Took this leisurely route last Sunday; I just enjoyed being out and riding the TRIcon.
Operation Cactus
I sent some cactus cuttings up to a friend in Washington. She is creative, and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with.
Good luck, Tatsuang.
Riding with the Trike Squadron
It’s Sunday, Father’s Day, and I am recovering from a 6+ hour ride with Glenn Frank’s Trike Squadron. My legs were complaining mightily during the second half of the loop, but I made it through all the way to the end. No rider was able to displace me from my “rear of the pack” position. I saw lots of tail lights bilking, but it was an adventure indeed.
Check out those stats above – over 2000 calories burned. When I got home I found I had lost 5 pounds. Yikes! Enjoy the video below.
Veggie Surprises
One thing I really love about gardening is that you never know what unusual characters will appear in the garden. About three years ago we grew a tomato that could only be described as “rude”. I mean, this guy had no manners or decorum at all.
This year we have a few new surprises. The fruit in the photo below is actually a cucumber. The soda can is there for scale. I did not know a cucumber could actually get that big.
This baby weighs in at 2.2 pounds!
Looks like we’ll be having cucumber sandwiches. But wait: there’s more! The next ones are twins, joined along the side and growing from the same stem. Amazing!
Them comes my favorite: green peas. I love teasing them from their pods. Some pods have only three, some have as many as eight. iI takes many pods to get enough for dinner, but it’s worth it. They taste great right out of the pod.
There’s more still on the vine.
Hello little guys!
Enough for dinner or a salad.
Home grown vs. store bought – no comparison.
Man, this is too much fun!
First Tomatoes
First tomatoes have ripened up. They are beautiful. We are having them for dinner real soon. Thank you, Lord.
So gorgeous! No, I mean the tomato.
Beautiful and tasty.
Cactus Flowers
While the garden in back is doing fine, the old prickly guys in front are starting to show off also. Here are a couple of spring time cactus flowers for you to enjoy. Hope all is well, God bless you and yours.
Flower – echinocereus pectinatus v. rubispinus
Two more!
Four at once; night bloomers.
Old barrel cactus showing off – echinocactus grusonii
