we have wildflowers in full bloom in our courtyard garden. i love passing them on my way to the laundry/bike room. isn't this one an interesting flower? part of the aster family . . dandelion? thistle?
black-eyed susans are always plentiful. i'm not sure what the tall red flower is.
chanda talked me into riding to whole foods on my bike. she rode the citibike using greg's key card. we used the basket in front and the backpack she's carrying. riding on the streets with the cars is daunting for me. only some streets have bike lanes, and often there's a car in it, or construction.
we took the bike path along the hudson river as far as we could. we turned east at 20th street, chelsea piers. there was supposed to be a bike lane there leading to 8th avenue, but there wasn't. we just rode on the street and sidewalks until we got to the avenue.
on the way back we stopped by the water. it's hazy again . . hot summer weather after a cool august. tomorrow it's supposed to go up to 92 degrees, and then 86 on thursday.
i think i could get used to riding with the cars . . biking is a nice way to get around.
We have that dandelion/thistle thing in our garden down here too, they are SO hard to pull up once they get a certain size, the stalks get REALLY thick. Aurora and I were just in Canada for a few months (Glen unfortunately had to stay behind) and when we got back there was one nearly as tall as I am (I'm 5'8"!) right in the middle of my veggie patch! I pulled so many weeds that I completely filled our green waste bin (one of those tall wheelie ones) with all the stuff I pulled!
ReplyDeletePS Sorry I haven't replied to your comment yet! I really want to get back to blogging but never know what to write about!
Think of blogging as like a journal . . and write what you think Aurora would like to hear about. Lots of times the girls enjoy checking out old posts just for the fun of it . .
DeleteI think it's interesting that you have the same wildflower/weed growing in your yard. It obviously likes your soil! I'm amazed at how tall and thick it gets by you. All that Australian sunshine and fresh air is good for it! I wonder if it's native to you? I'll have to look into it more thoroughly. I thought of taking a better picture and sending it to one of the high line gardeners. I'm hoping it's still standing tall and hasn't wilted too much. It doesn't grow that big here! It's rather spindly!
The wildflowers are wonderful. The red one looks almost like a poppy but I don't think it's the season for them - very interesting!
ReplyDeleteYes, I thought it looked like a poppy too!
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