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September 30, 2005
Its wooly weather! And plus, musings on horses. Also, our Rain Parade and tonight's Oktoberfest ride.
Jeepers, its cold!! How did this happen??
Its kind of nice because I could break out the big Manos/Kureyon blankie I made last year, some of you may know it. Its just about wooly enough to keep one's toodles toasty in that in-between time before its cold enough for the heat to come on. And plus now I am all in a knitting mood, ah yes, the wooly months! How we do appreciate them! Even while saying good-bye to our nice warm, sandal-tan-striped patas for another season! Today I am hoping to fortify with more Manos, so I can finish the fabulous improvised orange shrug which I am on the second sleeve of. (photos to come, really!) For those unfamiliar with the concept of shrug, picture one loooong sleeve that wraps around the shoulders. Shrug! A simple and somewhat crude garment but useful nonetheless, and good for using up 2 leftover skeins. Oh for a camera! Its it a golden color like hay in the sunset. Can you hear the horses coming in from the fields for the evening, the Indian summer sun a diminishing red ball on the horizon? Neigh. Clop, clop, clop. Their noses soft, their breath visible puffs of steam. Oh horses! Oh Fall! Oh sweaters!
Oh, too much coffee has Pippy brain.
The cold blew in with the rain that dampened our Pedestrian Critical Mass walk on Wednesday, oh my. It was a sad and soggy affair! But we persevered, and we perambulated! Oh yes, our dedication to fairness and justice worn on our soggy sleeves and our melting cardboard signs!
I brought stickers, (printed on my ink jet, and cleverly coated in clear packing tape to keep out the wet) of strutting sparrow silhouttes and the words "Not Jaywalking, Just Walking!" underneath, in Franklin Gothic, typeface of the Revolution. Nearly came to blows with a man who insisted we might be encouraging children to cross in the middle of the block. I insisted back that no, this had little to do with children who might be wandering unsupervised in the Loop, it was more about fines for jaywalking. Oh, and the fact that the city was less concerned with pedestrian safety than automobile traffic flow. Oh boneheads, why, why why. Once again he took the "yes but think of the children!" argument. And once again I sighed heavily, rolled my eyes, tried to talk really slowly, and explaing no one wanted children crossing in the middle of the road. Yes, well, but did I cross in the middle of the block? He wanted to know. YES! OFTEN! With pride. On my bike and on my feet. Oh this tiresome bozo! Finally I began ranting about if he were really the protector of the children he might consider the mother's children dying in Iraq. Scared him right off! All right!
Anyway, we walked and got wet and at the end I was a seriously drowned rat, my boots going squish squish squish, pigtails reduced to a sad skinny low-hanging state, my nose drip drip dripping!
Not sure if we acheived anything, but all's well that ends in the Handlebar, oh yeah. After wringing out my clothes at Dave's.
Tonight is the CCM Oktoberfest ride, annouced too late to procure leiderhosen, drat. But still, it ought to be good. I gotta new Lucky Cat squeeker for my bike, am excited to try it out!
Happy Friday!
more later....
Posted by pippypippy at September 30, 2005 08:52 AM
Comments
Happy Friday to you! And happy cooler weather! I'm very pleased to be wearing handknit wool socks right now.
Posted by: Cari at September 30, 2005 08:42 PM