The Summer's Reprieve
That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
~Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
I laid awake last night, smelling the fresh night air flowing through my bedroom windows for the first time in weeks. The Cicadas are singing so loud that I don't even hear the road nosie. I'm sure when I get out to mow this weekend I will find many disgarded nymph skins. I used to collect them to use as part of my Halloween decorations for the table. How cool is that? (evil grin)
Went on a bike ride last night with my daughter. I love my bike.
here's a sweet little photo of it.
I am a tall woman who needs a bike that will give my long legs the full stride without the knees reaching for my ears. This a men's 1972 Chicago Schwinn Speedster.
It's is such a cruiser! I love love love this bike and It only coast me $10.00 at St. Vincent DePaul. It was the first object my eyes landed on when we walked into the front door. Not an impulse buy, but a must have!
~"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. "
~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
~Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
I laid awake last night, smelling the fresh night air flowing through my bedroom windows for the first time in weeks. The Cicadas are singing so loud that I don't even hear the road nosie. I'm sure when I get out to mow this weekend I will find many disgarded nymph skins. I used to collect them to use as part of my Halloween decorations for the table. How cool is that? (evil grin)
Went on a bike ride last night with my daughter. I love my bike.
here's a sweet little photo of it.
I am a tall woman who needs a bike that will give my long legs the full stride without the knees reaching for my ears. This a men's 1972 Chicago Schwinn Speedster. It's is such a cruiser! I love love love this bike and It only coast me $10.00 at St. Vincent DePaul. It was the first object my eyes landed on when we walked into the front door. Not an impulse buy, but a must have!
~"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. "
~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
posted by Lynne at 8/04/2006 10:16:00 AM
1 Comments:
I love my bike too, but didn't get the bargain you got on yours. I see why you love your bike--such a classic! I love the Joe Pye Weed too, just as much as the butterflies. Longfellow & Murdoch quotes are perfect.
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