off to hawaii
This morning…so excited just had to say.
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Archive for May, 2009
grow mother of zillions, grow
Odd. Vanilla ice cream with black sesame powder tastes like reese’s pieces. Wonderful things like this cause late reporting.
Maybe 2 and a half weeks ago now I left the Kommune.
To start a new home on another side of town. This is the front porch:
When I first checked out the place I was standing where those white chairs are and was greeted by two cats: Bob and Pumpkin aka Tuna aka Crumbs. It was sunny outside and I was high on the realization that this was absolutely where I want to live.
So I moved in and hopefully I’ll have more pictures and home projects to share in the future. Right now things have been a bit crazy organizing and stocking all those important but missing pieces (can opener anyone?) It doesn’t help that I’ve been spending weekends practicing beaches and camping for Hawaii (omigosh I didn’t mention that yet…3 days!!!!)
For the time being, meet the mother-to-be:
Still tiny mother-of-millions plants that had a growth spurt after the move (maybe because it’s warmer now). The one on the top-right is winning. These plants will produce little “plantlets” that fall off to produce more plants. Probably why they are considered a weed in some parts but in my living room I cheer them on.
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paradise yet?
There was no time in this last short week to write about the long weekend before. But there were a few realizations made in my surfing and it’s important to get those on screen. That and I took some pretty pictures.
We drove down to Oregon for visiting, surfing and (for me) to see where Faron is from. After staying in Portland Friday night we headed straight west and spent the rest of the weekend playing on the coast and in Newport.
The beaches were amazing. North-west getting a bit warmer. Sand lighter and oceans brighter greens and blues.
Sea lions have invaded the Newport harbour and lounging and barking tell you who is really the king of the sea.
I got into the water 3 times. Faron another time on foggy Saturday (I excused myself for a jog due to fog-chills-can’t see waves coming-excuses-excuses).
My second time out I was riding some waves or should I say the long board was riding the waves and I was on top of it? From there, standing up had always seemed a long way off. I can jump to my feet but I stay on all fours. But this time I had a moment where I realized something stopping me from standing: I’ve been using the board as something to keep me afloat and because of that, I never want to lose my hold on it.
Instead I need to use it as a vehicle.
I was able to stand for, okay just a second. But it was a totally different and amazing sensation. Free.
Of course the next day my body still felt like this:
The other realization? I think I’m afraid of being under water. It might have something to do with tubes in my ears for years and childhood years and doctor’s orders to always keep my head above water. But whatever the cause – I need to work on that.
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bike to work week
It was Bike to Work Week this week. For me, like most other weeks but with a sweet ride logger:
Personal Stats
Trips during BTWW, MAY09: 9
Distance: 125.491 km
CO2 offset: 21.2 kg
Calories burned: 3768
I would top it off with trip 10 on the way home from work but today Faron is picking me up and we’ll head to Oregon for the weekend…there goes my CO2 offset.
Anyway, during the week the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC) set up commuter stations around Vancouver and Greater Area to connect with, help out, and cheer on commuters during their rides to and from work. I helped out at stations in Richmond on Tuesday and Friday morning. Early *groan* and cold double *groan* but it was great to meet other people I share these roads with (and especially great to see various bike + gear setups).
One thing that made me go “hmmm” was that the majority who came by were people already in the habit of bike commuting. I expected to meet many giving it a try. Maybe there would have been more people if the skies would have been more blue.
But even if this event does not generate legions of fresh cyclists, it did provide recognition and a place where current cyclists could voice what’s not working for them with existing cycling infrastructure. The more voices there are, the sooner can get better and that will increase the number of future riders.
You probably already knew that but if you want to see it in effect, participate in the next bike to work week.
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don’t get the flu
It’s possible that I just never noticed this but I do believe that they’ve installed hand sanitizer in my office building since the whole swine flu deal-e-o. On the first floor between two elevators.
Way to take action!
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