There’s something satisfying about riding the same trail everyday and suddenly noticing flowers blooming by the trailside that you haven’t seen in a year. These subtle rhythms of the seasons are likely to go unnoticed from behind the wheel of a car.

Dave at Cycle City sent me this cool photo titled Three Generations on a Big Dummy at Sunset (photo by Aimee Ivanoff). I like the photo so much I thought I’d share it here. One of the best things about longbikes is that besides being great for hauling stuff, they’re also very good for giving people a lift. I have a Yuba Mundo V3 coming soon, and I’m looking forward to giving it a try as a people hauler as well as a cargo hauler.

And finally, the #1 reason to commute by bike (if a sunrise like that won’t get you out of your car, I don’t know what will). Captured this morning on the way to work…

Tobie from North Central Cyclery sent me this photo of wheat grass growing in the front rack of their Civia Loring. Tobie explained, “We’ve been planting wheatgrass everywhere so we can see grass grow all winter. It’s a good reminder that spring is on the way.” I should say so!

We finally had a break in the perpetual fog and rain today and took advantage by going on our first joy ride in weeks. The intensity of the blue sky framed by the soaring, puffy white clouds was almost dizzying after so much gray-upon-gray. What a treat to be out in it on the bikes!

Since it seems half the country is under snow and the other half is under water, I thought I’d post a photo from a hot summer night in July of last year to remind everyone it won’t be like this forever. Keep a stiff upper lip! ;-)

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I missed my shadow; it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen it.

Here’s a little urban energy for you. Captured this evening under the train tracks downtown.

This evening, for the first time in quite a while, we had perfect weather for a joy ride in the woods.

We had a doozy of a wind storm the other day that spread the fall colors all around.

Enjoy your day!

Spring Foward; Fall Back

We went off of daylight saving time yesterday and suddenly I’m being treated to a sunset commute. Way cool.