I would like to say "Stepping out in style", but our back views belie any semblance of elegance. Mind you, our concentration was focused on just staying upright. In the many years since we'd last visited the gardens, we'd all forgotton just how tunnelled, stepped and generally tricky the meandering paths were, especially for those approaching four score years and ten ...
Immediately afterwards, we delicately negotiated a dark and winding uphill tunnel to emerge, blinking, onto the bright veranda of the pagoda; and Himself snapped us as we crossed the bridge, quietly triumphant ...
That's just how life is right now: difficult terrain, small victories, with occasional dollops of borrowed Olympian strength - and a good memory with which to greet another Monday! And, I'm wondering, what's helping you as you begin this week? Wishing you well ...