Friday, July 3, 2015

Five for Friday: July 3


Lots of outdoor fun this week!  I'm linking up with Kacey for another Five for Friday.

 My friend and I met up with a local running group to do a 5K on Sunday.  It wasn't too organized, which is good for 7 am on a Sunday morning during the summer.  We just kind of ran around the nature trails.

Hopefully we'll be able to meet up more often this summer for some running fun.  See that blue water drop at the top.  It's a water park.  Wouldn't it be awesome to run a 5K that ends with sliding down the water slide and plunging into the cool, clear pool?  Yes, awesome!

Tuesday we worked at our property in the woods.  We finally blazed a trail all the way around the lake to link the two sides.  It was hard work, but so worth it!



We headed back to the property today.  Three adorable armadillos walked up on us at one point.

This guy was not concerned with us at all.  It was lunchtime and he was hungry!  He even nudged my boot!

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I'll have to share some game cam pictures of the deer and turkeys soon.  Turkey chicks are also adorable!


Jumping back a bit, I am loving the MapMyHike app.  I downloaded it a few months ago for our first forays into the woods.  I like keeping track of how far we hike, and it is nice to find our way out.  Now that I started running, I use it a lot more.  It can be set to track miles and kilometers and it tracks routes.  Most of the time I run a little further than a mile, find a natural turnaround and come home.  But it is fantastic in the woods and when we run in new and different places.  Plus it is free.  Gotta love free.

http://www.mapmyfitness.com/app/

Spurred by the #TpTsellersChallenge, I revamped a few more products.  All my Working with Short Vowel units have fresh, new covers and fonts.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Miss-27/Order:Most-Recently-Posted/Search:working%20with%20short

Love. That. Fox.

I'm currently "Making my Masterpiece".  It is a big old set of activities for reading and spelling initial consonant blends.  Wahoo!

{In my photos, fonts are Jen Jones's Hello Fonts and the arrows are from Krista Wallden.}

2 comments:

  1. You have armadillos in your yard! I've never seen one in the wild - probably because they don't live in Massachusetts, or if they do, I've never bumped into one before! You've been busy blazing trails - good for you! Happy Weekend and 4th of July!

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  2. It was really cool seeing them in the woods. I thought we would spook them and they would roll into balls. Nope. They were really unconcerned with our presence.

    Happy 4th of July!

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