Under #AprilOfMyLife I will post one photo every day of April, documenting my day to day life.
I’m joining former beloved colleague @tripu@qoto.org or @tripu@pixelfed.de who’s been doing it since 2008 and uses #dailyphoto, and perhaps @fidel too
#AprilOfMyLife April 1.
Ending a long work day (the whole felt like several bundled in one) on the elliptical.
2 hours: ✅
Movie: “The Town”
(Boston robbers prepare a last job at Fenway Park. With Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm (mrow!), Jeremy Renner)
I lived in the Boston area for a while so this was double entertainment for me ♥️
Affleck: I need your help. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.
Renner: Whose car are we gonna take?
#AprilOfMyLife April 2.
8:10 a.m.
At this point, my night had been split about equally between sleep and insomnia.
I looked at the weather widget only to find out the day had 80% chances of being just rain, wind and cold.
I switched off the light, flipped on my other side, and went back to sleep with my head full of the music I had spent several hours listening to.
#AprilOfMyLife April 3.
My sidekick and I went for a run to the beach. In the picture we’re taking a short break. I changed my routine a bit today (after a couple years of being frustrated with no real progress): giving more of what I’ve got at the start, as opposed to trying to regulate and distribute it as best as I can across the entire run (5K). I had to stop 3 times, but I think it will help me improve. I ended up with an average pace of 6 minutes per kilometer \o/ (30 second better)
#AprilOfMyLife April 4.
This is Mickey-Raccoon, an intrepid cat. It’s a third-hand cat; I didn’t get to name him. His previous owner added Raccoon to his name though as he is so fluffy, in particular his tail. Anyway.
I adopted him in January and we bonded immediately. He follows me everywhere, as exemplified here: I’m going for a walk and he followed for a kilometer or so. Then I lost my tail :)
#AprilOfMyLife April 5.
3.6 km. That’s the shortest walking distance from my place to the #Mediterranean and this is what I saw heading west, at 8:25 pm.
I kept walking along the sea for a few more kilometers until the Old Course green and then took a right and headed north along the Siagne river, which banks I left only a few kilometers from home.
14K, 2:20, not too cold.
https://www.sports-tracker.com/workout/coraliemercier/624cadb2aa642764232b20a1
#AprilOfMyLife April 6.
At #work still because there a great deal of it on my figurative plate, and deadlines are looming.
I’m 42% into the document I’ve been writing.
#AprilOfMyLife April 7.
First social outing for me in MONTHS! (I was one of the two persons wearing a face mask.)
Live music at a local restaurant and bar, tonight.
A friend of mine plays the drums. She rocks, literally and figuratively.
Skin
#AprilOfMyLife April 9.
I found this set and I love it! ♥️
#AprilOfMyLife April 10.
Did my civic duty today. 🗳
Round 1 of the #Frenchpresidentialelection2022
#AprilOfMyLife April 11.
Pretty sight: red leaves being created by my Japanese maple tree 🍁
#AprilOfMyLife April 12.
Post-run stretching.
I’m wearing my newish #salomon sense ride 4 in black and red (which as most of my Salomon running shoes, I got in the men’s section of the local Decathlon.)
#AprilOfMyLife April 13.
My day at work in a picture: fuzzy, abstract, intense.
#AprilOfMyLife April 14.
To each their own.
This clever surfer carries his surfboard to the end of the jetty, where he then jumps in the water to catch a wave, thus avoiding to unnecessarily waste any calories swimming against the current, and precious time too.
My evening walk with sidekick Gizmo was an enjoyable 13-kilometer and 134-minute loop during which I burned 564kcal.
#AprilOfMyLife April 15.
Hike day! With a couple friends and my sidekick Gizmo.
Sunny and hot, with lots of wind.
#AprilOfMyLife April 16.
I got myself a #nerd (thermos) cup which I had been wanting for weeks.
It’s PANTONE 419 black (as advertised), white inside. It’s a bit heavy though and almost too bulky but I love it and I’m already thinking of which other colours I’d like to get (Pantone 2035 most definitely)!
#AprilOfMyLife April 17.
At the end of a nice #easter day with family and a friend, enjoying an early evening #coffee on the terrace.
#AprilOfMyLife April 18.
#eastermonday #hike day! With my adventures friend (*) @danield and my sidekick Gizmo.
(*) with whom 98% of hikes are about shortcuts, discoveries, getting lost. Fun, fun, fun. Also he’s following me so I can’t complain about stress on knees in steep slopes, tired feet, or scratched legs in bushes.
#AprilOfMyLife April 20.
More #artsupplies ☺️
I have been an absolute fan of the black #pentelbrushpen for decades, and it’s one of the few tools I recurrently use in my #art 🎨. Imagine my glee when I discovered they now come in grey and sepia!
#AprilOfMyLife April 21.
15-minute sketch in dark grey ink of a goofy baby t-rex caught with the tongue out!
The grey ink is too dark for my taste, though. I’m a bit disappointed because I had high hopes for this brush pen.
Smudged and broad strokes aren’t as dark, but fine lines are barely distinguished from what the black ink would achieve.
The Kuretake BrushWriter in light grey still wins!
#art #brushpen #pentel #pentelbrushpen
#dinosaur #caricature
