By : Sally Valentine
May 28 2011
Day 145 Hurd Orchards
My steps today took me all the way over to Hurd Orchards in Orleans County. www.hurdorchards.com The Hurds have been growing fruit for years in this area south of Lake Ontario that has the perfect climate for fruit trees. This year the Hurds were a little bit nervous about the cold spring and imported bumblebees […]
By : Sally Valentine
May 25 2011
Day 144
Stayed home and worked around the yard. Got my front door planters filled and the rest of the yard weeded. If only it would stay that way. But at least weeding is great for stress relief, if not necessarily good for steps. Day 144: 9,330 Steps YTD: 1,315,460 Steps Goal: 1,353,000 Steps
By : Sally Valentine
May 25 2011
Day 143
I heard a very interesting talk today about the Rochester Public Market. It’s one of Rochester’s oldest institutions, dating back to 1827 when it was located on a platform above the Genesee River. The only vendors then were butchers, and all the scraps went right over the edge into the water. It’s been at it’s […]
By : Sally Valentine
May 22 2011
Day 142
Lily-of-the-valley plants are in bloom now wherever you go stepping. Lots of people use these for ground cover because they are so prolific and hardy. Other people think of them as weeds. They propagate by sending rhizomes underground and have pretty little bell-like flowers in May which smell very sweet. Beware. What they don’t tell […]
By : Sally Valentine
May 22 2011
Day 141
Today was a 10. Breakfast at Jine’s. Got to Lilac Festival just as it was opening at 10:00. The Kettle Korn line was only about 8 people long. Most of the lilacs were still at their peak and the smell was just as sweet. The grounds weren’t as wet as I expected, and the Craft […]
By : Sally Valentine
May 21 2011
Day 140
Got my steps walking around the Gananda track today. Not as interesting as some walks, but at least it wasn’t raining. I guess we’ve all lowered our expectations of what constitutes a good time outside this year. Day 140: 11,005 Steps YTD: 1,283,083 Steps Goal: 1,320,000 Steps
By : Sally Valentine
May 21 2011
Day 139
Not much time for stepping. I spent all day finishing up the study guide for my new book, Lost at Seabreeze. Here’s a peek at the cover. Day 139: 7,269 Steps YTD: 1,272,078 Steps Goal: 1,309,000 Steps
By : Sally Valentine
May 19 2011
Day 138
My daughter and son-in-law took a big step today, moving into a new house. I helped by first cleaning the kitchen cabinets and then unloading the boxes of kitchen stuff. I was doing so much bending that my pedometer kept falling off. After about the fourth time, Kristen said, “Why don’t you just take that […]
By : Sally Valentine
May 19 2011
Day 137
Can you believe it? These pictures are of the same birds, same nest, just one week apart. Their speckled chests and lighter orange feathers are the only things that tell you these are babies. By midmorning there was only this one left in the nest. He seemed alert enough, but wasn’t flying. I kept telling […]