Skip to main content

Woods ride...

This morning was a great morning for a ride in the woods. My mountain bike took me around Bill's Creek Loop although the soft soil made the effort greater. Leaves are falling from the Sweet Gum trees and cover the trail in spots. The long leaf pine needles have begun to fall. With the foliage thinning, the views of the lake are opening up. Fall colors are slowly appearing but are still 2 weeks off from peak. Our efforts to clear roots on that section are making a difference.

I met Keith Ginn on the excavator out near the beginning of the loop. He is working his way through, clearing the duff and debris from beside the trail. With a few more rains and some leaf fall, the edges of the trail will begin to blur and take a more natural appearance.

What with working the trail and riding all the other days, I am TIRED. I am so tired tonight I can't come up with an interesting thing to add to this blog. Perhaps I need a good rest. Maybe I need to take a hammock and hike up to a good point and take an afternoon away from everything. But that won't leave much prep time for everything I need to do this week. Maybe I can just slow down a bit.

Popular posts from this blog

Effigy of Grief

  Effigies are used in grieving by  providing a tangible representation of what has been lost, allowing a mourner to connect with who or what they've lost , which can help with the process of acceptance and emotional expression, particularly when the loss is sudden or traumatic;  they can be used to focus grief and memories around a physical likeness, offering a sense of continued presence even in their absence

Spock

Spock is my favorite character in all fiction. A character who bridged the gap between two worlds and faced disdain from each. Who strove for excellence and exemplified strength, character, intelligence, and control. His nearly emotionless demeanor was a perfect foil for those who would attempt to intimidate or insult him. It was a style I would endeavor to imitate to thwart those attempting to insult, demean, or scare me in my own young life. I bought this little figure to remind me to guard against letting my defenses down and allowing emotional hurt to strike me. But I doubt my recollection of Spock will work for me again. It was the last gift from my past. Perhaps I will find another reservoir of strength.

Island Walk

I always try to help Rachael with Hubbard/Rockford if asked. They had me down for 3 days but at last minute asked for the other day. Work at Rockford is slow so working isn't hard, but not following my usual routine tired me out a bit.  I still had some work I could take care of up in Cullman. Some bushhog work and other little items but the high temps held me back a bit. I did ride my bike a little and got in some of my walking in addition to some chores. Max needed to be delivered to Charlotte, SC for his drum major camp. I volunteered to take him. I was glad to be able to perform this chore for him but the long trip up and back combined with extra heavy traffic in the Atlanta are, which extended to within 30 miles of Alabama, combined to really tire me out. There had been a problem with my left rear wisdom tooth for over a year, so I decided I should get it taken care of before I wound up isolated somewhere in PEI. The extraction didn't appear to be problematic until just be...