spring flowers, part 1

we noticed these little guys growing in our backyard the other day. spring is upon us here in iowa city.

college street bridge, this morning

Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy.
Ba da, Ba da, Ba da, Ba da...Feelin' Groovy.
Hello lamp-post,
What cha knowin'?
I've come to watch your flowers growin'.
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?
Doot-in' doo-doo,
Feelin' groovy.
I've got no deeds to do,
No promises to keep.
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep.
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me.
Life, I love you,
All is groovy.
-Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Street Bridge Song

red fixie/canadian tuxedo

i don't really understand this locking technique, but to each their own. the observant among you might also notice the guy in the denim body suit, sporting the latest in urban street fashion - the white plastic trash bag. take that, messenger bag!

gordon

"smoothest most mixable"

apparantly, bums have taken to congregating out in my driveway, imbibing some of that sweet, sweet gordon's vodka. "when hawkeye vodka just won't do......there's gordon's to the rescue". did i mention it's the smoothest? oh, right. here's looking at you, Kentucky Kid.

i kind of got caught in a bit of a downpour on the way in to work this morning. i stopped and took some shelter for a few minutes.

i had to park my ride while i ran into the coop for some hummus. granted, their lime and green chili stuff isn't nearly as good as our homemade chipotle, but it's better than nothing. and i was too lazy to make any last night. as you can see, the coop is a popular place for the ic bicycle massive, even at 7:00 on a wednesday morning.

log 1

and so it begins. i have decided to begin an Iowa City-related photo blog. as far as i know, none such blog exists as of yet, though i could of course be wrong. the inspiration for this is mostly from the demise of the wonderful OIFS blog, put out by good ol' Jim. i won't pretend that this will be as good as that, only that it is what it is. i plan to upload new pics as i have time, possibly accompanied by some brilliant and/or witty remarks on my part. seriously though, i think we should all just be satisfied with the pics. here are a few to get us going.

















i picked up a few new cycles over the weekend. what can i say? i'm just feelin' the pink and celeste green lately. the first is a '91 Cannondale SR600 and the other is a pristine Bianchi Brava of unknown year. together, they cost $250. thank you, craigslist! oh yeah.......i realize this post doesn't really have anything to do with Iowa City per se, so you can just keep your snarky-ass comments to yourself.