Walking Rossmoor At Christmas Time (Page Two)
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Walking keeps me going eventhough every morning it seems a little cooler!
December 4th 2017 (Top)
According to a University of Utah study reported on by the New York Times, basal metabolic rate (that’s how many calories you burn just by existing, without expending any energy) does increase ever so slightly in colder temperatures — which means just trying to stay warm requires more work from your body. And it increases noticeably if you get so cold that you begin to shiver, which is actually quite a bit of work for your body.
So if you were to stand outside, without your warm workout gear on, and shiver for a while, you could conceivably burn some extra calories.
However, once you start moving, your body does a pretty good job of keeping itself warm — and if you’re exercising to the point that it’s warming you, cold air isn’t going to give you that much of a boost. In spite of the fact that you’re inhaling cold air (which your body then works to warm) which may burn negligible numbers of additional calories, if you’re strenuously exercising, it’s like that the exertion far outweighs any additional impact from the chilly environment.
Still, some periods of time being very cold will get your body moving involuntarily. During the warm-up stage of a run or other outdoor workout (including, say, shoveling the driveway or even skiing), the cold (particularly if it’s so cold that you shiver) might result in more calories burned than if you, say, were on a treadmill in a climate-controlled environment.
Keeps the gardners quite busy!
Next year, Paul is getting one of these!
Dear dear!
Great idea but who is going to deliver it??
He doesn't give a hoot!
Artists beware... We have many more like this one!
Indeedy doo!
Lined up and ready to flash!
December 5th 2017 (Top)
Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream.
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White
A little fresh air would be good for you just now. The weather is lovely; and a little stroll in the park will bring the colour back to your cheeks. ~J. Palgrave Simpson, For Ever and Never, 1884
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow. ~Henry David Thoreau
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ~Steven Wright
Blowing in the breeze
His identical twin brother
The presents are a little early
Big sleigh, little reindeer!
Escapees from Disneyland!
Hey Frosty!
Twinkle twinke little stars
A very pretty decorative style
Just hanging around
Deer me!
They are looking for Easter Eggs
Penguines on the loose
The whole family cam out to see Paul
Just cute!
December 8th 2017 (Top)
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White
Watch out for mice!
Characters everywhere
Just enjoying the sun!
December 11th 2017 (Top)
Nature says thou shalt keep the air, skate, swim, walk, ride, run. When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the sole leather has passed into the fibre of your body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats and clothes you have worn out. He is the richest man who pays the largest debt to his shoemaker. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1851
The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time the movement of the tongue by, and to keep the blood and the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to eye and soul and sense; but the supreme pleasure comes from the talk. -Mark Twain
How can you explain that you need to know that the trees are still there, and the hills and the sky? Anyone knows they are. How can you say it is time your pulse responded to another rhythm, the rhythm of the day and the season instead of the hour and the minute? No, you cannot explain. So you walk. ~Author unknown, from New York Times editorial, "The Walk," 25 October 1967
Love the grin!
The wind blows right through me!
Santa has friends...
The reindeer has been electrified!
Antlers in the treetop writte by "Who Goosed The Moose"
December 12th 2017 (Top)
I like to walk, touch living Mother Earth—bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way. ~John Muir, quoted in To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863–1875 edited by Robert Engberg and Donald Wesling
Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash? ~Robert Brault
Your body is built for walking. ~Gary Yanker
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. -Henry David Thoreau
If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish. -Charles Dickens
Lounging around in the shade
Full of hot air!
The red-wagon burial ground!
Yummy!
Keep the flags flying
December 17th 2017 (Top)
hristmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. Thomas S. Monso
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Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. David Cameron
Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year. Marlo Thomas
Magnificent colors
Oops... He made a mess!
Don't get a ticket here!
Hey... Yoo!
Are we at the North Pole??
December 18th 2017 (Top)
“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.” ― Ronald Reagan
“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!” ― Dave Barry
“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world." Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in "In the Dark Streets Shineth.” ― David McCullough, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
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Great entrance way
The red-wagon burial ground!
Yummy!
Keep the flags flying