Part-time prevaricator
I went for a bike ride last night. I left the house about 8, got in around 9, and along the way I saw some deer grazing alongside the trail.
…and some flowers, too. Including, finally, some lilacs.
I biked a bit over 25km today, my first longer ride of the year, and it was glorious. Here are a few photos I took while I was out and about.
For my money, the first true sign of spring is not the robin but the dandelion[1]Also, I’m amused at the fact that “dandelion” comes from the French for lion’s tooth—dent de lion—but I learned in my French immersion schooling that the French call ’em «pissenlit» instead..
Footnotes
| ↑1 | Also, I’m amused at the fact that “dandelion” comes from the French for lion’s tooth—dent de lion—but I learned in my French immersion schooling that the French call ’em «pissenlit» instead. |
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On the Monday of the long weekend, I went for a ride and snapped a few photos.
The aurora data were pretty meh last night, but I went out anyway and got some shots of the Milky Way climbing in the east. The video is the better part of an hour’s images, all shot at 11mm, f/2.8, ISO 3200.
Above: spotted on my walk on Tuesday. I hope whoever belongs to the li’l birdie gets reunited with it.
Below: Hoss grazing in our yard today. Once he’d had a snack he lay down for a snooze.
On the evening of May 15, 2022, the Earth’s shadow fell completely across the face of the moon.
… and it happened early enough that I was still awake, so I took my camera and tripod out to the sidewalk and snapped a few dozen photos. These three are my favourites.
On tonight’s bike ride, I found half a dozen deer grazing in the meadow west of 34th Street. They looked like they could use the food.
On my ride yesterday, I spotted a duck alongside the walking path. It spotted me, too, and moved cautiously away from me.
I bet my family knows what was boiling in that pot.
(If you’re not sure: it’s the ol’ potato pot from my Hrushowy grandparents’ farm, and somehow it’s ended up in my house.)
For the 30th day of April, and my 27th day of biking in April[1]I missed 3 days because a Colorado low dropped enough rain that I couldn’t get to the garage., I went for a 16km bike ride and managed to snap a couple photos while I was out.
Above: A classic car I spotted on a side street.
Below: The north wind was not fun to bike into, but at least it made the flags snap.
Footnotes
| ↑1 | I missed 3 days because a Colorado low dropped enough rain that I couldn’t get to the garage. |
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