Dale and I took a bike ride today. Today's the unofficial beginning of summer so this was our first bike ride together for the season.
We think my last ride was this past October when we did the same route that we did today. Dale asked me how I felt after the ride and I told him I found it to be a little easier. However my stamina wasn't any better than the last time around. However it felt shorter due to having done the same ride before and being familiar with it. Maybe that's why I perceiving it as feeling a bit easier.
We went to Fort Snelling. This is just one of the many buildings at the fort.
This is the view with my back to the building in the previous picture. That's the Mississippi River flowing by the (small) urban forest you see across from it. If you squint you can see the downtown Minneapolis skyline just above the trees in the left third of the photo.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, our Lily-of-the-Valley is flowering and the fragrance produced has a lovely sweet smelling strong pungency. Our next door neighbor tells us she can smell it in her yard.
Speaking of the next door neighbor, her Bridal Wreath Spiria is flowering and spilling into our yard like a waterfall.
Neither of the flowers shown in this post last long. Ya gotta appreciate them while they're here, and knowing human nature, would be easy to do if they lasted all season.
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