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Labour Day Weekend ~ Life’s simple pleasures cannot be under estimated. A natural environment, good friends, good food and some time to acknowledge and appreciate the little things in life that we tend to miss most days as our busy lives distract us from simply living. Thanks Jackie and Mike for sharing this.
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Usually we head down to the Lakefront for a ride. It’s an almost automatic and involuntary direction that we resisted today. Instead, we decided to climb up Leacock hill from Mom’s place and then coasted down towards Sunnidale Park. There we parked at the Arboretum and had a long walk through the trees that have…
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harrisunn: first (august 22, 1962) and last (august 22, 1969) photo of all the beatles together Alpha Omega
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The pungent smell of skunk woke me up in the middle of the night only to find a glaring August Full Moon shining on our street. It’s glow lit up the street scene in front of me and the still water in the bird bath provided an interesting lunar locus.
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The Sun. The gift that keeps on giving (on so many levels). Yet another pedal-stopping Sunrise over our beautiful Bay. This photo shows the calm before the storm of the 4-man 100k Time Trial that blew out of Barrie Country Club at 7am today. These masochistic men made it happen today – 39.1 kph average!…
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http://www.honnoldfoundation.org/about What an admirable human being. And a remarkable athlete.
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Beautiful Sunset today as I cooled off in the Bay after a nice long evening ride with a great group. Here’s a shot with the Moon and the Sunset simultaneously! Perfect.
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When I’m Eighty-Four… Mom gets to bake her cake and eat it, too! I picked her up for a tandem ride across town, through Kempenfest and back to our house where she is baked her own birthday cake. Happy Birthday, Mom! I hope I’m still pedaling a two-wheeler when I’m eighty-four.
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weed /wēd/ – is only defined by being in the wrong spot at the wrong time
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No more Sunrises to see on the way to meet-up for our early Friday ride, only Twilight that provided a beautiful backdrop to my favourite deserted (Allandale) train station. A little further down the road I enjoyed the early morning Sun over Lake Simcoe followed by Morning Dip at Centennial Beach where the carnival was…
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Slow Sunrise ~ I rode around the Bay very slowly this morning taking in some of the beauty there and watching the other people enjoying the Lake and Shore at such an early hour, making the most of a Summer day.
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The Sun is rising later now, so all I get to see over Kempenfelt Bay as I’m on my way to the BCC Thursday Morning Sunrise Ride is the twilight. I did manage to capture the Sun rising over the Hickling Farm a bit later on, as we rode up Line 1. The Sun is…
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Do you remember Ren and Stimpy?
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This is Rip ‘n’ Dip weather! I love this heat. No photos during the ride as I was pretty focused on riding hard. However, I still made some observations as I was pedalling: – I thrive in the heat. My fastest solo rides are always on very hot days. – Big efforts are a very…
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Some other photographs from Hairshirt North 2019. Some very beautiful countryside and lakes on this route! We’re lucky to live where we do.
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~ Hairshirt North 2019 ~ The first of what I plan to make an annual tradition. Hairshirt (noun): “self-imposed punishment, suffering, sacrifice, or penance”. For cyclists, that’s a double-century or two-hundred miles in a day. I planned this “punishment” to showcase to participants, the beauty of the lakes and wetlands in Simcoe County. Thank you…
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July First ~ Chris shares her birthday with Canada each year so often we have a family gathering at out house to celebrate. This year that just wasn’t in the cards which left the long weekend open to a wide variety of activities that were quite enjoyable in the beautiful weather. Some of it I…
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A paddler heads to the middle of the placid Bay to catch the Sunrise.
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Lake Simcoe’s Kempenfelt Bay and Carthew Bay provide an amazing azure scene that one can enjoy while tracing the shorelines on a two-wheeler. And in the end, the blue Bay cools you off as the afternoon Sun bathes you in its warmth. We are lucky to live here.
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anatolknotek: »nothing lasts forever« by anatol knotek homepage | tumblr | instagram | twitter Source: anatolknotek
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humansofnewyork: “Honestly I just fell into it. I started as an engineering major. Then one night I was slaving over my physics homework, while my roommate sipped tea on the couch and read a novel. So I decided to be an English major like her. Ten years later I’m working as a copywriter at an…
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“Ya gotta keep your Sense of Humour” ~ shared wisdom during lunch break During lunch, l ended up chatting with Bruce. Downtown today, they were set up at Meridian Place inviting people to sit down and chat with residents from Coleman Care Centre, a nursing home in Barrie. The opportunity, beside fostering friendly conversation, was…
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Study finds cycling healthiest way to get hit by a car
From personal experience, I have to agree with this study. Study finds cycling healthiest way to get hit by a car
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Crash and Yearn for the Sea
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An early Father’s Day card from Rachel. The apple doesn’t fall far from the fuckin’ tree.
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humansofnewyork: “What do you want to do when you grow up?” “Swing on an adult swing.” (Rome, Italy)
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Of course, for some people, every day is Bicycle Day! Acknowledging the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transportation, fostering environmental stewardship and health, the General Assembly decided to declare 3…
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~ letter to my siblings and mother ~ “Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day” ~ Time by Pink Floyd So the battery finally died after almost 4 years. So I replaced it today. Earlier this week Mom had read Dad’s maintenance log (like he had in all his clocks) and told…
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It’s pretty rare to see a macaw riding a bike but heading across town after work on Friday, I met Jessica. This beautiful bird was enjoying a ride down at the Waterfront with Les. As they passed, I couldn’t help but ask the man if I could take a picture. They readily obliged and after…
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Recently, getting into the routine of early morning bike rides on Thursday mornings has granted me some spectacular views of our Sun rising over the Bay. Not normally being an early riser, these views are pretty rare to me, so when I see a particularly stunning Sunrise, I am compelled to stop for a few…
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humansofnewyork: “I’m ninety-six years old. I’d rather just take a pill and get it over with. Whenever I tell that to my wife, she pretends to slap me in the face. But I’m ready to go. And I’d like it to be sudden. I’ve had a good run. I was lucky enough to share my…
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Terrific Twilight ~ Once again, if my Ride had ended here this morning after only four minutes, it still would’ve been worth it. Terrific.
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classicvintagecycling: Dunlop Road Race, Goulburn to Sydney, 1930s. Image: State Library of New South Wales. With extensive doping in modern professional cycling, I can’t help but note the foreshadowing of the CHEMIST sign above the starting line in this old photograph. Source: Flickr / statelibraryofnsw
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Last week as I rolled past the Tiffin Street boat launch on Kempenfelt Bay, I heard clear voices over the still waters of the bay. The Barrie Rowing Club was out training in the early morning as the Sun peaked over the horizon. I snapped several frames as they moved effortlessly through the calm water…
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humansofnewyork: “My mother got blood cancer seven years ago. But she recovered, and we had five more years after that. Those years were the happiest moments of our lives. We never knew how much time we had left, but we knew it was limited. We’d always been best friends. I told her my secrets. She…
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Three Little Posers ~ Nicolas, Rachel, Leah. Circa 1997 & 2019. Posed, printed, framed and gifted to Chris and me on our Thirtieth anniversary. I don’t know what’s more unfathomable; that the twenty-two years between these poses has passed by in the blink of an eye or that Chris has tolerated me for three decades…
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torontodesign: Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent
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humansofnewyork: “I asked Santa for a really small dog that never grows up.”(Paris, France) … and I named him Peter Pan.
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Wow! Watching this almost gives me goosebumps.
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Morning Bike Ride ~ Mid April is still pretty early in the season for 6am rides however, four of us were determined to unofficially start the local Cycling Club’s Thursday morning ride instead of waiting another month for its official start. The forecast was 50% probability of precipitation, which I always interpret and 50% probability…
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Before those two neighbours start tossing nukes at each other, I thought I better enjoy this tune at least once more. Classic live Zeppelin.
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February Moon Haiku ~ February 2014 Feb 12~ Snow crunch underfoot;Big hound sniffs yellow patches.Moon is nearly full. Leash is always taut.Dog sports twice the legs than I;I just can’t keep up. Feb 11 ~ Moonlit bike downtown. Cold beer at warm pub, with Pete.Cold fog chills me; home. Feb 10 ~ Moonlight glints from skis. Shadows…
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r2–d2: San Francisco by (Phoenix.Wang) Source: r2–d2
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True.
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wehadfacesthen: Paul Newman, 1964, photo by Dennis Hopper
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Trains & Arch Bridges. Winter in the Mountains.
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crossconnectmag: Alex B. Stoddard Photography Posted by RS Follow us on Instagram! Hot Flash on two wheels
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humansofnewyork: “Most teachers say I have messy handwriting but I’m just trying to write quickly so I can get it over with. The assignments don’t make sense. I’m not sure why our teacher is always saying ‘write about this’ or ‘write about that.’ If I decide to be an author, I’m not going to write…
Two Wheels To Nowhere 