No one tells you how tough things can get, as it is a struggle between the mind and the body.
A true analogy (in my case) :).
The mind tells you that you are still young and that you can do the things that you have always done.
But the body has a totally different opinion and it starts to go its own way. Almost a divorce between the mind and the body. They have been married for 69 years (soon) and finally decided that they can no longer live with each other. So now the mind is trying to salvage their love by being humble and understanding about the body's issues.
Typically, in any relationship, as soon as the one becomes humble, the other party becomes dominant and now the body forces the mind to take it for all kinds of doctor visits. At times with some many painful results.
So like a sheep that is led to be slaughtered, the mind obeys the body's demands in order to save the marriage.
The latest advice is that I have to walk at least 1 kilometer per day.
So, I obey, but I take my camera with, as I have some interesting 1 kilometer walks.
From the low yellow wall in the first picture to the far end at the mountains that you see below.
We had early rain and it turned out to be a nice and cool morning walk.
Banks of clouds were streaming all over the place.
A flying Black-headed Heron came over.
I was gradually making headway towards the far side at the mountains.
And no way was I going to walk through that water sprayer, so this was the end and time for me to return.
This might be a buzzard, or an eagle flying on the dark side.
On occasion, the sun would light some spots up through gaps in the clouds.
By the time that I got back from the walk, a section of the sky at the north had started to clear.
To start off with, I hate pills and have never taken them in my younger days.
We discovered that it is the side effects of all the pills that I now have to take every day, that cause muscle degeneration, high cholesterol and a resistance to iron absorption in my body. Only to name a few side effects, as there are also other resultant complications. For instance, I take a cortisone tablet every day since 2012 and it's one of the main culprits for the muscle cramps that I get when I walk. We have already cut the pills from 12 to 8 every day, but more of them will have to go and I have already lined up two pills that I will no longer take.
I know how a rat feels in a lab and this rat will get out of the lab :)
Beware of medications and be sure to research the side effects.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.
