Last evening I pedaled into Cedarburg and North on the InterUrban trail. About 6 miles into the ride, along the bike trail, I found EDEN and LAuren set up and vending their “RaNDOM Things.” Of course I had to stop and browse their selections and ended up purchasing the bracelet and multicolored pen; which you see […]
Category Archives: Daily thoughts
The pace of discovery
The pace of walking and cycling encourages us to take in the sights, sounds and smells around us. This deeper encounter with our environment provides one of the many pleasures of biking, walking, canoeing and kayaking. (click photograph for larger view) Last Tuesday I took a new route/road on the bike. The way the corn rows appeared […]
Point of view…
…determines what we see, hear, taste, feel, and yes, think. Shift your point of view and everything changes. Photographers, artists, writers, poets… know this. Change the filters, look from above, or below. Stand in another’s spot. Look through their eyes. Get out of your car. Take a walk. Sit on the ground. Ride a bike. […]
It’s been a while…
…since I’ve ridden 20 miles on a bicycle. I rode 30 miles a few years ago; when I rode over to Tanya’s Coop Farm Food drop off point; and took food to her fridge and some back to mine. Before that… probably close to 40 years since doing those sorts of distances within a couple hours. Yesterday I bicycled 4 miles […]
Friday’s flowers on Saturday
The turk’s cap lily (Lilium superbum) seems extremely happy this year twice the blooms as last year greeting us at the back door (click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 100 mm Apo Macro Elmarit – R
Midnight ride
After hours of discussion on awakenings, and spiral dynamics, and tribes, and commitment, and communities… Under a full moon, without artificial light, surrounded by fireflies, or lightening bugs, I bicycled 4 miles of the Inter Urban Trail; through the cool midnight air. Black velvet shadows cast across the path. So quiet. So strange. So trusting of this 70 […]
Monday’s bike ride to Lion’s Den Gorge
on the Western shore of the Great Lake Michigan. along the way on Lake Shore Drive, South of the Gorge. From the bluff. Looking North to Port Washington Gulls on the water Looking South towards Milwaukee Leica M8, 40 mm Summicron with B+W 93 IR Filter And other notes… Leica M, 100 mm Apo Elmarit […]
Friday: frogs, flowers, bread baking and bike riding
(click photograph for larger view) Leica M, 350 mm Telyt – R Leica M, 100 mm Apo Elmarit – R + 2 x Apo Been an interesting week… which began ANEW last Saturday… when I went to look at, and took possession of, a used, large frame (35″ inseam), relatively current, 2008, road bike, found on Craigs List, […]
Friday’s look at flowers
(click photo for larger view) Leica M, 80 mm Summilux-R (some with 2x APO)
The second bike ride of summer
14 mile round trip to the Germantown Library. One Hour and fifty five minutes; including a 5 minute walk around the library; a 10 minute walk around a “yard sale;” and a couple photographs along the way; and home. Heart monitor says I burned 1,300 calories; so that’s a good thing. But the Library was closed […]