Monday 24 May 2010. Got out by 5:23 am. Already it was quite light. Was a little chilly in short sleeves! The air was pleasantly humid. Was a little sad passing my usual route to the pool. There were lots of flowers to see, esp. late poppies, remaining irises, peach colored and still some purple-blue or purple red ones. The perfect garden on the east side of Race just south of Pennsylvania was especially lovely. Trees pretty much fully leafed. Made a loop of Meadowbrook: mist lay here and there in low places. The moist air was cool in places and warm in others, like the water in the pool is sometimes. It felt good to ride through the different temperatures. At the statue of “God” the scene was dramatic: mist on the ground and mountain-clouds with slanting lines radiating from them, and a bit of red sun peeking through. She looked pleased to be part of it. White Penstimon were numerous, as were spiderwort, though these latter would show more blue-violet later in the morning when they were fully open. Irises were still blooming in the place where the cardinal flowers will be later in the year.
The woods along Race Street just south of Meadowbrook reminded me of Wisconsin. On the road, on the ground there, was an INDIGO BUNTING!!!!!--more deserving of the epithet “blue bird” than the species of that name.
The vegetation is pretty much all green, tender and growing. Young corn plants in rows, wild parsnip, etc., along the roadside. The wind wasn’t bad. I must say the smells were different, mostly better than the chlorine fragrance (which nevertheless I love for its association with swimming) of the pool.
Yes, it was hard to get the heart rate up, and the bike is not such a familiar way to exercise. Muscles got tired before I could breathe very hard.
Almost home, on Race Street, there was a shape that looked like it could have been a snake, and in fact, it was a little, dry, dead garter snake. Poor thing.
After, though it was not the same as swimming, I did feel that pleasant post-exercise satisfaction.
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