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Pre Fourth of July

We were at 4th of July Boston  Pops dress   rehearsal earlier. We watched the concert at City Hall for about an hour and walked up to Hatch Shell to watch the rehearsal. The place was already packed.

Hat off to Ginny. She's excellent at squeezing ourselves in between the pack to get a good spot even the closest we could get was about 250 meters away from the stage.

When Neil Diamond came out on the stage for a second time and sang Sweet Caroline, the crowd went wild .

I remember when was working at an assembly line at NS (National Semiconductor) between 1976-1978, they had a piped in music on all the production floors.  The music/songs were on 24 hours. We heard Neil Diamond, Al Green,Credence Clearwater Revival, Kool & The Gang, The Styx, Donna Summer, John Lennon, Neil Sedaka, Paul Anka, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Black Sabbath, The Temptations, Santana, Earth, Wind dnd Fire, Granfunk Railroad,Elton John, Commodores, Led Zeppelin, Jackson 5, Fleetwood Mac,Bee Gees, Three Dogs Night, Queens, Chicago, The Eagles, Bob Marley and a bunch of other top performers over and over until we memorized the lyrics. 

The management didn't put any local songs , (Malay, Chinese or Indian songs) except for Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deevali, and it was fine with all of us. Nobody complained about it.

I wonder where they are now? Rani, Swee Tin, Phaik Ngoh, Surinder Singh, Alice Chua, Kak Laila, Janet (the line leader) and a lot more colorful and fine group of girls to work with.

While I Was Walking

A few shots from  miles and miles of walk I had last Sunday. The walk ended at Hynes Convention Center where the Boston Health Expo  ran into a second day (last day).

I took some free tests/screenings which a couple of the results I need to discuss with my doctor when I see him in August. 

 

 

 

I had blood pressure check up and body fat/Body Mass Index at Brigham & Women  Hospital pavillion. The blood pressure was excellent. I have 17.2% body fat or 22.4 lb fat, yikes....and 107.6 lean (fat free ) weight. BMI is 23.9%

From Newton-Wellesley Hospital pavillion I took Bone Density Screening. My T-Score was -1.5 : my bone mass is 10% to 15% below normal. Where did all those vibrant and colorful vegetables and fruitsI've been eating go? And how about the vitamins and free weight excercise that I've been faithfully taking? Boy...getting old is a bitch.

On positive and bright side, I did well on Fall Risk Test at Mass General Hospital pavillion.

Finally I had my opportunity to get some shots of bronze frogs at Tadpole Playground without the children in sight.

Make Ways for Ducklings sculptures were installed in 1987 by sculpture Nancy Schon.

The characters were inspired by Robert McCloskey children book by the same title. One of the ducklings, Jack, was stolen in 1999 and later was found Boston College's lirary cubicle. Boston .

Every year they have parade   on Mother's Day.

Waterweb Bridge

 About four years ago I began to notice that I had to make an extra effort to motivate myself to go out and run after I came home from work. It was no longer an unconscious act when I got home, changed into running gear and I was out of the door in a jiffy.

And it has become a constant mind battle since then. The only interesting part is on the weekend I've never experienced this constant mind battle over run or not to run. As a matter of fact, the warmer the weather we get the earlier I hit the beach or the sidewalk.

Yesterday, it happened again. My mind was already on rationalize mode as I got off the train at my stop.

"You already ran 8 miles on Saturday."

"But you didn't run yesterday."

"Well....I walked miles and miles on Sunday."

The debate in my head went on and on until I saw another water web (I named them water web) on top of the plants near my apartment.
This time most of the spider webs were weaved between 5 to 8 inches. The early drizzle in the afternoon trapped in the webs that looked like tiny hanging bridge from the side view.

After I spent about 20 minutes to capture the waterweb bridgeshot, I entered my apartment, changed into my running gear and went out to run. I ran about 5 miles. Only on my way back from Castle Island, it occurred to me that the excitement of watching waterweb bridge have temporarily wiped out my rationalize mode not to run.

Now, I have to look for some new excitement on my way home from work to shut up the debate in my head.

This shot reminds me of science fiction tv series I used to watch back in the late 60's, Land of the Giants .

What if  if we woke up one morning and found ourselves stranded in the land of giants?

Unique Exposure Photo Challenge

 Rusty

Waterweb

Spring this year is not like the springs in previous years. As a matter of fact we actually hadn't experienced a proper spring at all. Winter lasted until end of April, came May the mild winter temperature hung around until May. You woke up the next morning, it was summer.

What? What do I do with my new cute sweater to match with a new jacket I got at Goodwill?

Put them in your closet and bring them out next spring, you silly old woman.

This year is different. Spring is staying and we get plenty of rain too. This week is pretty much wet week. I find it amazingly beautiful the rain drops trapped in spider web. I found seven spots yesterday on the plants outside the building where I live.

 

First Contact

Outside my apartment a few days ago.