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Thursday, May 09, 2019

It's Spring

It's definitely spring.  Even with mostly cloudy days, it's warmer and the plants are starting to wake up.   I rode over the the Botanical Garden the other day on my new bike.  I was able to trade in my old bike - the one the physical therapist said wasn't good for my knee - after about 35 years.




The peonies are in various stages from not even poking out yet, to just coming in as these in the left,










to looking like a real plant like the ones below.






And this oxlip primrose was actually blooming already.
Back home I knew we had a tulip bud that was well along.  


But I didn't realize we too had something blooming - there was one bleeding heart flower out.






We also had a visitor.  If you look closely you can see that something has dined on these lilies.  The most likely culprit is a moose.



And yesterday these white scuff marks weren't on the cement at the bottom of our front steps.  I wouldn't have figured moose hooves if it weren't for the lily.  There's still a lot left.  Maybe it didn't taste too good.



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2 comments:

  1. CloudyinAKFriday, May 10, 2019 at 9:06:00 AM AKDT

    What's the difference between your old no-good-for-knees bike and your new one?

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    1. SteveFriday, May 10, 2019 at 1:24:00 PM AKDT

      The relationship between seat and the handlebars, their heights and distance from each other, changes how much and how I bend my knee. The old one was like a racing bike where I was leaning down onto the handlebars and the new one is more like a cruiser where I'm sitting up straighter.

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