BikeDC

My days of living dangerously have continued,
I rode up the middle of Massachusetts Ave and Pennsylvania Ave.
I wanted to stop and lay in the middle of the road but I was having too much fun,
I also wanted to stop and take a picture with 0 cars in the road too.
There were puddles to be ridden through,
New friends to meet.
A rest stop at the residence of the Ambassador from Taiwan,
Tricycle races(I passed on this one)
It was BikeDC and we rode around town with no cars on the road.
It was so much fun (and safe).

Humbled

Riding home yesterday was a new experience. A sI was riding through Fort Myer, I came up on the horse drawn carriage going back to the caisson after another day of the last trip for this veteran. The beauty of the horses. The spit and polish of the carriage.
The slow, somber walk of the horses.
Made me slow down for a while.

Seeking

Spiritual direction.  I am contacting different persons about who/what/where next.  Journeys sometimes take paths that are difficult to understand.  This is my time to pray about it.

3rd Time is the charm

Bee sting, 3rd time this summer.
Lower leg so Benadryl works just fine. I am riding home and pass a man and woman walking a big red lab/setter mix when I feel it and starting yelling ow, ow, ow, ow and pull over. I swat the bee off and the couple was looking at me like I was nuts. I said it was a bee sting and they were amazed that a bee had flew into me and stung me.

Now for the week of itching to come.
May I pray that the rest of the bees just pass me by.

Awakenings

Having a kitten lick your eyes while I want to sleep. Guess I need to teach them to tell time.

Fading

Letting it all fade away. Calming myself. Letting go.
I think this is where I am today.

What was that?

After the worst Monday ever, Tuesday was bearable. I was watching a squirrel in the back yard grabbing a stick then rolling down the hill. A squirrel playing? Rolling around down the hill? That was really a first. Wish I had my camera with me then.

Hanging out

Praying a lot. Thinking about others. Wanting this knee pain to be gone.
Wondering. That is what it is about today.

Knowing

It is time. I know it. I made the appointment. Vet tech irked me when I explained to him that I had been in twice in the past month and the situation was only worse. I have to do something I find hard.

Cowabunga kitties

Getting two kittens has been fun. They jump at everything and everyone.

Waiting

Watching Alex. Is it time?
He has spark but his legs are failing him.

Itch

Bee sting turned to a real itch. It took three days before it got better.

Stung!

Again. I got stung last week when something flew down my jersey.. Today I got it on the inseam, real upper inseam. How to ruin a ride. I turned around and went home. Putting anti-itch cream on. Since each time there was no stinger left, I am thinking wasp or yellowjacket. Either way I think I need a break from them.

Celebrating

Alex has gained a half a pound in 2 weeks. That is good news. He is up to 5.6 pounds. He even looks happy. Happy with no teeth.

Wondering

Is this lion going to eat me?

Me watching a lion on the Seregeti plain.

Wildlife

There are signs of spring everywhere. I went to trim bushes around the house and I discover a robin nesting in a holly bush. Me and I’ll say she kind of startled each other. I agreed to give her a wide birth for the next few weeks.
I was cleaning my bicycle car also. The bushes are still flowering which means they are full of bumble bees. I made a deal with them; I leave you alone and you leave me alone. It seems to be working.
Stoopid (I know) woodpecker. There is a woodpecker who has not figured out that the trim on the house is aluminum. Every few days you hear rat-tat-tat-tat and it shakes you to the bone. I think I have seen the culprit at the bird feeder. I have to wonder about this one….
Squirrels. They are digging up all the mulch around the house. I have to level it off every few days. Another funny thing is watching a squirrel running with a hamburger bun in it’s mouth. I will throw out old bread, buns, tortillas into the yard for the wild life instead of putting it in the trash. I had to smile watching this squirrel bounding through the yard with a hamburger bun in it’s mouth. It was a funny sight to see.

Adventures in lawnmowing

Sheer terror and fear that drains the blood out of you. Doesn’t sound much like lawn mowing does it? It is. After 3 days of rain we get a nice, sunny dry day before another day of rain. I had decided to mow the lawn because it was looking kind of bad for tomorrow. All my neighbors had the same idea so here we all are, out doing yard work except for me, it didn’t start that way.

Sheer fear. I went out to get the lawnmower out of the shed. There is a flowering tree out back right above the shed and it is in full bloom. I opened the door and noticed a loud hum above my head so I looked up and saw that the tree was full of honeybees. The blood drained from me. My first thought was “Where is my Epipen?” I remembered I keep it with my helmet and I have told “da wif” where the other ones are. I did get the lawnmower out and then brought it around front to “da wif’s” car where she has a plug in pump for tires. I got the tires all pumped up and everything put away so it was time to start mowing…

Sheer terror. I had left it in gear when I turned the lawnmower off, so when I pulled the starter line, it leaped away from me so here I was trying to turn it off, trying to turn it away from “da wif’s” car and other things in the yard. I managed to turn it off, get my wit about me and then mowed the lawn. I wonder what it looks like to be in sheer terror.
I am done mowing, now I smell like onions…..

Buzzing about

Spring. It is in the air and all over everything too. Cars are yellow. We are sneezing quite frequently. Bees are about. Their buzzing is loud, or I thought. Lots of bumble bees out front and I thought the buzzing was them. Then is heard a shift in the drone and realized it was the race cars again. Come on Monday morning, so I can be through with another race weekend.... Lots of bumble bees out front. Here is one!

They don't get it

Remember from the Wizard of Oz?
Lion, tigers and bears oh my!
I think the people today are saying;
Iraq, elections, economy, oh my!
When I heard Darth Cheney's comments on the death toll in Iraq I was shocked,
"You regret every casualty, every loss," he said. "The president is the one that has to make that decision to send young men and women into harm's way. It never gets any easier."

Duh, Why did you send them in the first place?
Money?? Power? Oil?

You missed the whole point of serving the people. Not for you own good but for the good of all people.

Funeral

A funeral on Holy Saturday. The church was packed and the service went on for over two hours. The music was great and the preaching touched me. Life in a small community reaches out and touches you sometimes. Rest in peace Lady Di.