Kayaking, canoeing... hey it's all paddling after all :):) Me... I like both, althouhg haven't done much kayaking ever since I came to canada. Not for the lack of nice places to do it, just that we got a canoe some years back.... - back when there were no ows or affairs - and that's what we've been doing since. Still in hopes of getting a kayak, maybe some day soon. ANd yes, it is a great workout :)
As for skating well... if you are willing to include rollerblades in the equation I'm all for it. I'm from the age of those old, old ones LOL. Got into it very seriously until I discovered dating hehehe after that well let's just say that my other skating half had to get someone else to practice with..LOL ( he actually ended up with quite a few cups from the european championships ) Now ice skating.... well... I will probably love it, once I actually get into one pair of those. Tried once with my h cousin's skates, that were a few sizes too big. Managed to stand up and start to enjoy it, but the darn things were too big and my feet were halfway out most of the time. kept saying I will try it with the proper size but haven't done so yet. Maybe this winter Still there is a bit more effort to maintain balance and since it's not a wide base like those old rollerblades I tend to twist my feet. Worth a try though, I used to love the ability to speed away and feel the wind in my face. You so lucky to have a lake so close by!!! Me green with envy right now! I always function better close to a body of water LOL preferably ocean but lake will do just fine ! Hugsies nigthshade
"Each and every one of us is deserving of a kind word, a gentle thought and the gift of understanding. "
I do not skate (had a mishap when I was little and put me off) but one of my sisters tried ice skating after doing a lot of roller skaitng and did well (after a rather triumphant entrance on the ice, BTW).
I also miss the sea. A lot. That is one of the reasons we settled near the lake: my H and I grew up by the sea (different ones, continents apart but the saudade is the same).
Got to go
Boa-noite, gemea minha.
"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little"
Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"
Hey now you're speaking my language!!! Literaly:):):) I knew it somehow we got separated at birth LOL I had quite a few mishapes myself when skating... including a broken arm and 7 stitches on my chin on separate incidents LOL but at that time nothing would put me off skating.
Ah.. the ocean... I always lived so close I could fall asleep with the sound of the waves as my lullaby. I thin it's what I miss most from my life before Canada. Saudade.... the only word that will really fit in my feelings about it.
You're good twin of mine... I wasn't expecting portuguese Big hug nightshade
"Each and every one of us is deserving of a kind word, a gentle thought and the gift of understanding. "
I know. I nearly fainted. With a name like Rui, it could not be otherwise. BTW, if you live near Toronto there is an exhibition of Canadian-Portuguese artists this month. It is called Sem Saudade.
Saudade, I love that word. It has so many nuances... It is so untranslatable.
''Deixar a patria é un peso que se levará sempre entre as tempas''
I wonder whether my parents dropped you when they went to Santiago in their honeymoon If math does not lie, I was conceived there... We could write a fado out of it!
As a matter of fact, it was my brother who got the stitches. I stood up on a bench and slipped, hitting him in mid-back. It is kind of a miracle he did not get paralized. After that, I lost my taste for skating... Wimpy me. He skates just fine, BTW.
It is the Mediterranean I miss. The sea with the deep, dark soul and the red sunsets over the salt marshes.
Quote: Este noso inmenso mar que antonte reflectía no seu leito os luceiros do alto firmamento. Aquela praia, na que teus nus pes debuxaban as historias que nas rochas recitaban as lucentes ondas, os luxuriantes e doces aromas dos xabres, das cunchas e dos soños.
Esta praia, estas rías, aquel abano de arrecendos que o peito agradecía
Sorry for the midnight nostalgia, guys. We expatriates get occasionally romantic. There is nothing worse than a sailor on dry land.
Quote: The waves, blue walls of Africa, go and come back.
When they go... Ah, to go with them!
Ah, to come back with them! When they come back...
It is a 2,000 year-old longing. Imprinted, genetically.
Good night. Doces sonhos.
"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little"
Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"
Now I"m the one almost fainting!!!!!!!! It's a small world and smaller everyday And a touch of Galicia too!
WHere in Toronto is the exhibition do you know?
Saudade... really much more than what we can translate but illustrating the feeling so well.
The Mediterranean ... the favorite place of my summers! Rui used to prefer the Atlantic because of the bigger waves, but soon I had him converted LOL Many memories. Memories that include Rui before he was kidnaped by aliens
I can see why you would be put off skating after such a scare. Glad that your brother was fine..although wearing stitches.. now what were you doing standing on that bench ? :)
I am going to be on and off today. Have many things I left behind that need to be done, but I'll come by.
Um dia feliz gemea:)
nightshade
"Each and every one of us is deserving of a kind word, a gentle thought and the gift of understanding. "
Gallery 1313, in Queen St. It will run until the end of the month. www.g1313.org
As to the bench I was only 8. I just stood up on it, not even thinking I had my skates on.
H just left for work. I am worried about him now. He is not sleeping well, went to sleep well after 1 am and was up at 7:15. And I know it sounds stupid but he does not cuddle me at night any more. I asked him and he pleaded tummy ache. I do not know. Something is going on.
In any case, he is still spending a lot of time with us. And taking pains to inform me of where he goes.
"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little"
Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"
OK let's get that paper bag... breathe in.... out slowly ...
I know that instinct plays a big part in our lives. And I learned to trust mine... to an extent. But calm down for now dear one.
Being sick does not predispose one for cuddling.. maybe that's all there is.
YOU're still seeing actions that show that he wants to spend time with you and that he's being thoughtful enough to inform you of what he's doing. Hang on to those for now. Even if he's going through a confusing stage right now, he's not pulling away from you. Take the good things and discard the rest for now. It takes patience twin of mine... lots of patience and feeling anxious works against you. Don't forget that until things are really all worked out there are many ups and downs... forwards steps and backward steps...This might be one of those minor glitches. Although honestly I think that it's probably nothing special.
Now put on a big smile and be ready for what life throws at you today. You can do it! Hugsies nigthshade
"Each and every one of us is deserving of a kind word, a gentle thought and the gift of understanding. "
The garden calls. I'll get into my 'garden fatigues' and get to planting. Finally, it is fall! (you cannot do anything in the garden in Texas summer, except weeding, of course)
"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little"
Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"
I agree with nightshade. Since he has been sick, I think David stays sick most of the time now. But he definitly sort of draws away when sick, except if he wants taken care of or something done for him.
I think for now breath in, breath out and work on the garden!!
Have a great afternoon! It is gorgous out here.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
:):)
If math does not lie, I was conceived there... 
We could write a fado out of it!
But he definitly sort of draws away when sick, except if he wants taken care of or something done for him.