Mt. Pleasant, TX

Saturday morning in Mt Pleasant was sunny and warm - just what John and I wanted for the first organized ride of the year. About 100 riders gathered for a "Ride with the Eagles" - a fund raiser for the arts department of the North Texas Community College. We signed up to ride 43 miles. The route was beautiful - all rural, lots of farms and fields and wildflowers. One hill after another, major wind,and washboard roads changed my mind about the 43 miles. John rode the entire route which was actually just over 45 miles. I, however, turned off onto another route and was just PROUD to finish with 36 miles. Back in Hope - we rode again on Sunday. I finished the weekend with just over 50 miles and John had a metric 100 - just over 62 miles. I know for sure that I need to figure out the "numb feet" problem that bothers me after about 15 miles AND I have to learn how to ride up hills.

What the heck is a Grancy Greybeard?

John first told me about this tree last fall when it just had ordinary green leaves on it. He said his Mom called it a Grancy Greybeard. I thought she was just using an old common name for something else. I mean - come on - I'm pretty up on trees and I had never even heard of such a thing. It's real - it's incredible - and it's scientific name is Chionanthus virginicus. It's great to learn something new!

John's Azaleas

John has the most amazing Azalea's by his back door. This bush is at least a foot taller than me. Each flower is almost as wide as the palm of my hand.

First Entry

This is my very experience writing a blog. I have had a Facebook account for several months and I decided to branch out and try something new. Blogs and personal websites have never appealed to me so I'm not sure why I am doing this. I guess it is curiousity more than anything else. I might post some cycling stuff and some quilting stuff and just play around with it. I guess I'll just see what happens.