Day Off

Well, today was a "planned" day off the bike. Good thing though because this is what I woke up to and it looks like it'll be around all day. I'm not complaining though - I miss the sounds and smells of rain. This was actually a nice surprise. :-)

Phoenix Coffee House

This is one of my favorite coffee places to visit - great coffee, better than Starbucks even. Nice atmosphere and the people that work here are very friendly - unlike my last few visits to Starbucks. I'm beginning to wonder if it's all that dark green decor that makes everyone usually in a bad mood in most Starbucks. Phoenix is all about warm colors, original art and great customer service.

This was a nice ride, mostly through neighborhoods of stately homes built in the 1940s, and huge 100+ year old shade trees. At 7 a.m. on a Saturday - it was quiet too. Many birds and bunnies about - and the air smelled of many spring blossoms.

Friday

Found a very cool web site - "mapmyride.com" - so far, I like it a lot. It uses the GPS on my iphone to track the ride. Then computes miles, avg speed, elevation, and even calories. This is all based on info you enter when you register.

Okay, Let's Try This Again!

I seem to always make things more difficult than they are. For instance - this blog thing. All I wanted to do was share my daily art activities - and I was doing that for several months. Then, as always, "life" got in the way and for some reason I stopped posting. But, it was always in the back of my mind. Posting actually helps motivate me - not sure why though. So - I'm going to start with what I'm up to right now and hopefully this will all lead back to my ART, and even if it doesn't - it's a nice journal of sorts.

So - where am I? I'm in Florida right now - enjoying my visit with family and friends, but missing my Mario. (wish you were here.....sigh) My daily bike rides here are so different from California. There are no hills or winds to deal with - only humidity and big bugs (have to remember to keep my mouth shut when I ride) - not sure if the trade-off is good or bad - but "different" is always nice in my book. I saw some beautiful scenery driving east this year - I'll share an inspirational scene tomorrow.....a drawing I hope to do very soon.