{"id":573894562,"date":"2022-07-11T21:36:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T01:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894562"},"modified":"2022-07-15T15:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:04:58","slug":"of-bikes-and-bees-and-bushes-and-cats-and-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/07\/11\/of-bikes-and-bees-and-bushes-and-cats-and-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Of bikes and bees and bushes and cats and things"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick shot from our Saturday bike ride. This is on the part where we go around a sharp right curve that’s almost a turn. It’s an uphill that’s almost a downhill, or a downhill that is an uphill, I can never decide. The part just before this you can really hammer it. And within just a few feet from here you’re in the Bermuda Triangle of gear selection. It never makes sense. <\/p>\n

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Immediately after that<\/em>, though, there’s a left hand turn and she takes off. It’s a three-mile stretch that suits her strong, powerful style. I slowed down, too, because my rear tire was starting to feel a bit spongey and there’s a big downhill ahead that ends at a stop sign. I wanted to be conservative there. <\/p>\n

But then you turn left and eventually it turns into a one-mile uphill. <\/p>\n

There was another cyclist up ahead. We caught him. I jokingly cautioned him against letting me slow him down when he passed me on the bigger part of the climb. I heard The Yankee giggling at that as I went by her. And then he passed me. <\/p>\n

But I caught him again. And then I got stung by some sort of flying insect, just above the knee. It only hurt when I pedaled, which I had to do for another 10 miles or so. <\/p>\n

All of it was fun, except for the bee sting.<\/p>\n

But I don’t want you to think that all of life is fun and musical and amazing. Today’s big adventure was trimming back a huge shrub in the back yard. It was long overdue. <\/p>\n

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And now back to your regularly scheduled cat update. No bush chores for them, but they had a big week nevertheless.<\/p>\n

Here’s Phoebe enjoying her Sunday evening nap. <\/p>\n

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We’ve recently moved some furniture around and she has had no problem adjusting to that, as you can tell. <\/p>\n

Poseidon is living up to his name, looking for a shower this morning. <\/p>\n

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I tremble in fear at what he might want tomorrow. <\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Please check out my Twitter<\/a> for more. And you can also see the (still-running!) series of videos I’m uploading daily from our Cozumel dive trip, over on Instagram<\/a>, too. Speaking of Instagram and cats, did you know that Phoebe and Poseidon<\/a> have an Instagram account? They do. Check them out.<\/p>\n

More tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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