Year Four, Day 319: Pandemic Times Day 68, "Stay Home - Stay Safe" Day 55: Qi Gong and Canadian Geese!

Hello Friends!

I am feeling quite spritely today!

I started my day with 20 minutes of Qi Gong, led by Lee Holden on his 5 Day Qi Gong Jumpstart Challenge video. It's free! I've rented his DVD's before from the library. He is very down to earth, calm and compassionate in his style. I highly recommend Qi Gong. I think practicing Qi Gong breathing and stretching exercises every day for the past year or so has alleviated my asthma! That and ginger-lemon-turmeric tea and Flonase and my Q-Var inhaler.

But, seriously. Qi Gong. It is free. And it has no side effects! Here's the link, if you are curious, or interested.

Lee Holden 5-day Qi Gong Challenge

I tell you what - Honey Dog and I had the best walk afterwards! AND I was pleased to spot a flock of Canadian Geese in the middle of the filed. Honey Dog was pleased too! But they wouldn't let us get too close.

So I wasn't able to get very good pictures. But there are a plethora of Canadian Geese in the area. I love them. I enjoy seeing them gather, but I especially love hearing their gleeful honks as they fly in formation. In fact, when I hear a particularly large, noisy gaggle of geese, I always look up to see what direction they are flying. If they are flying south, I tell myself the weather is about to get colder.

And it usually does!

I am going to end here today. I will leave you with my pandemic blog.

My mother and I are walking early in the morning. Sleep beckons!

Talk to you tomorrow!

Love,

Zita

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