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Little bits
May. 30th, 2007 03:17 pmI picked up a bit of paper that had blown to my front steps (the steps being at an angle to the sidewalk means we get lots of detritus blown into the shrubs on either side), intending to chuck it in my paper recycling. I took a closer look, and realized it's a hand-written note on graph paper, sealed with a shiny bunny sticker, and addressed to someone in Cambridge. Perhaps I should deliver it? I'm not sure, however, whether Mr. [name withheld], alias "Esteban de la Sex Face", would want this note.
I biked the Minuteman Trail on Memorial Day, stupidly waiting for the possibility of being rained on to have passed, which meant riding in the midday sun and humidity. It was a slog a lot of the way (I don't do well in the humidity), but I made it, my first >25 mile ride of the year. Reward: bike shorts, my first ever. (Plus there was a bike shirt on sale too... I haven't decided whether I'll require myself to pass some other milestone before wearing it on a ride).
Noticed on the ride: two horses, three bluejays, a pair of cardinals, two lemonade stands run by kids, and a green and red parrot (being carried on someone's wrist). I was startled by that last, and automatically said "pretty bird" in that strange voice I seem to use exclusively for Claude and Edgar.
Two friends got married, and I got to celebrate. Yay! Plus, the kiddush cup from my parents' wedding was used, which was pleasing.
Porch progress: two sungold cherry tomato plants.
Season notes: irises and lilies of the valley are out.
I really need to get out of the house earlier in the morning; even half an hour's difference is noticeable both in heat/humidity and amounts of shade on my walk. Still, so far this year, I've only missed one day of walking to work (it was raining).
Possibility for my porch next year: growing citrus trees, in containers. That would be so cool, having a couple of actual fruit trees on my porch! I'd have to figure out where to fit them in the kitchen during the winter, though. And whether I could manhandle (personhandle?) the containers when shifting locations.
This might be a first: no food qua food in this post!
I biked the Minuteman Trail on Memorial Day, stupidly waiting for the possibility of being rained on to have passed, which meant riding in the midday sun and humidity. It was a slog a lot of the way (I don't do well in the humidity), but I made it, my first >25 mile ride of the year. Reward: bike shorts, my first ever. (Plus there was a bike shirt on sale too... I haven't decided whether I'll require myself to pass some other milestone before wearing it on a ride).
Noticed on the ride: two horses, three bluejays, a pair of cardinals, two lemonade stands run by kids, and a green and red parrot (being carried on someone's wrist). I was startled by that last, and automatically said "pretty bird" in that strange voice I seem to use exclusively for Claude and Edgar.
Two friends got married, and I got to celebrate. Yay! Plus, the kiddush cup from my parents' wedding was used, which was pleasing.
Porch progress: two sungold cherry tomato plants.
Season notes: irises and lilies of the valley are out.
I really need to get out of the house earlier in the morning; even half an hour's difference is noticeable both in heat/humidity and amounts of shade on my walk. Still, so far this year, I've only missed one day of walking to work (it was raining).
Possibility for my porch next year: growing citrus trees, in containers. That would be so cool, having a couple of actual fruit trees on my porch! I'd have to figure out where to fit them in the kitchen during the winter, though. And whether I could manhandle (personhandle?) the containers when shifting locations.
This might be a first: no food qua food in this post!