I was wrong about there being no surprises. But this is the nature of home ownership, right?
I found things this weekend…things that made me reconsider my otherwise universally warm feelings towards towards animals domesticated or otherwise.
To start with, I pulled up rugs in the family and dining rooms after our painting was finished. Parts of [...]
Tag Archives: Nature
Always Be Closing. Or Gardening.
26-Mar-09The walk thru went well, I think. I mean, I didn’t find anything new that I need to demo. Any new fixtures that were broken. Any new cracks in the walls, holes in the floor or cieling.
No surprises. So that’s good, right?
Well, no really bad surprises:
Surprise #1: The house has a 2 car garage. Which [...]
Remind me to never again pretend to complain about having to alter course on the West River Time Trial because of Canadian Geese crossing the road. This mountain bike racer got attacked by a bear.
Unlucky Chipmunk
19-Jun-08Did a lunch ride today because I blew myself up on Tuesday, didn’t ride at all on Wednesday, and needed to do something…
Anyway, I ended up riding thru Ft. Washington park with an eye towards going out to Joshua Road and then up the steep part of the road once or twice. It didn’t work [...]
Another Turtle
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P1000532, originally uploaded by chris_mckenna.
I almost ran this little one over on Ocean Drive tonight. We went back so I could help him across the road.
I thought that picture of the drunk driving crash into a pack of mexican road riders was the most awful thing I was going to see online this week(google it. I’m not linking to it.). But this article entitled “Souless New Yorkers and the animals they brutally slaughter”….I mean ‘Peter Rabbit Must Die” in [...]
One of Those Commutes(by Bicycle)
08-May-08When I left the house, it was raining.
2o minutes later, on a quiet street in Narberth, up the hill from the police station, I flatted.
15 minutes after sorting that out, coming across the bridge into Manayunk, I decided to avoid climbing up Umbria street. (Its my 3rd day riding to work this week. 120 [...]
Kingfisher
07-May-08Took Graham to Pennypack park for a stroll 2 weekends ago. First heard, and holy shit is this bird loud, then saw my first Kingfisher. Its was large too, which means it was likely a female.
Kingfishers are a rare example of reverse sexual dimorphism. Thats fancy speak for ‘the females are physically larger and [...]
Forget where I found this today. Order. Physics. good.
Easter in Bucks County.
23-Mar-087:30 AM. Up and dressed. Extra socks. Cold Cold Cold.The plan is simple. Do 50 miles or 3 hours of riding, whichever comes first. Attempts to sell wife on coming pick me up someplace remote on the SCU Nockamixon Century route didn’t work out. Something about the benefit [...]