I was tempted to just announce the lilycount as “too many to count,” but Jackie counted 36, and then I got the same number when I counted, so I figure it’s probably accurate.
Lilycount 36
Category: News
Lilycount 20
Things are starting to get serious, lily-bloom-wise speaking.
2025-06-17 15:38
Two ways I celebrated my birthday:
2025-06-13 14:31
I got my Sword Master stickers from Lucania Arts!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LucaniaArts
We study primarily Meyer in our group, so I put the Joachim Meyer sticker on the water bottle that I bring to practice:
But because I’m not particularly good at all the fancy stuff that Meyer teaches, I have a sneaking admiration for Johannes Liechtenauer, whose sword fighting instruction is accessible to any random peasant who happens to pick up a sword, so I put his sticker on my laptop:
Lilycount 2
Today there are 2 lilies!
Aren’t those glisteny water droplets pretty?
2025-06-12 19:13
Jackie is working on a tapestry, the title of which is a reference to the effect of the Canadian wildfires on our sunrises and sunsets. With that in mind, here’s a picture of this morning’s sunrise.
Lilycount 1
The first lily of the summer.
2025-06-11 13:34q
This is rather typical. My activity score is down for two reasons: Too much inactivity today, and too little recovery after yesterday’s workout. :-/
2025-06-11 12:29
Loch Duart salmon fillets, cooking in coconut oil. Seasoning is equal parts cumin, sage, and hot smoked paprika. I’m expecting great things.
A shorter-than-planned run
My run was already supposed to be pretty short—about 2.5 miles, across Dohme Park, up First Street to Windsor and then back—but it ended up being even shorter than that, because Ashley wasn’t up to running even that far in the heat of the day.
According to my weather app it was already 75℉ when I got home, and I’ve noticed previously that starting at about 72℉ the dog starts to suffer.
You can see on the map a short spur off to the west just after I started north on First Street. That was where we saw a groundhog, and Ashley really wanted to chase it. I indulged her for a minute, hoping the groundhog would quickly find a place to hide, but it wasn’t to be, and I eventually had to drag Ashley back to the First Street path very much against her will.
Anyway, 1.3 miles is a very short run indeed, but I still spent most of 20 minutes with my heart rate up (average was 141, peak was 169). So, a good workout.