A few random shots

When I was looking at my journal this morning, I noticed that I didn't post any of my pictures from my long weekend up at Madeline Island. I Flickred them, and Facebooked them, but I guess I never got around to spamming them to my LJ. Not that I'm terribly active in any of my social media outlets these days, but sometimes LJ feels like the red-head stepchild among the neglected. To my defence, we kept a pretty schedule while we were on the island (yet it was still very restful and relaxing - weird how that works) so I didn't get a chance to finish my latest story project either.

It's been a pretty wet summer through much of the midwest, and that was evident by the prevalence of impressive fungi around the cabin. This specimen was at least 40cm across.

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Year In Pictures: 2010/09/12 - Don't forget the dog

atara, pierrekrahn and I drove into town to take in the Ciclovia festival today. As festivals go, it was about on par with pretty much any other one I have taken in, with the exception of a few additional signs imploring people to walk or cycle more often. The ride was nice though, and it gave us an opportunity to hit up Kawai Crepes again for lunch.

By the the time we got home (about a 20km round trip), atara's legs were burning, and I had some serious saddle fatigue.

I could just imagine when she was packing her backpack. "iPhone? Check. Water bottle? Check. Sunglasses? Check. Dog? ..."

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