I suggested a bike ride yesterday to Wonderful Guy. I wanted to ‘test ride’ my commute, to test ride my bike after getting it tuned up in February, and to get out for some exercise. I was afraid the weather was not going to be friendly, but other than a bit of a breeze, we were okay with jackets.
I think my commute will be ridden easily along a bike path, a certain Spring Creek Trail, by the way, without any need for shortcuts. I don’t see how I could do any better than how the path does it. That is suh-weet! No cars, no traffic lights…and therefore no rest stops…well…one has to deal.
So. On our ‘test ride’ we saw lots of things, of which I stopped to take photos.
Cutie pie little boys racing their ittle bitty cutie pie bikes. The littlest ones had moms and dads help them up over the hills!
Pelicans (and ducks)
A heron. There were geese, too, but there are always geese.
The Spring Creek Gardens plant sale. I bought stuff.
The Drake Road Farmers Market. I didn’t buy stuff.
Not everybodies lilacs got bit.
In fact, my neighbor brought me these last night, because she heard me say at Bunko (where I won NOTHING!) that I had exactly one half bloom on my bush.
I put them in water, and when we got back from dinner last night, oh my, the whole kitchen smelled so wonderfully!
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Oh, the lilacs are pretty! It sounds like you had a lovely ride.
Spring Creek is such a lovely ride. When I'm too lazy to make the full communte to campus (Fossil Creek Trail to Mason Creek Trail to Spring Creek Trail), I drive to Rolland Moore and bike from there.
Sounds (and looks) like a great ride!
Bike to work, that is the best. And lilacs, I don't have any or any nice neighbors to give me some. I did think about stealing some though.
Aren't you glad it's springtime? Love the photos and am very jealous that you can bike to work -- and not have to fight with traffic!
I'm having the best lilac year ever. And I'm very willing to share! Come and get 'em!
Your story made me want to go get some lilacs. I have a bush in my back yard but I haven't inspected it closely to see how many flowers it has. There used to be alot of lilac bushes in Greensburg.
Do you remember the iris's at the Big Well Park all around the stone fence. For some reason they got rid of them all-- before the tornado even--why would they??
Oh how I wish this were my morning/evening commute instead of the Long Island Expressway!
I had forgotten about the pelicans! Lucky you to be able to ride along the Spring Creek trail to work!
I have iris blooming now but they are the pygmy ones and the somewhat taller-than-the-pygmy ones. No blooms from your iris, but lots of new growth so that's a good sign! At least they survived Bella's reorganization.
Lilacs and Lilies of the Valley are my favorite flowers in the world. Fragrant and sophisticated perfumes, old-fashioned and simply beautiful flowers that almost never disappoint me.
You're so lucky to have such a beautiful ride to work!
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