May 6
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

So not all leaves are green, even though they have chlorophyll. These belong to my neighbor Joan. Although she is a lawn nazi, she has other redeeming qualities. She loves kids, especially the little ones. She is kind about letting them draw chalk pictures on her driveway (although she washes them off that night !?!) She usually hands out nice things at halloween and x-mas. My yard-keeping actvities, or lack thereof, drive her mad; everything ranging from my weed collection to my willingness to let kids dig random holes in the backyard and sit on the porch roof reading. Ah well. It is my yard. She’ll deal.

Gorgeous, gorgeous day today. I managed a long ride around my town and the next one over, out for almost two hours including the river picture of the week and riding home across the fields on the other side of the highway. I always start out back there thinking it will be fine, and I always remember 1/2 way that the roads are unpaved, dusty, insufficiently packed down for road bikes, flat-and-boring,  too-sunny, and too-hot. So I won’t ride out there for another year….

I got a new bike last year. It still isn’t quite real somehow. When I think of going out for a ride, I think of taking my green bike that I rode for 23 years. I get to the garage and find – sacre bleu – a red bike! and it fits me! and I remember, Oh yea, I got a new bike, this is it, and then I go ride. Eventually I will imagine the red one. I was amused that I hadn’t yet.