hawwwwsome ride home

hanging out on raspberry island

the bridge flowing into st. paul

a curious web

sunshine means shadows!

ooh, umm... yep, this is why we came here, take photos of our prom kids.

lost my patience

This barleywine has been sitting around in my colection for a while. i couldn't wait any longer. it has been sitting around for about a year, probably the longest i've ever held a barleywine, so... it's time

i seem to have picked the worst possible hour to ride in

here's the view i saw on my way to shower and change after my snowy april commute to work

i did not expect...

i did not expect thos week to be such a weather challenge on my cyclecommute to work...

caught the photographer

sunset|tesnus

yup, pretzel time

and it burns burns burns

ring of fire

salted caramel core... OMFG!

wang dang

plenty of 70s classic breakfast beverages decanted from this bad boy. 

bare calves in the morning

please let this be my last subzero ride of the season

hooo-yeah snow commute

shadows don't bonk

it was cold, but not too cold to take the mitten off for a shadow selfie.

let the petals fall where they may

colorful demise.

the petals fall,

the flowers have had their day. 

we think they're done, but they show us with a puzzlingly...

disconnected...

beauty.

chilly and quiet ride in

brr... fuggin brrr... but i did make it to work

making the best of a sunbeam

zzzzzz...

did i hear something?

oh, it's you.

i'm pretty tired, ya know.

i'm so done with you.

outpouring of caffeinated inspiration

just enough beans

to start the day with

onesinglecupofcoffee!

do i treat it like i would if i were making

manycups?

like a single student, alone,

in a giant lecture hall?

these beans deserved attention

and focus...

tutoring, asitwere--to torture the metaphor.

the single cup they would make

must be the intent

fromstarttofinish...

the one cup, a goal, 

a tribute to the life and posthumous journey these beans took

justtostartmyday.

suitably honored on a single cupped pedestal.

ground coarse, brewed gently,

pressed...

smooth midwest dairy compliments earthy sumatran notes.

upon consumption 

their journey

sparks inspiration

and words that should--with the fines--get rinsed...

downthedrain

but you read them anyway.

and i

am buzzing into my day

grinning