Grillin' and Chillin'

An entire 17 lb bag of Kingsford Charcoal with the lid zipped....

- OB amazed by the simple things....

Beautiful

5:30 on the concrete pedestrian bridge I coast to a stop over 6 lanes of Highway 100 grab onto the rusty chain link fence watch lanes of traffic below and smile at the smell of exhaust fumes because for right now I’m not a part of the rat race

- The Old it's summer Bag

Gray Summer Mornings

early minutes

fresh, cool air through the house

the day not yet considered

coffee cup filled again

drawing out time


-OB's favorite time of year

Love/Hate

The Teacher's Conundrum

I love SUMMER! sun warm weather time no plans cleaning house rearranging furniture riding s i t t i n g sorting shopping not riding espresso cream gardens riding grilling weekend plans coming home phone calls yellow fruit kittehs fluffy things red sunglasses hearts actually, I hate hearts and flowers

I hate spring gray skies dirty snow schedules feeling trapped dust and pet hair routine not riding hectic piles shopping not riding office coffee Coffee-mate bare trees %#@$!! schedules cooking packing for the weekend leaving home phone calls gray wilted veggies boxelder bugs #@! fluffy things no sunglasses hearts I detest hearts and flowers

- The currently waaay satisfied Bag

Is it a Commute?

when you go in
to get some work done
but you're not getting paid
because you don't work in the summers
but you're taking care of stuff
and you rode
but it's not like it's a ride
because if it were a ride, "going-in" would mean into a coffee shop for some joe and a scone
because you went in
to the place you work
but you didn't have to
yet you kinda did
so is that a commute?


- OB I thought I had the summer off....

Yowza

Took the grocery getter downtown last night to the Twin Cities' outdoor Hot Summer Jazz Festival.

Only a woman like Barbara Morrison can carry a sultry song like Love for Sale and keep it hot instead of sleazy...what a stage presence.

We saw all types, colors, ages, sizes...the pink-hatted woman with feathers 'round the ends of her sleeves and little upturned nose just didn't seem to have the right costume for the moves her body wanted to make...didn't have the right moves either, but she was movin' nonetheless!

Riding through downtown -- a ton of cyclists out.

- OB it was hot!