Bakers Dozen

Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens

  1. An Elegant Quail
  2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil.
  3. A mountain lion
  4. A beehive
  5. Kohlrabi
  6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos
  7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis
  8. A rat
  9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady.

Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens

  1. An Elegant Quail
  2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil.
  3. A mountain lion
  4. A beehive
  5. Kohlrabi
  6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos
  7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis
  8. A rat
  9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady.
  10. A duck blind

Used for bird watching in a suburban garden.

Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens

  1. An Elegant Quail
  2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil.
  3. A mountain lion
  4. A beehive
  5. Kohlrabi
  6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos
  7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis
  8. A rat
  9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady.
  10. A duck blind
  11. A statue of Nyarlathotep

Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens

  1. An Elegant Quail
  2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil.
  3. A mountain lion
  4. A beehive
  5. Kohlrabi
  6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos
  7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis
  8. A rat
  9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady.
  10. A duck blind
  11. A statue of Nyarlathotep
  12. A recreation of the ruins of the Temple of Hera

At Jasmine Hill, a formerly private/now public garden near Montgomery, AL. Pic.

Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens

  1. An Elegant Quail
  2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil.
  3. A mountain lion
  4. A beehive
  5. Kohlrabi
  6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos
  7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis
  8. A rat
  9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady.
  10. A duck blind
  11. A statue of Nyarlathotep
  12. A recreation of the ruins of the Temple of Hera
  13. A puppy and a bunny, both asleep

Next up: Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.

Next up: Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52
    He is credited with helping start America’s fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. He died of a heart attack while jogging at 52 years of age

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72.

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96.

]Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96.
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
    Yes, really: he was one of the first Americans to write to a large audience about diet (advocated a mostly vegetarian diet with seafood and poultry and very little red meat) and to advocate what we now call cardio exercise (he preferred swimming when possible and brisk walks when not).

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
  8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967)

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
  8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967)
  9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
  8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967)
  9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91
  10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
  8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967)
  9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91
  10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69
  11. J.I. Rodale, organic diet advocate, 72

He is most remembered today for his ironic death: he died in his chair on the set of The Dick Cavett Show minutes after saying he was going to live to be 100.

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
  8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967)
  9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91
  10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69
  11. J.I. Rodale, organic diet advocate, 72
  12. Charles Atlas, 80

Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death

  1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91.
  2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52.
  3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69.
  4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72.
  5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96
  6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76.
  7. Benjamin Franklin, 84.
  8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967)
  9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91
  10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69
  11. J.I. Rodale, organic diet advocate, 72
  12. Charles Atlas, 80
  13. Florence Griffith “Flo Jo” Joyner, 38

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