storm kissed

storm kissed
Originally uploaded by rfin.

wet great luck

wet great luck
Originally uploaded by rfin.

No Photoshop--other than cropping-- just the luck of the rain on my car window and the motion of my subjects and vehicle. Shot on the drive home from work last night.

narcissistic geese

narcissistic geese
Originally uploaded by rfin.

These Canadian Geese (or is it just Canada Geese?) spent about twenty minutes on the roof outside my office yesterday. They found their own reflections the most interesting part of their brief layover. They may have wintered in Florida or Mexico but will likely spend their summer in Canada or Alaska.

lunch ride

lunch ride
Originally uploaded by rfin.

Haven't taken the slicks off my bike, so we stuck to pavement on today's quick lunch ride a mile or so up Emigration canyon. Glad we got out since it started raining this afternoon.

seahorse appearance

Today's lunch was a cup of soup, a cereal bar and an orange. I saved the orange for last and took the challenge of keeping the peel in once continuous piece. Why, I'm not sure. Then I wonderered what the peel would look like flattened out. That's when the seahorse appeared. I've seen elephants in clouds, faces in inkblots, but never before a seahorse in an orange peel. Oh the little things that make life interesting.

historic birthday

On April 25, 1912 Edith and Joe Finlinson welcomed the arrival of their third son. They named him Joseph. He grew up in Oak City and Leamington. Enjoyed collecting butterflies, swimming and good horsemanship. He liked sharp cheese, homegrown beef, fresh cream on warm bread and doting on his two little sisters. He served as a Mormon missionary to Germany. Graduated from Utah State University. Worked as an FBI Special Agent. Married a school teacher and musician he met in Detroit. Reared his daughter and son in Bountiful. Nurtured in them in his love of sunsets and soil, peach trees and sage, cameras, construction and conversation. He died at age 51 in Salt Lake City. Happy 93rd birthday, Dad!

Also on this day in history:

1859: Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt; it opens in 1869
1874: birth, Guglielmo Marconi, electrical engineer, radio pioneer
1908: birth, Edward R. Murrow, radio and television executive and commentator
1917: birth, Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer
1945: Delegates from 50 nations meet in San Francisco to organize the United Nations
1956: Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" hits number one on the music charts

gratitude after the ride

haze
Originally uploaded by rfin.

Now that the ride's over, I find myself in the graditude mode. Glad that I'm basically strong and healthy, that I wasn't all that sore this morning (surprisingly mostly in my neck and shoulders not my legs). Glad I did this with friends. Thanks Dave, Kirk and Jim! Glad that I live in such a beautiful city than can draw more than 8,000 runners and bicyclists to such an event. Glad that there's a next year to look forward to.