"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, biking, NaBloPoMo 2011, Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Urban Photo Highlight Rides on Nov 12th, 2011
I took Ruby running in a shipping container wareyard today. She enjoyed splashing through the puddles and searching for rats, and I enjoyed the disorienting scenery. It felt like I was cavorting in a giant’s LEGO village. This looks like a tight fit, but I could easily ride my bicycle through this passageway. It is [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Distractions, Other Bike Stuff, Ruby the Dog, Sewing, Super-Short Entries, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 5th, 2011
Juniper Berry sachet, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. While running the dog, I found a bunch of windfall juniper berries today, so I completely filled my jacket pockets and made several juniper-berry sachets. I put this one in my lingerie drawer, ’cause delicates that smell of G&T are never the wrong answer.
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Distractions, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Aug 2nd, 2011
On Saturday, I found myself among friends, hanging around behind an abandoned industrial building. Some folks were drinking beers; all of us were talking shit. Because that’s what we do. Shoot the bull, drink beer, and hang around debris-strewn alleyways behind abandoned buildings. We’re classy n’ shit. Any old how, I wasn’t drinking beer because [...]
Posted in biking, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Mountain Biking, Trek 800 on Jun 13th, 2011
Direct quote from a kid who’d stopped by Friz tonight to spectate. We were taking a break and chatting with the newcomer who’d voiced interest in the game. He was riding an IRO fixie, which would have been supremely difficult (if not somewhat dangerous) to try to play Friz on. So various among us were [...]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Photo entries, Playing With Weather on Jun 8th, 2011
So…another Dirty Kanza 200 has come and gone, and I was on hand as a helper-varmint again, though this time as support crew for Joel and Wade. Which meant driving Joel’s pickup from one tiny Kansas town to another, with a 5-gallon water cooler in the back (as well as a cooler of food and [...]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Food & Snacks, Garden, Ruby the Dog on May 30th, 2011
I went on a dual-purpose ride today. First objective was to give the dog a run: Second objective was to scavenge up as many ripe mulberries as I could: I made an scouting trip yesterday with the dog, and just snacked on mulberries as I find them, but made plans to come back again…with tupperware! [...]
Posted in biking on Apr 10th, 2011
This here is a 1960-something Sears Tote Cycle. I have a 1964 Sears catalogue up in the attic that shows a similar bike, offering options in a singlespeed, three-speed, and for an extra $70, you could get a Whizzer motor and have power assist. The ridiculous ape-hanger handlebars are my addition. The bike originally had [...]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Hercules, Party, Photo entries on Apr 6th, 2011
I’m pretty much ready for the Kansas City Tweed Ride. I’ve got an awesome bike: And now I have an awesome outfit: The outfit has many parts, none of which were originally planned to go together, but all of which actually do. There are three things I didn’t make. 1. Blouse (GAP) 2. Socks (Target) [...]
Posted in "Greenie II", Adventures, biking, Party, Utter Silliness on Feb 22nd, 2011
Massive big fun at ChrisGo’s Urban Cyclocross race. My only goal had been to get completely filthy. I pretty much completely ate it in the practice lap, and then collected splashback for the next four laps, so by the time it was all over, I made crunching noises when I moved. Fortunately, those jeans I [...]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Party, Playing With Weather on Feb 3rd, 2011
I know Photoshopped lens-flare (and perhaps lens-flare in general) is considered incredibly naff, but I swear this happened by accident, and I don’t care how much of a technical fault it is, I think it looks pretty cool in this context. I was going back through my Flickr account and deleting some crap pictures and [...]
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