Woohoo, May is here and so is Spring!!!
Today, I had an appointment in Toronto and when I left the hospital to walk back to the subway, I took a wrong turn (ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you I could get lost in my own bathroom) and ended up going down a residential street that had many many many blooming lilac trees. White lilacs and lilac lilacs. The scent was like heaven. I walked slowly and enjoyed the bright sunshine and the cool breeze that was bringing me the lilacs along with me. I love lilacs. When I was 18-21 I used to share a house with three other girls, and my bedroom had a lilac tree right outside. For about 4 weeks every year my whole bedroom would smell of lilacs, even my pillow and comforter. It was wonderful. I am always transported back to those years whenever I smell lilacs, they have such a short bloom period.
In other news, I walked about 3k today (mostly because of that wrong turn) and I felt ok! I had a good conversation with my rheumatologist and my chiropractor about my concerns and they answered all my questions and my mind is easier.
Almost every day I get emails offering me free “stuff” to review on my blog. I’m not sure why because I have very few followers and I don’t “advertise” my blog anywhere, it’s not connected to my FB account and I don’t use Twitter and I am hardly a weight loss or fitness success story. I don’t monetize my blog.
I always say no thank you to the diet pills, shakes, drugs and gadgets, but I always, always say yes to books and if it is a different version of something I already use.
I have 3 books waiting to be reviewed with two more on the way and I am also getting a yoga block in a few weeks. I don’t do give-aways as I am not interested in drumming up blog traffic for one post. I blog for me and if I can share some information that’s useful to others, that’s a bonus.
So…I will try and get to the reviews early next week. Stay tuned!
Lilacs are my absolute favourite flower. I have a huge tree in my backyard but it is still a few weeks away from blooming.
ReplyDeleteHi Enz! I love lilacs too. They smell heavenly.
ReplyDeleteNo more "mayday" for you this month. Only happy May Day! :D
Yoga block: I remember using one for the entire first year of yoga.
:-) Marion
Lilacs are beautiful...I didn't know you were in Canada, I've always wanted to go there...
ReplyDeleteHappy May Day! x
We're in Autumn (we don't call it Fall here). And that means we're heading into winter. Which I'm looking forward to.
ReplyDeleteI love lilacs, and they were my mother's favorite flower. They don't bloom until June around here, and the last few weeks of school when I was growing up, all the kids lucky enough to have lilac bushes in their yards would bring in bouquets for the teachers. When I bought this house, the plan was for my mother to come and live with us in the first floor bedroom. She died before that happened, but I planted a lilac bush outside the bedroom windows (it's my bedroom now) so we get the scent in the first weeks of summer.
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