Category: leisure

  • Sunday Stills: Veering off the #Path

    Sunday Stills: Veering off the #Path

    I’m ba-a-ack!This week’s Sunday Stills theme is “paths.” When I think of a path, my literal brain takes me to pathways, roads, and trails. As we celebrate Father’s Day in the U.S. this Sunday, I think of how my own father blazed trails in our leisure lives and set in motion the way we choose…

  • What I’m Doing on My #Summer Vacation

    What I’m Doing on My #Summer Vacation

    If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you recall that my job as a part-time university lecturer gives me summers off! I spent 35 years as a public park and recreation practitioner working every summer with no days off and putting in lots of overtime. Summer was a season to get over…

  • Sunday Stills: The Lonely #Playground

    Sunday Stills: The Lonely #Playground

    In my world, a lonely playground is just wrong! Together, we can fix this serious problem. Kids, you work hard every day. It’s time to show your parents just how hard you work. After all, your primary job is to play, and the third Sunday in May is “National Take Your Parents to the Playground…

  • Being Amazing Over 50

    Being Amazing Over 50

    I am thrilled to be featured as Sam’s guest this month in her series Amazing Over 50’s. Her blog Loving the Fifty-Something caught my eye a while back and I’ve been following Sam’s outdoor adventures ever since! We seem to have a lot in common, and I have enjoyed reading about her previous 50-something guests.…

  • Keeping Track of Your Fitness Progress…Update

    Keeping Track of Your Fitness Progress…Update

    Most of you know I am a champion of leisure and fitness! As I strive toward my goals of becoming and staying more physically active, I am publicly announcing my 2019 goal of continuing to write my book-in-progress No Excuses Fitness. I am starting this journey by making a commitment to writing at least three…

  • VIVA Las Vegas: A Positive End to the Winter Road Trip

    VIVA Las Vegas: A Positive End to the Winter Road Trip

    The final installment of my winter road trip ends in Las Vegas.

  • Travel Travails of Our Winter Road Trip: Part 2, Snowed-in Sedona

    Travel Travails of Our Winter Road Trip: Part 2, Snowed-in Sedona

    As I continue to share my thoughts on my Arizona Road Trip, here is Part Two as we travel to Sedona, Arizona.

  • Travel Travails of Our Winter Road Trip: Part 1, Phoenix Fun

    Travel Travails of Our Winter Road Trip: Part 1, Phoenix Fun

    Join me on part one of my three-part Winter Road Trip and learn some dos and don’ts to traveling.

  • 2018 Christmas Charity Appeal – Help Me Raise £250 For The Dogs Trust By Leaving Me Links To Your Blogs And Books

    2018 Christmas Charity Appeal – Help Me Raise £250 For The Dogs Trust By Leaving Me Links To Your Blogs And Books

    Hugh Roberts, with the help of fellow bloggers, is raising $$ for the Dogs Trust.

  • Winter Macro in #DecemberSquares

    Winter Macro in #DecemberSquares

    I don’t always get to see snow, but when I do, I am so happy to capture an image that depicts a winter day. We still have some colorful autumn leaves hanging on for dear life, but wintertime is here! The pine stays green in winter, wisdom in hardship. – Norman Douglas Submitting for December…

  • Square in September: “Painnt”-ing with #Pink

    Square in September: “Painnt”-ing with #Pink

    On this last Friday of Pink Squares in September, I have some images to share. Not just my standard fare, but some used with a mobile app called Painnt (available for Android devices in Google Play Store). My pink hydrangea with an Autumn flair! Here are two Painnt images of the same hydrangea. I found…

  • Sunday Stills: Whistle While You #Work

    Sunday Stills: Whistle While You #Work

    This holiday weekend, Labor Day (in the U.S.), is the traditional end to the summer, as school begins, and vacations are all but over. According to the US Department of Labor, “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of…

  • Sunday Stills: Water, #Water Everywhere, My #Paddleboard Can Shrink

    Sunday Stills: Water, #Water Everywhere, My #Paddleboard Can Shrink

    How do you typically spend your last Sunday in August? For lots of folks, August is still a hot month in the Northern hemisphere, so the beach fronts of rivers, lakes, and oceans see huge crowds spending their last summer weekend around the water. Water is our “over-arching” theme this week for Sunday Stills. Since…

  • Sunday Stills: Objects Over #100-Years-Old

    Sunday Stills: Objects Over #100-Years-Old

    Attention globetrotters! This photo challenge theme is for you! Well, it’s for anyone, of course, but since our Sunday Stills theme this week is “Objects Over 100 Years Old,” your photos from countries abroad will likely showcase places and spaces that have been around for over 100 years. Just be careful about publishing images of…

  • 49 Days In 1988: Week 31 – First Night – Hugh’s Views & News

    49 Days In 1988: Week 31 – First Night – Hugh’s Views & News

    Many thanks to Hugh for featuring me on his blog today! This weekly feature shares accounts from his journal written in the 1980s and introduces bloggers’ book project and favorite 80s songs! If you have not visited Hugh’s blog yet, please stop by! Photo by Emre Gencer on Unsplash via 49 Days In 1988: Week…