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WEEKEND WEATHER WARNINGS
Houston! We Have A Problem! Water! Water! Everywhere! #smilingontheinside – Friday 04 July 2025 We were loading up the van (motorhome) this afternoon – rushing to get everything stowed before the heavy rain and thunderstorms, forecast, arrived. We almost made it and were patting ourselves on the back until we turned around and saw water…
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SUPERMARKET FIBBING…?
Passionfruit are not in season… are they…? Our passionfruit vine is bare #smilingontheinside – Wednesday 02 July 2025 I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that passionfruit is selling for $59.99/kg – in other words – sixty dollars – yesterday. Sixty Dollars!! The label here states “in season now”. Really? Our vines are completely…
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THE WETTEST WALK. EVER. SO FAR!
is more than “saturated” possible…? Steps – Day 3/3 @ 9×84 = 756 | 2,268 this week #smilingontheinside – Friday 27 June 2025 Man! It was wet! Sooo wet, that I contorted, twisted and wrangled myself into my raincoat and changed my shoes, inside the car! I planned to start off as dry as possible.…
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JUST ONE STEP AT A TIME
Never say “never”…! Day 2/3 – 9 Repeats = 756 steps: 1,512/2,268 #smilingontheinside – Wednesday 25 June 2025 Twas Friday last week the thought started making its presence in my mind a little louder, a little bit more persistent, a little bit more obvious: I was enjoying climbing stairs!! What??? How’d that happen…? Will it…
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MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WAKE-UP ALARM
My Rhythm Knocked Completely Out of Balance The things we do for love! #smilingontheinside – Tuesday 24 June 2025 As I write this, Alan’s on another Pacific Tour of Duty. Being an airline pilot all sounds very glamorous but it’s far from that. Our alarm went off at 03:00 because he was on the first…
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AUTUMNAL TREES NOW WINTER TREES
Red Tree No Longer Red First Climb of Three: (9×84)=756 #smilingontheinside – Monday 23 June 2025 I had the Ann Street Steps all to myself yesterday – 09:30 Monday mornings must be a good time – if I don’t want to share…? Or maybe the timing had nothing to do with other people being out…
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HE WAS ALWAYS SMILING
A Twelve Year Relationship Today, 12 June, marks a poignant anniversary—one that dates back to 2017. I feel incredibly blessed to have had this remarkable man, my father-in-law, in my life for 12 years before he passed. I can still hear his voice, and whenever I picture him, he’s always smiling—because that was his essence.…
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I Counted Thirty-Three Rings
Thirty Three Rings = 33 Years Walk #1,368 – staying dry between showers #smilingontheinside – Tuesday 27 May 2025 I was expecting a more pungent “fresh wood” and/or “pine tree” smell as I walked past yesterday’s felled Spruce. But nothing obvious. Which surprised me. However, instead of the usual pine needles, my shoes ended up…
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The End of an Era: Reflections on a 30-Year Spruce
Thirty Years of Secrets Felled #smilingontheinside – Monday 26 May 2025 How many secrets has this Spruce heard over the years…? I always wonder that – how many secrets a tree has been privy to during its lifetime. People who’ve passed by talking. Lovers who’ve sat under it, dreaming. People gossiping about people they shouldn’t…
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A DOUBLE-LAKE WEEKEND
A Fleet of Model Boats – What a Lovely Surprise! One Weekend – Two Lakes – Two Walks #smilingontheinside – Sunday 25 May 2025 I always #smileontheinside when Alan’s able to join me on a walk when I know he’s pushed for time before he heads off to work. Maybe, just maybe, he always smilesontheinside…
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EXPLORING AFIELD – MENTAL CHALLENGE ZONE TERRITORY
Kainui Lake Walkway Another “Way” Gem in the Wonderful Waikato – #smilingontheinside – Saturday 24 May 2025 The last time I was on this pathway was as a starter in one of the Huntly Half Marathons. On a date I can’t remember – 2009…? 2010…? thereabouts… a long time ago! Being one of a pack…
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How Today’s Walk Helped Restore My Mental Equilibrium
Steps: Week 2 Completed = 1,008 climbed Morning of Constant Interruptions and Blips It didn’t matter what I started yesterday morning, I kept getting interrupted and/or things just didn’t go as I’d planned: broken HTML code… corrupted files… blah, blah, blah. And what didn’t help was I couldn’t see the sun. At all! The skies…
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CHARTWELL PARK WALKWAY
Feeling #blessed – Alan able to join me Chartwell Park – Queenwood – Hamilton City #smilingontheinside – Thursday 22 May 2025 What a treat to have Alan join me for a walk that went beyond the usual block-circuit stroll we usually just seem to manage! Though yesterday’s walk wasn’t particularly long – just a couple…
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THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT!
An Easy Way to Find and Explore “Ways” Lots of “Ways”: Walking and Cycling I’m blessed to live in a city that has approximately 104km total, combined distance of formed and (mostly) cared for “ways” – for walking and cycling – in Hamilton City, New Zealand. They weave up, down, over and around the Waikato…
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Not Quite A Breeze But Almost
How High Is 84 Steps…? What Does 84 Steps Look Like In Real Height…? #smilingontheinside – Monday 19 May 2025 See that plastic shrink-wrapped house in the top left – on the skyline …? That’s how high 84 steps is in real world huffing and puffing terms. When I get to the top of the…
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STEP CLIMBING – WEEK ONE – DONE!
I sure have felt my knees this week Self Promise Honoured I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself with my efforts this week. Yes! I know – it’s just and only one week. But I did it! I promised myself I’d climb the steps that link Beerescourt Road and Ann Street three times each on Monday,…
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The Funniest Thing!
A Two Walk Day This dog arrived by this letterbox maybe a month ago. It just suddenly appeared. One morning walk there was nothing at the letterbox and the next, this statue. The funniest thing happened on my second walk that made me laugh out loud yesterday. Two dogs were being taken for a walk…
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Yes! Even in the rain!
Consecutive Daily Walk No. 1,340 Even though it was pouring down with rain on my morning walk yesterday, I still got to smileontheinside… in a surprise way! It was absolutely chucking it down with quite a stiff breeze. When it’s windy and wet at the same time, it’s highly probably, likely, your legs get soaked…
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