camel leather seat that feels like a sofa seat & matching stitched handlebars with houndstooth tan detailing on the frame. the guys at the bike shop kept calling it lemon meringue. drool.
austin has a fun new bike too & has already has gotten major use out of it. he's been riding it to work everyday since he got it (going on 3 weeks) & is even known as "that guy that rides his bike to work", which he loathes because he cannot believe they see him as some kind of california hippie freak. so i made sure to order these awesome grocery totes in a fun pattern & pick up our recycling bin this week just to freak him out further.
we spent friday gardening in the morning & then off on our first official family bike ride. we thought we'd just go a couple miles up the rode to a nice little strip mall but we ended up running smack into a random phenomenal farmer's market that was about to open in 2 minutes. there i bought gigantic pieces of meringue & fresh strawberries & asparagus. mmmm. then off to a random gas station opening next door where we jammed with the dj, got free give aways, played in the bouncy house, & austin ate his weight in cotton candy. we kept laughing at our lucky find & perfect timing.
i have to add that on our way home, i suddenly remembered that i had left our camera precariously sitting in the folds of the bike trailer canopy. we stopped on the side of the trail & started frantically searching through all our stuff. nope. no camera. i felt like such an idiot. between the two of us, i swear we have this problem at least 10 x's more than any average, sane minded individuals. it's a total joke. we are the WORST match in this way. blek.
not 3 minutes pass & along came this jogging couple (probably among the sane minded) & in broken russiany english ask us if by chance it's a camera we are so hysterically searching for. i pretty much fell on my face. they handed us the camera & the battery. insert battery... hold breath... no harm done. i gushed all over them that they had made my day. i mean if we hadn't stopped right then, we wouldn't have been on the same trail as them & if we'd turned & gone back later the camera would have been with the nice russian couple, not where it fell. & as they went galloping off the chief turned to me & said "i know i say this all the time but i am sticking with you. your luck is UNREAL."
we got home, put everything away, & just as we shut the back door... it started pouring. :)
2 comments:
that's an awesome story! i'm so glad you found it! losing things is the worst. that picture of you and ellery and coco on the bottom of the last collage is sooooo darling!!
Yes, you are about the worst couple I know at losing/misplacing/forgetting things. Also, among the best at things coming out with you smelling like a rose and no worse for the wear. Pretty unbelievable sometimes.
Glad you lucked into such a terrific weekend.
BTW, I saved a "Parade" article on all the sesquicentennial sites you should consider visiting this year.
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