Today however all was quiet and I had been working up a sweat all morning digging up part of the vegetable patch. Stripped to the waist, wearing only shorts, that showed off my long and muscular legs, enhanced by my gardening boots. I knew that my tan added to the effect. The muscles rippled in my arms as I dug in the fork and turned the earth. Not quite a six-pack but my body was firm considering I was now nearly 40, but I worked out regularly and ran to keep in trim