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Good idea! The matching socks make it a sure fire winner.
3 years agoInsightful! I really like that.
I don’t know if you noticed that the colors indicate velocity, or lack thereof. There was a lot of sow down, stop, change direction, pick up the pace going in here. Sort of like a drunkard’s fox trot: quick, quick slow; quick, quick, slow.
Great ending to the story .. a tale of anxiety leads to a soft landing spot for the Bike Fridays and a welcome unburdened trip back up the stairs!
3 years agoLove this! Especially how comfortable the guy on the right looks on something that is clearly not designed for relaxed seating.
3 years agoYou should submit this photo to the Altra marketing department.
Maybe they'd offer you a sponsorship .. free shoes for the next 5 years!
Great shot! It's hard to imagine the potential for peril and mayhem with those gentle rays of sun softening the landscape.
3 years agoIf Jackson Pollock designed a hike, this is what it would look like.
3 years agoWe've spotted pomegranate trees in St George and here in Hurricane. It looked like the fruit was just being left for the birds. Unless it wasn't ripe yet?
3 years agoI gather black walnuts most autumns here in Dayton, OH. I also kick thousands off the local bike trails as I ride.
Definitely "English" (actually Persian).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_regia
I like both, but black walnuts have a special flavor... on the other hand, they are really difficult to process. First the outer staining hull needs to be stomped off, then taken home (I toss 2 plastic 5 gallon buckets over my rear rack to carry them) and rinsed, then allowed to dry, (but in a place squirrels cannot access!) and after a few weeks they are ready to crack. Messy. If you use a hammer, hard, sharp pieces fly everywhere. If you use a bench vise and wire cutters, they do as well, but not so much.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_nigra
Cuneo looks tempting - and its weather forecast for next week does, too!
3 years agoAfter riding for an extended period of time, I often put my arm in that position to relieve the pressure on my shoulder joint. Thanks to this little lesson, I won't be doing that anymore. Just think of how many motorists thought I was about to make a left turn and then got pissed off when I didn't.
3 years agoI think I agree, but I wish I’d taken a photo of the bark also. I found a good identification guide, and black walnuts leaves have narrower and more serrated leaves as well as a more deeply ridged bark. I want inclined to try to crack one open and pop it in my mouth, but that would be another test. We had black walnut trees in our back yard as a child and I had to crack them open with a hammer and shell them. Hard as rocks.
3 years agoHi,
I’m sticking with “English”. Looks just like the walnuts we find here along the road. But the proof is in the tasting. Pick up a few that have shed their husks (the husks will turn your hands black) crack them open and taste. Our local wild ones can be cracked open bare handed, by the by.
Cheers,
Keith
Hey, I did that too, back in West Virginia! we had two black walnuts in our back yard, and a low berm to jump into the leaves from. husks hard as rocks, and a black stain that won’t go away. Great fun.
3 years ago
Yes, I liked that too - just sitting on the rim.
3 years ago