Mostly I didN'T SUPrise anyone

I have been known to make great attempts at change with adverse results....Hence my 2 month absence. I was busy so here is the photo re-cap...in reverse.

SWeeT early birthday giFT fROm the B and jOHn

ScaMPIN in rhiNElaNDER

rode the smOKING SPOke course... some trails are great some are way too short, some are just not gonna last due to their fall line... the ramps are a blast!!! the whole thing rides like it's in a kid's back yard. it had a smallishness i wasn't expecting because of the remote location of the trail

remember 24-9 it was the last year of the pinkness, it was a good year

this is kinda how i felt after the race

this is kt starting us off

jay had a tough couple days...

1000 miLES

it made it the first 1000 miles, i still can't bring myself to take it off road...

I'm Still HErE

I am still here. the problem is i am here,and then there, and then here, and then there again. making it somewhat hard to keep up with there, or here for that matter...let me explain, no on second thought let me sum up...

these are little kid genius types, future rulers of the world. they know it would be uncouth to miss a first birthday party, let alone a second. (this would constitute there)

These are what the crappy brakes look like next to a cold can of pabst and a happy home mechanic...(this would constitute here)

This is there. Note how the 6'4" inch CIA agent fits right in with rest of the 'family'...I really can't complain about an Italian family reunion the food was awesome and the last names generally fun to say.

we're proud poppy owners.

i meant poppy ,but you're right this is a puppy. always puppy sit when you plan to tackle a major home remodeling project, over a holiday weekend...

dogs they're smart people.this is the spare bedroom post floor refinishing, pre-room put back together charlie foxtrot. too bad we fried our modem in the process. no tv, no internet for a whole weekend. I thought i might die...

FLATsy

Hooray for creative commons. If you haven't checked it out you should. It's ideas sharing on line and it's great. Here are a couple of my creations, compliments of.

Recycled army duffle messenger bag.

And a Flatsy bike trailer for hauling trail building tools.

conFUSED anCestors ANd other rAndoms

this cute pup isn't ours but i would have kept her. she's a good girl.

tuesday nights.

snacks after rides

bad brakes

doDGing buLLets

life is like that, some people are lucky and they don't even realize they've dodged a bullet... me i know i have, and sometimes that makes all the difference.

spring is busy, by design?

fishes big and small, green green grass, tiny ribbons of trail, little organs that you really don't need, friends and family and life and stuff...that's all.