Tag: henry cowell park
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Work Outs: May 15 – 21, 2022 (Local Flora and Fauna)
Sun, May 15th We went for a walk in the woods for about 40 minutes. I also stretched some in the evening. Calories: 2529, Protein: 137 g. Mon, May 16th I went to the physical therapy office this morning for an appointment I had scheduled for my leg, but they ended up working on my…
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Work Outs: March 27 – April 2, 2022 (Wyatt saying, “Sup!”, moles, and statistics)
You know it isn’t a huge week when the highlight is getting a picture of one of your cats (in this case Wyatt) having a “Sup!” moment, but sometimes small victories can be sweet and I like to savor them in addition to the larger ones. The workouts continue to go well and I’m still…
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Work Outs: February 28 – March 6, 2021 (“Tale of the Rings”)
I’ve walked or run by this display of a cross section from a redwood probably hundreds of times since I’ve lived near Henry Cowell Park. It is a pretty popular spot for people to take pictures. The first time I saw the display I have to confess I frowned a little because I thought it…
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Work Outs: February 14 – 20, 2021 (Tortoise Itching Station, Tree of Turtles, and Athlean-X Arm Workout)
I ran across a cute video of an “itching station” someone built for a resident tortoise at a nature preserve in Oregon. That got me to thinking of a pond near where we often walk, which we’ve taken to calling by the very original name of “Turtle Pond” because of all the turtles. I dug…
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Work Outs: February 7 – 13, 2021 (Octopus Fountain)
I was going through the folders of old pictures I downloaded from my phone and found some shots of a wonderfully unique water fountain we first encountered (I think) in 2018. It is down on the Santa Cruz wharf and was created by Sean Monaghan, a local artist, in 2015. He named the work Pearl…
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Work Outs: January 24 – 30, 2021 (Storms Over Santa Cruz and Chickpea Tagine Meal)
I’ve made a chickpea tagine dish for dinner a couple of times in our instant pot and we quite liked it. According to Shinta Simon, who wrote the article, tagine is “a flavorful stew made with spices, veggies and occasionally, meat, with origins in North-African cuisine.” I found the recipe on the Caramel Tinted Life…
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Enter the Dragon
I was out and about enjoying a couple of hours hiking at Henry Cowell Park, which is a state park near Santa Cruz, California, when I ran across (fortunately not literally) an elusive lesser brown dragon!* My job involves a split shift where I’m at loose ends for a couple of hours in the middle…
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