Breaking in the new sneakers

I broke in the new sneakers today by doing the "block," the 12 km loop from my house, over to Portsmouth, along Bath Road, then Gardiners Road, down Princess Street and home via Counter Street. No real issues, just the usual foot pain, so the sneakers held up well. Took me 3 hours and 10 minutes, but that included a lot of stopping to take pics (gardens and wildflowers), a pit stop at Tim Horton's for an iced coffee to go, a peek into mattress store for a few minutes, and a break at a civic park for an oatcake (no sitting down, though).

That's only the fourth time I've done the entire loop in one shot and I just knew I could do it today without too much problem. I was fine for the first 8km anyway, it was only the final 4 that was a bit more difficult, foot-wise (nothing to do with the new shoes).

I took 93 snapshots, kept 54, so I have enough for a few days' posting, at least. Lucky you, out in blog land. (I'm being tongue in cheek.)

And since I left the house at 7AM, I was home in time to see Germany score their second goal against England, then England score their only one. (Sorry, Jenn!) Germany heads to the quarter finals now, and England is done. Gee, now I'm taking an interest in the World Cup. LOL.

I hope everyone is having a good Sunday, doing something fun/relaxing/exciting...whatever suits your mood.  :-)

Nico, the neighbour's cat, hiding under my shrub, by the front step.

 The neighbour's hollyhocks.

 More roses.

 Daisies are one of my favourites. Okay, all flowers seem to be my favourite!