jayna (@jayna)
Reader, writer, editor, wonderer.
Traveling in Southern Oregon: September 6 2026
I’m traveling and visiting relatives for a few days on the southern coast of Oregon. My brother owns a nice property along a river front and my siblings and I all try to gather together here once a...
A walk by a pond: August 24 2026
I took a lovely walk around a pond in Minneapolis. We have ponds and lakes everywhere you look here. It was a bright late-summer day and the temperature was mild. I love days like that when there a...
My Actifit Report Card: August 23 2026
I love walking at the marina when there are beautiful clouds and a pretty sunset. I love how the boats and their masts create dramatic reflections. I actually ran from my car to the water in this i...
Wednesday walk in the park: August 19 2026
I returned to my favorite local walking park at dusk today. It was so gorgeous with all the cattails and late summer flowers. This is my favorite place to go in any weather, at any time of year. Th...
Pickleball, hubby walk, dog walk: August 13 2026
I have almost no pictures to show for my 16000 steps today. But I sure I was busy. I worked for several hours, walked the dog a few times, watered the garden, went to play pickleball for a few hour...
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Meadows and wildflowers - Wednesday Walk: August 12 2026
It is just past the peak of summer, yet it’s a wonderful time for wildflowers and butterflies. On this particular walk, I strolled through my favorite nature park, which is about 2 miles from my ho...
A walk by the water
Wow, I miss posting on Hive. I was looking through some of my old posts and discovered some treasures. It was like reading entries in an old journal, only better, because I wrote them for others to...
My Actifit Report Card: March 29 2026
Some days are just so full of activity that it makes your head spin. Like a day when you devote half of the day to attending a funeral, and another half a day doing various physical activities to r...
Fun in the snow: March 15 2026
At last, I’m trying to get back to posting after many weeks of being a slacker! It was a great day for exercise today, as I helped my husband plow and shovel about 10 inches of fresh snow off the d...
Hello from Minnesota
These are some crazy days, right? The dramatic things happening here in Minneapolis have been augmented by the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics (and Lindsey Vonn’s tragic crash), to make it a very n...
Walking in the snow: December 3 2025
I have not been getting out for walks as much as usual lately! Between a recent health thing, lots of snow and cold weather and the busy holidays, I hit a lull in activity. But this evening I bundl...
The last yard cleanup before the snow: November 23 2025
Fall comes in waves where I live. We first start seeing some color in August. But the complete transformation takes about eight weeks, during which the trees are so vibrant, you almost need sunglas...
Out on the trail: November 22 2025
Hubby and I got out on our nearby trail at dusk and managed to get a few miles in! There were actually quite a few people out, especially cyclists and dog walkers. In fact, long after it seemed too...