December 16, 2009
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2009
January - Sister, Babs and I hiked the E-ticket ride, Rollercoaster and utterly failed to capture on "film" how steep and thrilling this trail is on a mountain bike.
February - An afternoon jog past the airport prompted this photo of snowcapped Mt. Baldy (who names these?!).
March - Local mountain biking at its best. Mike and Guy shred the trails.
April - California poppies pop up in the most inauspicious places, like the driveway.
May - The China Berry trees are in full blossom; their fragrance says spring is in full tilt boogie.
June - A welcome break in the shade on a warm June afternoon. There are bikes lying around there somewhere.
July - The tomatoes are ripening so fast I need a helper to umm ... hold down the harvest box?
August - Summertime barbecues were made simple with the purchase of a new grill. With its chrome handles and espresso brown finish, it looks like patio jewelry.
September - The Station Fire, some sixty miles to the Northwest, (and other closer ones) brought surreal sunsets and asthma inducing smoke to our valley.
October - Our semiannual trip to Gooseberry Mesa in Utah continues to be the highlight of the year. We always meet great people out there and this year exceeded our expectations. Tom's gang of bike aficionados, riding the mesa for the first time, allowed us to see its spectacular beauty through their eyes with renewed wonder and appreciation.
November - The garden is winding down for the winter. Only broccoli, lettuce and strawberries remain productive though a few peppers and tomatoes stubbornly refuse to give up entirely.
December remains to be posted. I think it should somehow show the people in my life who make my life so rich, but how to get them all into one photo is a problem.
Comments (10)
You have had a great year with all your travels
Not a GAS grill! Oh well the rest of the pics are pretty.
What a nice summary. We threw out our gas grill...we never used it although we eat outside a lot. I just cook inside and carry it out!
that is a great year in review!
@englishjuls - Somehow travel in your own country doesn't really seem like travel even though the distance covered may be farther than between countries in your neck of the woods. I love traveling in Europe where every country has its own language and culture. Even between England and Ireland one can see the difference.
@segoviafan - I know, that was a cop out but I didn't have any pictures taken in August. Blame it on the August heat.
@AprilsPlace - We eat a lot of fish and I can't stand the smell of it in the house so we grill outside year round. Last night we had fresh ahi tuna and I'm still feeling guilty for contributing to the decline in tuna populations.
@alterEGGO - Thanks, now it's your turn.
What a wonderful year you have had. Mine has been interesting but the only picture I could have shown of my mountain bike is sitting in the shed in the dark covered in cob webs.
And you are the only other person I have ever heard the term e-ticket. Friends of mine have a mountain bike tandem they dubbed the e-ticket...ha ha ha.
@queenie - What a shame. No mountain bike should be so neglected.
We old folks still remember when they issued ticket books at Disneyland. We always came home with the A tickets and B tickets which granted access to the boring things but ran out of E tickets long before we had had our fill of the thrill rides.
June photo looks like a painting . October is grandiose . And I become weak when I see your garden in November and when I compare it to mine .
Good idea to garther the top of each month of the year , Judy .
I like this very much . You would be able to make a beautiful calendar for next year.
Love
Michel
Well said! Thanks for commenting on my blog about celebrating Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Christy
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