Monday. after the rain

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

by the end of the day the rain finally stopped and the light that remained was enough for walking around to assess conditions. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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the Circle

raindrops were still spattered onto this leaf of Lily-of-the-Valley. 

Convallaria majalis

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3^rd Avenue

dangling by a thread, these azalea blossoms exhibit a similar tubular structure to that noted the day before. 

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Zöe Wadsworth Park

freshly rinsed redbuds: 

Cercis canadensis

Comments

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

oh how very cool.  but alas, gondawanaland reunification (http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=gondwanaland+reunification) is such a lost cause that it hasn't even attracted a second LJ user.  but that's OK: as projects go it has a longer time frame than most. 

LJ has a friend-of-a-friend view that I happened upon, in which was your entry and image link about a Schwinn tandem.  last October I happened upon an old Hawthorne tandem (http://www.livejournal.com/~15_the_circle/235659.html), described by my bike mechanic friend as a Montgomery Wards rebranding of a Huffy.  it's ancient, weighs a ton and is built like an army tank.  also loads of fun, though a bit short of roadworthy at present on account of needing its tyres replaced.  it is set up with a front handbrake and a rear coaster brake (allowing both to be engaged even if one happens to be out solo on it).