Showing posts with label the week in pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the week in pictures. Show all posts

Sunday, August 23, 2009

the week in pictures

We have a new addition to the quiver - a Trek 520 for Adria. Here she is at Spokesman watching as they put the finishing touches on it before we went for a shakedown ride. 

A shot from our shakedown ride - a 30 miler into the Aptos hills. I think when this shot was taken we had stopped to either look at the map or look for wild blackberries, when Adria looked down and commented "Look! Our bikes like each other!"

Took a spin in "Big Al" at work - it's a show truck that one of our transportation vendors uses for promotions. 
Greta guarding the quiver, with the newest (until Saturday) getting rebuilt on the workbench.


The progress I've made on the Schwinn re-build. This is the '73 I bought a few weeks ago, with plans on converting it to an around-town-fixie.

An up-close shot of the clunky parts they used back in '73 on bikes. 

Every evening I write down something that I'm grateful for. Lately, I've felt so much gratitude for Adria's efforts in the garden. The tomatoes are coming in!

There's a story behind this one, that you will soon hear about in person, or read about here.

What we're having for dinner tonight. 




Friday, August 14, 2009

the week in pictures

Here are some pictures I took this week:

Iced-tea in the garden on a hot summer afternoon. Yep, that a mint garnish. Homegrown.

Gardening tools...

Tomatoes are almost ready...I've got my eye on this one. After I showed Adria this picture, she commented, "It looks so industrial." That gave me an idea for a short-story about the life in gardens that we don't see. 

This is the view of the smoke from the Lockheed fires from just outside my office, on my bike ride home this week...
Another shot of the smoke mixing in with the clouds on my ride home...


A walk in the redwoods, two minutes from Adria's front door...


Some Greta portraits. She is quickly working her way to the top of the list of "Best Dogs Ever"...


Wild blackberries ready for the pickin'....