Day One Hundred Thirty Three. 5.22.11

Day of the Beast

This is the dinner Will made for me tonight.  Delmonico steak, braised in ramps (wild leeks) and topped with ramp pesto, steamed potatoes and ramps, and a beautiful salad with greens from the farmers' market.  This was after I had spent the day at a Crossfit competition called the Beast of Barre.  Having completed the competition (ranking 6th out of 7 in my division), I now consider myself a Beast of Barre.  Among the many things I did today, I flipped truck tires, ran a mile with a 25# sand bag on my shoulders, and lifted many pounds of weight up over my head.  Here's a visual:

Day One Hundred Thirty Two. 5.21.11

Color

I just can't help myself.  I love the colors in this photo.  I also love spring, have I mentioned that yet?  I really feel like we're emerging from something this winter.  Perhaps it's because it was my first serious VT winter (last year didn't count because we got so little snow).  I love that I live somewhere that makes me appreciate each season for it's strengths.  And because they're so intense, I become immersed in each so deeply that the change of seasons brings a feeling of discovery and newness each time.  Cheesy?  Maybe.  But true!

Day One Hundred Thirty One. 5.20.11

Petals on the Sidewalk

More flowers, but in a little bit of a different way.  Gosh, I love spring!

Day One Hundred Thirty. 5.19.11

Bud

This is actually the same tree that I photographed through the window yesterday.  Here's a much closer look at it.  Too bad I can't share the fragrance with you.  Get ready...I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of flower pictures in the coming days and weeks...

Today is my parents' 38th (I think) wedding anniversary.  Wow.  Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! 

Day One Hundred Twenty Nine. 5.18.11

Spring

This was such a nice thing to see outside my window as I did yoga this morning.  Bright flowered light!  It really is spring.  Really.  It is.  Even when it's cold and rainy.  See? There are flowers!

Day One Hundred Twenty Eight. 5.17.11

My view

It was hard to capture the detail I noticed today.  My guitar looks really beautiful when I look down from above -- my view when I'm playing.  I didn't actually succeed in capturing the view as I wanted to, but I still like this photo.

Day One Hundred Twenty Seven. 5.16.11

Commodities

These are commodity pieces from a game we played tonight called Empire Builder.  It's a really complicated game, but we both agreed that it would be fun if we knew what we were doing.  The game board is a map of North America.  The goal is to build railroads and deliver commodities.  That's the basic idea, but there are a lot of intricacies.  We had fun, though, and I really liked the design of the game.  Cool pieces, huh?