to return. On the night of our big community dinner at the lodge, Cyndie and I left a little early and headed back to our cabin. I left my camera with Julian and asked him to capture some of the atmosphere for me.
Photo by Julian W. Hays
There is a grass field by the children’s play area where a game of lacrosse had materialized. We marveled over how the field started out as a place where the kids played wiffle ball. Over time, the game of choice has morphed to volleyball, and then soccer. I was impressed to see that every kid seemed to have a lacrosse stick and knew how to use it. Once again, the times are changing.
With the low light of dusk, the auto settings of my camera captured a fair amount of blur from the kids in motion. I like the effect that creates. I also like the one person lying on the grass, looking skyward as the action is happening beyond him. I sense the lingering reverberations of the kid’s excited shouts and the collection of adult voices in conversation that were happening at the time, behind the camera’s field of view.
Photo by Julian W. Hays
This image of our view of the lake from the lodge really appeals to my eye. There is a lot to it, but it is all pretty subtle. The colors in the sky and reflection of the lake are great. I have no difficulty mentally placing myself on the steps of the lodge with the smells and sounds of the wood smoke and loon calls bringing the scene alive for me.
