A Sort of Wide Spot in the Road

Hello from Route 66

No, I did not travel this highway on my Purple Bicycle. We are on a road trip to Arizona and I was standing out in the middle of the actual Historic Route 66 somewhere in northern Arizona. We have been doing posts on our retirement blog. If you would like to follow along with the trip we are still on, you can just log onto www.twooldbuzzards.blogspot.com. There are lots of descriptions of our adventures and tons of pictures - lots of cactus and petrified wood and painted desert and Canyon de Chey.

Double Your Fun

Jennifer is holding Amber and Tony is holding Owen.














Owen's Godparents are Lang and Jen Tibbels

Amber's Godparents are Tony's Brother Jason and his sister Christine































































The Fabulous Fery Five

Christening Day

Today was another double blessing. Amber and Owen were christened at Saint Christopher's in Willow Glen. They are 3 months and 1 day old.

Upside Down Gardening

Here's my first attempt at an upside down tomato plant.
This spring I headed into Bed Bath and Beyond to get a new deep pocket sheet
As I entered BB&B there was a display of kits for growing upside down tomatoes at $7 something each. I had a 20% off coupon so I decided to make it a two B day: bed (sheets) and beyond (tomato kit).
Planting was pretty easy. No hole to dig.
Watering is easy. It goes in a hole at the top. But watering is pretty crucial. Almost daily watering seemed to be necessary. There were some occasions of uneven water supply when I was out of town so the production seemed to be somewhat affected.
You can place two tomato plants in one container but I didn't read that part of the instructions until after I had already planted just one.
The container is hanging from the southeast corner of our deck and probably gets about 8 hours of sun a day. I have just now started getting a few tomatoes. The shapes are a little strange but they taste fine. I don't remember what variety it was - something ordinary from Rite Aid I think.
Will I try it again? Probably, especially if I can use this same container again.

Meandering on My Purple Bicycle

While meandering on my Purple Bicycle down Middle Avenue one day I pulled off into a field so I could get photos of a sunflower. The design of the seeds in a maturing sunflower has always fascinated me.






To the left of the sunflowers was a trailer that seemed to have a stuffed animal near it. As I prepared to photo the stuffed ram it eventually moved. I made my way closer to the trailer to see if I could block out some of the stuff surrounding the ram.

That's when
I noticed that "He" was a "she" who obviously was due to be milked soon.







Ewe just never know what you will notice while on a bike ride!

Ewe see the coolest things on a Purple Bicycle

I was meandering around Morgan Hill and San Martin on my bicycle one
day and stopped to take a photo of a sunflower in a field close to a
trailer house. There seemed to be a stuffed ram to the right of the
trailer. No one was around so I went closer to take a photo. As I was
focusing on the ram it moved its head. Then I noticed that "he" was a
"she" and was ready to be milked. There was nothing between us but
space so I ventured a bit closer to get a better photo and block out
some of the "stuff" around the trailer. This was on Middle Avenue
between Monterey Road and Olive Avenue. I would not have noticed
either the sunflowers or the ewe from a car.

A Biker's Lunch

City Boy goes on a bike ride and to lunch.

A ramp to nowhere... nowhere dry...anyway...

A cool shady spot

Berry pickin' time is here.

Made it back on and off the Purple Bicycle yesterday with no mishaps.
First was a ride to the place where I fell week before last. I wanted
to see if I dented the pavement. To my surprise, it was dirt covered with an
inch or two of pine needles. And no visible dents. I proceeded on the
nice shaded trail I had been headed to two weeks ago and made my way
to Llagas Creek. I picked some blackberries to go with the rest of my
lunch of fruit, nuts and a cheese stick. Once I was seated at my
favorite spot by the pond I decided to photograph my snacky lunch
before digging in. OK, I admit that the folded napkin might have been
a little bit of overkill but I did want to stage a nice photo. City
Boy was good company. I love to lunch while reading. My left view was
Purple Bicycle. The pond and a newly installed ramp into the pool were
the view to my right. A delicious lunch! The berries were a nice
addition to the plums. Just another day in paradise!