Happy Journey!

So, I took a little trip down to my parents' place.  I was thinking, this is going to be rushed, after a long busy week, I'm just going because they like to see in person that I'm alive.  But if you open your eyes, even a typical journey can surprise you.

On the way down, there was a moment where the sun filtered through the clouds, and the grasses and trees along the roadway were just right.  Everything was golden, like a sepia photo!  Golden grasses, oaks with that polleny stuff on them, the old asphalt road looking more yellow than black, and the late afternoon sun hit it just right!

Then, I'm home eating my Mom's meatloaf.  The best meatloaf around, all the better since I saw the beef when it was on the hoof six months' back.  And lovely smooth mashed potatoes, real potatoes but mashed until all the lumps have given up and smoothed out.  As I'm waiting for the microwave to nuke my plate to an appropriate temperature, I took a look down in the big yard (farther away than the front yard.  Hard to explain unless you've seen the house.  Long driveway.) and wonder "did Mom and Dad get some of those corny deer statues?  And when do statues move, anyway???"  Yep, they were two very real deer!  They didn't bolt when a truck went by, or when Princess the sheltie moved on the porch, or even when I stepped out onto that porch and looked at them!  I think it was a doe and a fawn.  They weren't bothered by much at all, until two trucks went by in fairly short intervals.  Then, they still didn't bolt, but moved further into the trees so that the twilight and shade hid them.  SO BEAUTIFUL!

Sometime next week I should have pics of my lovely new siding!  The house looks great, with white trim and still a lovely blue shade to everything else.  It makes giving directions very easy.  Not too many other deep blue houses around!

I biked again yesterday.  It still hurt, and I still ended up walking the bike up a few hills, but oh so fun!  I did almost scare myself to death when I had to brake on a downhill curve.  I thought for sure I'd go completely over the intersecting road and crash down the hill on the other side.  Or turn the bike on its side and make my leg into pizza.  But I made it!  I think next week I'll try to take shorter rides, but take them every day I don't work late.