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[darkemeralds]

What a day! What a day!

The sun came out. The temperature rose. I feel fantastic.



I rode Eleanor O to my haircut appointment, across town through some groovy neighborhoods. I passed a trio of Portland hipsters just getting ready to set out on their bikes, and we exchanged a good morning. They said, "Nice bike!" as I rode by, and when I was past, one of them started singing the Wicked Witch of the West theme--which...okay, I'll assume it was good natured...so I said over my shoulder, "Yeah, that's my ringtone."

Got a good haircut. It's amazing how much product one-inch long hair will take. Seriously. I'm starting to understand Dean Winchester on a follicular level.



Did some errands on the way home, including a stop at a nursery. I have nine hanging pots around the beam of my porch that need filling with colorful annuals, and I was wondering how I was going to get nine x whatever mix of flowers home. I thought, hm...bike trailer? Have to use a Zip Car? Then it dawned on me: multiple trips!


(Note my new cupholder there on the handlebars. That is the kind of bike-riding I do.)

That's two pots right there. Next trip: I can fit four in the front basket and probably three in the back, and voilà! Nine porch pots. Plus neighborhood ride.



Laundry's on the line and drying fast. My sister's honeybees are buzzing. I'm heading back out now for seven more sets of flowers. Man, *these are the good old days.

Comments

[kis]

The pic of Eleanor+flowers looks idyllic to an almost unreal level. :)

[darkemeralds]

It was that kind of day. Looks like another one today. Ah, June.

[sara]

Eee, workbike with flowers! That's mighty scenic, there.

[darkemeralds]

And it's not even staged! It's like the picturesque life just springs up from the fact of using a bike for primary transportation.

My sister said, "You should totally keep those pots in your basket and water them all summer long," but I need the basket for actual stuff.

[sobelle]

I LOVE your bike... and without a doubt, the flowers just kick it up into stratospheric awesomeness!

Your haircut rocks too... I sometimes think about getting mine cut short but I need haircuts at least once ever 4-5 weeks... fast growing hair! ... back before the hippie days I always kept mine short... people, upon seeing pix from that era, would query "is that your brother?" =)

Wait... your sister has beehives??

[darkemeralds]

That's the downside of short hair--the expense of keeping it that way. I'm not one who's willing or able to DIY the hair. But it's so convenient for bike-riding: it dries fast, it's fairly helmet-friendly when I decided to use a helmet, and it goes well "philosophically," if you see what I mean, with the bike-riding way of life.

Yep, my sister has a humungous honeybee hive in her back yard. I've seen honeybees, probably from it, in my yard this spring for the first time in years (we're close neighbors). Here's a picture of one of the hive-pod things:

They're really fascinating to watch.

[sobelle]

Now, I HATE getting stung but I LOVE honeybees!

I remember, as a little girl (hundreds of years ago), having to tread carefully across patches of clover busy with honeybees.

Now, I have to search many a clover patch to find even ONE lone honeybee! =(

So, yeah, how cool that you get to see them happily buzzing around!

(another great pic, btw)

[darkemeralds]

Getting that shot was one of my more exciting picture-taking experiences. I managed to stay calm, and the bees didn't bother me, but one did get into my hair, and the effort of not freaking out was considerable!

My sister feels that the keeping of honeybees is one of the most important acts she can do for the environment. I'm inclined to agree, and she's just the right person to do it. You should see her--she's just nuts about her little bees, and they seem to know her. It's amazing.

[sobelle]

Whoa! bees in your hair!!!!!!!! yeah, you totally get major points for not freaking out!!! =O

My grampa kept bees when I was little and I remember him getting all ~covered up~ in his bee suit and hat to check the bees or smoke them to get the honey... and getting to eat honey comb (I was his favorite) =)

How awesome that your sister is so dedicated!!

[unseelie]

Nice hair and bike; I gave up on "hairstyles" because I can't manage, use, or understand product. I love the forward curls you've got going on, that rocks so hard and I envy your mad skills!

Your bike is, definitely, the cadillac of bikes!

[darkemeralds]

Heh. You did read the part where I'd just come from the hairstylist, right? My mad hair skills are wash, goop, hope for the best, and helmet to ruin it all.