Is two enough to qualify as a collection? I considered getting my own two thumbs into the picture too, but was too lazy to set up the camera for a timed shot. So, just imagine mine are there too. They’re there because there’s cause to celebrate! But you’ll have to read further here to understand what … Continue reading "A collection of thumbs"
The featured image shows how we’re collecting hot days lately, so many it’s become a heatwave. So there will be no snow photos from me this post or any other, ever, actually. I’ve resorted to getting up really early around 5-6am to do a ride to the beach or doing some night cycles around the … Continue reading "A collection of collections"
This month’s challenge comes to us thanks to Nancy (and Rocky extends a special note of thanks, because she’s tired of my lame ideas): Polygons. For those who have forgotten everything they learned in HS Geometry, a polygon is a plane figure with at least three straight sides and angles, and typically five or more. … Continue reading "Challenge of the month, 01/21: Polygons"
One last submission for the Collection challenge: a file of mailboxes, on Sasabe Road. Sorry there’s no snow crowning them – that would be perfect for the season – but sadly, all we got was this almost hot sunny day. Darn.
It’s been a strange ten days for this bike rider. Allow me to provide a recap: There was the freezing rain of Dec. 18 followed by the embarrassing bike crash of December 19. There was the nice weather and the cycling rebound on December 20th, during the middle of which most of my aches and … Continue reading "Mountains Of Snow"
So the guys and I have been out for rides this month, but nothing in particular of note. It has been super busy at work and in my own life. There’s been some good news, some bad news and some really tragic news. But we have snapped a few collection photos here and there. And … Continue reading "December collections"
I thought I was done with this month’s collection challenge, but this cute little clump of hedgehog cacti was just too adorable to not share. Sorry, no bicycles, but they’re not allowed on the trails of Saguaro National Park. And besides, it seemed like this site was getting overburdened by a blizzard of snow posts … Continue reading "A clump of cacti / a heap of hedgehogs"
I am posting my Holiday challenge pboto today on Christmas Eve because 1) I most likely will not get to ride tomorrow — Christmas Day — and 2) this is the day we always celebrate our family Christmas. Today was a very short ride, but a little longer than the one mile I had initially … Continue reading "HAPPY HOLIDAYS"
A major change is taking place on the Minnesota weather scene. The possibility of a brown Christmas is becoming the certainty of a white Christmas, or, as Storm Chaser Greg put it on his last weather alert: “People who were singing “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” this morning can quit dreaming and start singing … Continue reading "It’s A Whole New Ballgame"
I thought it might be nice for those of you currently experiencing warm weather, either in the southern hemisphere or in the southern part of the northern hemisphere, to see what you all are missing. The hill coming out of my neighborhood is still a bit sketchy for bike riding, so the last couple of … Continue reading "Snow"
Welcome viewers and thank you for tuning in to this Greg News Channel special report. We know the world has many questions about the state of Christmas Shopping in Hastings, Minnesota during the world-wide Corona Virus pandemic. How is the “shop local” initiative working out? Is business up or down? Will the restaurants and bars … Continue reading "SPECIAL REPORT: Christmas Shopping In MY Town"
Rocky’s interest sure is. She can hardly wait for this month to be over so I’ll quit holding us up at some stupid spot on the road for a photo I can wrap a post around. She requests that someone, anyone, please come up with a theme for next month so we don’t have to … Continue reading "Is your interest in collections Flagging?"
There is no comparison of the amount of snow we get to the amount (and frequency) that Vermont and Minnesota get, and that is just how I like it. ;’-) BUT — on the FIRST day of winter (yesterday), right on schedule, snow arrived. Photos from last evening’s snow fall from (and at) out our … Continue reading "SNOW, A CYCLE DAY, AND COLLECTIONS"
Headed west on Sprague Road A brief break in the clouds allowed a quick shadow shot No need to look up this street on Google street view — when they came thru town very few routes were taken — I think they concluded the best way to see Hoopeston is in the rear view mirror … Continue reading "Solstice Shadows de Hooterville"
The days are getting longer! Our shadows are getting shorter! In the northern hemisphere anyway. A time to celebrate! Best wishes for the holiday season from Janos and me!
After a full day of convalescing, I couldn’t wait to get out for a LEGITIMATE bike ride. I felt much better today and the only significant pain I still had was the one in my lower part of my left leg. I think the worst of yesterday’s pain came from the bike parts I fell … Continue reading "My Most Cautious Bike Ride EVER"
“My Shortest Bike Ride EVER” isn’t exactly the catchiest title I’ve ever come up with, nor is the featured photo anything worth looking at. Therefore, I definitely want to thank anybody who ventured to read this post despite those immediate shortcomings. Come to think of it, a more sensational title might have been “My First … Continue reading "My Shortest Bike Ride EVER"
Much of the San Francisco Bay Area went under lockdown / stay-at-home / shelter-in-place orders weeks ago. Santa Rosa and Sonoma County followed suit shortly afterward. As of this morning, the entire Bay Area joins the bulk of the state under strict isolation rules. Nevertheless, I decided it was essential for me to get out … Continue reading "Golden Gate December"
I just finished writing a different post a few minutes ago. It was from yesterday’s ride, but it didn’t have any collections. Scott is very inspirational and his inspiring post this afternoon inspired me to add another post from today’s ride in which a few collections are the ONLY redeeming quality. That’s all I have … Continue reading "Am I Giving Up On Collections Too Soon? No Way!"
“A bicycle does not live by one sport alone.” -The Reckless Mr. Bing Bong Those are words my bike believes deep down into the core of his drive train, and he practices what he preaches. Sure, The Reckless Mr. Bing Bong has gotten most of his worldwide fame for having his pedals turned by my … Continue reading "THE RECKLESS MR. BING BONG: Athlete Extraordinaire"
Don’t give up too soon, folks. There’s still nearly two weeks of this challenge month left, and collections yet unseen to be viewed and boasted about. Time does drag in the winter, when it’s cold and wet where many of you live, or hot and insufferable for others; and where you can’t entertain yourselves by … Continue reading "Are we tired of collections yet?"
You may have heard that the East Coast is receiving just a little bit of snow today. I don’t think even my studded tires are going to do the trick. I guess sometimes the ‘bicycle in daily life’ means the bicycle has to stay in the garage for a day. This might be a day … Continue reading "Time for a ‘no ride’ day"
Should we go out, should we stay in…? I have a goal for the year, 6,000 km, and I can’t waste any days decent enough to ride if I want to make it. It was 6°C when we left and 4°C by the time we got home and that was good enough. Our reward: The … Continue reading "A Rewarding Ride"
OK, I’ll admit that a gathering of pigeons isn’t the most interesting or unusual collection to flash around. I imagine some of you may have seen a similar collection in your home town/county/state/territory/province. But it’s the best I’ve got to offer today, unless you consider a pod of masked university students an interesting collection. Also, … Continue reading "A passel of pigeons"
A recent ride (from this past week) was somewhat in the sun, with only a little cloud cover. These stumps have been here in this very spot for a very long time. I keep expecting that something will happen to them or the property. Another day of riding, just a couple of days later, brought … Continue reading "FROM MY COLLECTING BASKET"
The weather has taken a turn for the better and I got on my bike for a ride to Starnberg. We left a little late considering how short the days are now. The temperature had dropped and it was getting dark by the time we got home. Which reminds me – in one week we … Continue reading "Mountains, Boats, Turbines and Birds"
I have no time for raindrops and roses, whiskers on kittens, or any other such pleasantries. This month’s challenge is all about COLLECTIONS, so in this post I’ll be displaying some pictures I took of various collections. Plus, I’ll be accompanying each of the photos with some new lyrics I’ve written for that classic tune … Continue reading "These Are A Few Of My Favorite Collections"
Our weather has been alternating between cold and damp and sunny and coldish. Out and riding these past few days brought me to a few collections. We live very near a golf course… Not all the mushrooms are gone yet… A collection of Santa soldiers…
Contrails are beginning to reappear — questionable whether they are a collection or not Beautiful day here for a change, sunny, and relatively windless Nice 15 mile ride south and east with Dave. Follow that black stripe up to the crest Barely (if not impossibly) visible is a deer — another was following Two specks … Continue reading "Collections ?"
When I was watching Storm Chaser Greg’s special report this morning I pretty much blew it off as another one of his exaggerated and irrational “dangerous” weather alerts. Like most forecasters all over the country, he thrives on sensationalistic weather reporting to keep the viewers watching, and he’s usually wrong. This time, however, I should … Continue reading "Hastings’ California"
I really didn’t know what to expect when I headed toward Oregontown this morning. I had never actually been to that sector of MY Town because it always seems to be plagued by either forest fires, street riots, or crazy militia groups occupying wildlife refuges and having standoffs with federal agents. I tend to stay … Continue reading "Oregontown: Lumber Heaven"
Last winter, we headed south for a few months to escape the worst of the cold weather. We had planned to do the same this year. After much discussion though, Marilyn and I decided that given the pandemic and the dire predictions of what the next few months might bring, we just weren’t up for … Continue reading "Winter Preparations"
I haven’t been riding much. The weather isn’t conducive. It isn’t prohibitive either but I am trying not to be too compulsive about getting out on my bike regardless. So if it’s nasty, I stay home – or maybe just take a short ride for a picture and a mouthful of fresh air. Not collecting … Continue reading "Collecting"
I’m beginning to feel a little like Greg and taking up a lot of time and space here ?. But I do save up some things and all of a sudden I have more to post. I have these cycle days that are getting to be an unwieldy number, so here they come. This is … Continue reading "CYCLE DAYS"
Just a few random photos of things seen on the last few rides Light frost — culvert under the drive maintains light frost above Frosty bridge deck over the North Fork Looks like she has been thru here too Face covering in her shoe? Setting sun Brick tectonics on Lincoln Street Broken tile mosaic Collection … Continue reading "Cycle Life Challenge Rides #12-15"
I’m liking this challenge! An otherwise ho-hum ride suddenly comes to life when you happen on some interesting subject in an unusual collection. Not that our hike in Montaña de Oro State Park was humdrum by any means – far from it, actually – but coming across these three coyotes at its close made it … Continue reading "The Collection Challenge: a clutch of coyotes"
I don’t know where to put this, so have chosen “articles’. You may well not be interested in this, but some or one of you may be, so I am sharing it with you all. Susan and I are giving it a try. There are a few rules of course ;’-). We did our first … Continue reading "ANOTHER CHALLENGE"
I took a couple of days riding to find these as I knew I could replicate my last post ;’-). And one more to round out the Ps ;’-) Enough of those now! Will search for “different” collections.
Those of us who are experts in urban classification terminology know that the area that surrounds Baltimore and our nation’s capitol is technically called the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area. (It’s true, look it up.) Good god, I can’t be repeatedly typing that ridiculously long name here. I’d be writing all day and I’d get … Continue reading "Minnesota’s Baltimore-D.C. Corridor"
Some time ago, Greg talked about the lengths he and The Feeshko went to in order to get a good pasty on their trip back home. I asked Greg what made the perfect pasty. His description sounded a lot like the pasties in Oz (it turns out those Cornish miners went all over the world … Continue reading "The collection that wasn’t"
Hi folks, I only came back today for one reason: To show off my latest photos of collections. HA! That’s not true! Well, it IS true in that I do plan to show off some pictures in my typically narcissistic Gregblood fashion, but that’s not the ONLY reason I’ve come back for a fourth consecutive … Continue reading "Today’s Comeback Collections"
We’re seeing some creative, imaginative collections here. Keep up the good work! My sole offering today is less dramatic and dynamic than those elephant seals, but still unusual enough to be worth posting: a row of fence posts with cowboy boots capping them, on our ride through Edna Valley. There were probably 20 or more … Continue reading "The Collection Challenge: a rack of boots"
I’m worried about myself. At first I posted here maybe once a week. Then a couple times a week. Recently I’ve been writing stuff on Cycle365 almost every other day, but today marks my third day in a row. What next? Two or three times a day? I promise to back off before that happens. … Continue reading "Wearing Out My Welcome With A Few Insignificant Collections"
I had some finds on rides these past couple of day, and as my oom-pah-pah is lagging this morning, I may not be out collecting today so will post what I have so far. ;’-)
New month! New challenge! And for me, a new year. For my birthday ride we took a ride up the coast to Ragged Point, at the lower end of Big Sur. Perfect weather, a beautiful ride. Best of all though was getting to see the elephant seal colony beached at Piedras Blancas. What a great … Continue reading "The Collection Challenge: a herd of elephant seals"
A conglomeration of Free-cycle Christmas gifts? Looks like pretty good stuff, Hummer RC car, (that was tempting 😉 ) SuperStarz (whatever that is) and best of all a foot spa!! Not sure what all the other stuff is, is it safe to assume you get the tub too to carry it all? A school of … Continue reading "Cycle Life Challenge Ride #11 + Collections of Stuff"
Today’s age related ride would take me via a circular route to Kencot, where I would endeavour to answer a local question required of my British Cycle Quest attempt. Whilst out I would keep an eye open for collection opportunities.
Even though they are a thousand miles apart, Vermont and Minnesota might as well be the same state. They’re both landlocked states that nobody really cares about. They’re northern states with cold, snowy winters and some very fine weather in the other five months. They are very GREEN states in that they are very ecology-minded … Continue reading "Vermontisota"
The foliage was particularly vibrant this year but the colors are fading fast and the temperature is dropping from day to day. We have already had many nights with temperatures below freezing, and although the days warm up a bit there’s no denying that more cold riding is in the offing. But the change to … Continue reading "Cycle Days Challenge: November 2020"