I finally got my bike. And I am very happy about it after a couple of weeks of inpatient moments. As the mechanic pointed out, its not a bad looking bike! I broke it in a little this morning on the Genesee River Trail. Riding on a trail early in the morning is decidedly more pleasant for this new bike owner than in the city streets. All that stop and go gives me a head ache just like car traffic. Now that I have something new to be excited about certain people will want to slap me the next time I say, "Now YOU need to get one so we can ride together!" The reaction to this makes me question my ability to manipulate.

I put this picture up due to the beautiful bike but also because it shows a snippet of our garden. I am going to try to remember to take some better pictures of that tomorrow. So this post covers the two distracting things I am concentrating on this summer. Abel helped me transplant some more tomato plants this morning. In about a month we will be ready for the 'compound salsa' that Mel and I thought up. We are growing everything we will need, jalapeno, green pepper, onion, cilantro and plenty of tomatoes. Think we could market that!

Here is a picture of Violet watching her Aunt T be an absolute loon riding around just hours after becoming a new bike owner.  Yes, I was riding it in our backyard and if you have ever seen the size of it you know why she looks embarrassed to be a part of  such wackiness. Sorry chica you are stuck with these genes!