{"id":12132,"date":"2019-04-03T20:30:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T00:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=12132"},"modified":"2019-04-03T20:30:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T00:30:05","slug":"evergreen-bike-4-3-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=12132","title":{"rendered":"Evergreen! Bike! 4.3.19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started my morning with Brain Training.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-XjXDphD\/0\/10762399\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5172-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nEspanol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-rs6bQk4\/0\/903afe67\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5173-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nProgress!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-Gk9JQ76\/0\/b00b58d8\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5174-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m enjoying and memorizing sections from Walt Whitman&#8217;s Leaves of Grass. All the highlighted area!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-VS9GcJh\/0\/6b8a6728\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5175-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-XrF5dnH\/0\/62160eee\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5176-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-X73Hrd6\/0\/54e9db6b\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5178-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-7trqsc4\/0\/e7874b84\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5179-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clouds have been really interesting this week.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-g86bW7g\/0\/ad0c4c77\/M\/2019040319571465-8431367698749890784_IMG_0193-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I recorded another episode of Verbal Surgery called &#8220;The Unsearched for Answer.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a good one!  On Tuesday, I released, &#8220;Who am I?&#8221; it&#8217;s on course to be the most downloaded episode EVER!  Had nearly 1,500 downloads in two days.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-KPs2qPV\/0\/1e09473c\/M\/2019040320102287-IMG_5192-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI had a problem with my new fitness tracker\/watch.  Sent it back to Amazon for a replacement.<br \/>\nI get to do that for free if I drop it off at the UPS store.  No problem there!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-HJr9zTS\/0\/d726ba77\/M\/2019040319571465-4252493334076528265_IMG_0194-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nYou may remember that I hurt my left hip yesterday when I was doing yard work.  I stepped into a hole and jarred myself pretty badly.  Today, I went to Evergreen hotel at Stone Mountain to soak in the hot tub.  The hot water felt good on the injury.  It&#8217;s such a beautiful place.  I always feel like a Kardashian when I&#8217;m there.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-qWJn7sc\/0\/04bf4cea\/M\/2019040319571465-357257775033624573_IMG_0195-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPoppin&#8217; pansies!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-LLcmrGM\/0\/238044aa\/M\/2019040319571465-342506896424323552_IMG_0196-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe lake and Stone Mountain looked lovely.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-xkKnWTk\/0\/8b9e630e\/M\/2019040319571465-2295613212185610239_IMG_0197-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-MhRr9KV\/0\/c05c3907\/M\/2019040319571465-7637702158722729430_IMG_0198-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My favorite bird.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-s47ZqMK\/0\/58053c29\/M\/2019040319571465-7213738792656665577_IMG_0199-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I saw the Waste Pro truck today.  Asked them about recycling some old lawnmowers.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-q7DKz8B\/0\/a364f3e1\/M\/2019040319571465-9069138404689832671_IMG_0200-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nWhile I was biking, I memorized a part of Leaves of Grass.  With really long pieces, I break it down with individual words and a letter.  Memorize the list of letters, THEN memorize the section for each letter. If you have a little trigger it&#8217;s WAY easier to remember what comes next.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-cKFRV9f\/0\/f1685d95\/M\/2019040319571465--4387974650048589953_IMG_0201-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThis is one of my favorite dogwoods.  Both of mine I had in my yard died.  They are kind of a fragile tree from what I understand.  That&#8217;s why I went with Pink Magnolias and Cherry Blossom. But it&#8217;s still a beauty!  I had pink ones.This is red.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-dmqKxkf\/0\/0844e17b\/M\/2019040319571465-133276599596930120_IMG_0202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rode my bike 12.50 miles.  I had planned on farther, but when I got to mile five, my hip started hurting.  I turned back and after a while, it stopped hurting so I did my two mile loop a few times to get the miles in.  I really work on time, rather than distance.  I did over 1.5 hours.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-PJdKtvt\/0\/fd41b0e2\/M\/2019040319571465-IMG_5180-M.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was hoping to have my new fitness tracker on to check my heart rate today.  The new one will be here in a couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I&#8217;m stressed out, I record.  I am now a whopping 18 episodes &#8220;in the can&#8221; ready to be released!  NEVER been that far ahead!  Says something about what I&#8217;ve been going through lately.  That and I love to hear myself talk!  Verbal Surgery really is my best work.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Whitman--Evergreen--Bike--4-3-19\/i-XxKdTDC\/0\/a24259d9\/M\/2019040320083698-IMG_5191-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Admin duties now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started my morning with Brain Training. Espanol! Progress! I&#8217;m enjoying and memorizing sections from Walt Whitman&#8217;s Leaves of Grass. All the highlighted area! The clouds have been really interesting this week. I recorded another episode of Verbal Surgery called &#8220;The Unsearched for Answer.&#8221; It&#8217;s a good one! On Tuesday, I released, &#8220;Who am I?&#8221; it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12133,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12132\/revisions\/12133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}