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[The ride to work on an analog bike]

Self-portrait 1

The usual crowd

First northern shovelers of the season

stilts

Self-portrait 2

Stilts in flight

More stilts

I try to always post on my birthday. I thanked the Lord for all the blessings before I got out of bed. I kissed my wife before I left the house. I had coffee with John before riding to work. I was able to pedal a non-electric bike (slowly) to work and saw some great birds on the way. No one tried to run me over. JG and WB both wished me happy birthday (and gave me coffee and cards) before I fired the computer up.

It may sound like a small and unglamorous life, but I know myself to be wealthy beyond measure. I pray at least the same for you, friend!

Yesterday's Egrets and Such (Lubbock Parks)

Cormorants are so cool

Tiny snails

Dead End Dam

May you enjoy the world around you, often. Be well, friends!

Pics from the Weekend

"Maybe it's time to start living."

Friday Sunrise

Lubbock Green Car Spotting

Sweet - a First-Generation Prius! (next to a Prius V)

How I knew I'd found the Responding to Climate Change program.

A Used 2012 Nissan Leaf at 34th and Akron ($8k)

(Yes, D and I were drooling!)

The Mae Simmons Bike Trail

Sunday Morning Single-Track

Before we caught our second wind

Maybe it really is time to start living...

May all your graffiti be uplifting and may your carbon footprint be shrinking joyfully!

(PS. We really didn't plan the purple shirt thing.) 

Saturday Ramble: the Week

We had rain this week, thank the Lord! Lubbock was drying up and desperately needed the moisture, but it came with high winds and even a few tornadoes in the area. Lots of damage. Many people will be cutting and hauling branches, repairing fences, and figuring out how to fix things or who to call. But the rain was sure nice.

 Yesterday I saw a Model 3 and a Chevy Volt, but...

...the most exciting green car I saw was...

...an older Prius with a DIY solar panel setup. Intriguing. Was it charging the traction pack? The 12 volt accessory battery? Something else? DIY green ingenuity always gets the juices flowing.

No progress on the Huffy klunker this week, but lots of dreaming.

The most exciting cargo bike news this week was the arrival (in my awareness) of the new Mongoose Envoy cargo bike. It comes in at half the price (or less) of a base model Yuba Mundo. Is this the birth of the accessible cargo bike for the masses or just a serious threat to the small manufacturers who've been carrying the torch so long?

In regional news, I was very excited to see an Electrek post about our neighbors to the west:

You go, New Mexico! (Click here for article) Woohoo!

Here in Lubbock, the steadily increasing stream of pedestrian and bullet-based deaths continues. More painful statistics and meaningless death.

At our house, on the other hand, our household grew by one and we are thrilled!

May you be blessed and encouraged, and may we find better paths!