Spring bike commute + Soccercat

[rebeccmeister]

I took multiple bicycling photos yesterday on my commute. I'm kind of tempted to make a project out of taking photos of my bike in front of various spring flower events, except that right now there are THRONGS of people at the park and I just don't trust the unwashed masses to be very good at physical distancing in that kind of environment. So if I want to get into the thick of things I'm going to have to wait for a cold, rainy day. Or snowy day. Saturday morning, perhaps.

I didn't want to longer for long enough to improve the framing on this one, for example.


This one was more fun. They're putting in a fresh bike lane, just for me, hurrah!


This magnolia isn't going to look this magnificent for much longer, so I had to get this photo in yesterday:


Magnolias still aren't one of my favorite spring flowering trees. Cherries or redbuds are pretty grand, and I do like a good dogwood, too. Magnolias just seem too flamboyant, the petals too big and slimy when they drop. But the trunks have good structure. I'll give them that.

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The cat's soccer ball order came in. She knew what to do, right away.


She loves these things. I ordered 12 soccerballs overall, because they always seem to disappear over time. Her favorite is to chase after them when thrown, like so (click for video from 2015):



But she'll pick them up and carry them around, and bat at them on her own, too.

I put out four of the 12.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Our local magnolias have already set as have the cherries (including our own one).

[rebeccmeister]

Spring arrives later here than in other places I've lived. We still have lots of daffodils going! I think my mom was posting photos of daffodils back in February (from Seattle).

[bluepapercup]

Albany is surprisingly far north!

[threemeninaboat]

I love magnolias!

[mallorys_camera]

Question totally unrelated to your post: Is there a time on Sunday when I could play online Scrabble using your virtual setup without inconveniencing you? 😀

[rebeccmeister]

Yes. The board is booked between 10 am and noon, but should be free otherwise!

We had some glitches with it last weekend - if that happens, send an email to this username at the Google product.

[mallorys_camera]

With your permission, we would like to play between 3pm and 5pm EST.

[rebeccmeister]

Board should be all yours! I will probably be near my computer, grading papers, in case you experience any technical difficulties.