The attempt to unload a lot of pictures that haven’t appeared on the site this week. Pretty things to look at for you, easy content for me.
And Happy Easter. Hope you enjoyed it in thought, with family, chocolate and peeps.
From the NCAA gymnastics regionals at Auburn last night. See the lady in the background? She’s the coach at Bowling Green. Also, she was one of The Yankee’s high school gymnastics teammates:
Sure you could do that. Right up until it came time to land:
This Michigan State gymnast had a lot of time to admire the ceiling:
At Georgia they call them Gymdogs:
That’s hardly flattering. When they perform as they did last night they should call them superwomen:
West Virginia had a great turn on the beam:
This is one of the Bowling Green gymnasts. The vault always looks a little painful to me …
She’s trying not to fall. She saved it, but this happened to her a few times. Shame, too, it was a nice routine:
The Auburn Arena is now just in its second year of use. They spent $92.5 million building the thing, and it is a handsome facility. For all of that, though, my favorite feature is that wraparound script:
The moon:
Clouds over the Samford University campus:
Told you I was replacing the seat on my bike. Can you tell which saddle is old and which is new?
I love the way the stickers are peeling away from this sign. How many summers do you think it has seen?
Saturday was just another beautiful day in the loveliest village:
Changing The Yankee’s tire:
Fond de Jante? There is a thin site with that name as a URL, but I doubt this website is official. Nevertheless:
They say dressing well is all about the details. The time spent obsessing is rarely repaid in public acknowledgment. Likewise, when repairing a bicycle, the attention paid to mechanical and aesthetic minutia will seldom be fully appreciated or understood by the rider. But, the worth of neither pursuit is diminished.
It means “inside the rim” or “rim base.” This rim tape is the best.
