Grass Lake has appeared before. But as it is not accessible on a paved surface it has only appeared when I am riding the Axis. Today I rode across the pedestrain bridge still on the pavement and got this photo from near the end of the asphalt. For comparison see the photo in the March 23 post.As I passed the spot near Lake Owasso where I saw the fox yesterday I had a different sort of encounter. Coming down the hill on Dale where two youngish teenage boys on BMX bikes. They were I suspect about 14 as they were too big for the bikes but they were still riding bikes, not yet eligible for a license to drive. We exchanged glances but nothing more. That is until about a half block later when I heard from behind me a "I like your helmet". I gave a thumbs up and a thank you. Not a nice bike but still it made me smile.
I don't have enough time on the farm to be positive about grain identifications either but I am reasonably sure that this is wheat. This is a plot growing along Larpenteur quite near to the campus buildings.
The Tour de France starts tomorrow. The popular choice to win is Alexandre Vinokourov of the Astana team. I expect Vino to be the effervescent presence in the race that he was when last he raced but I do not expect him to win. My choice is for the maillot jaune to remain on the shoulders of a native English speaker. My prediction is Australia's Cadel Evans of the Lotto team. I think that he will be joined on the podium by Discovery Channel's Levi Leipheimer and a member of the Astana team who is not Vinokourov, Andreas Klöden.
3 comments:
It does look wheat like -- like symbols on cereal boxes. If we are making predictions, I'll have to give it some thought. It starts in London, I believe. SS
And congratulations on your 100th post. SS
I think it's wheat, too. I did a google image search on "wheat" and the result seemed to strongly resemble your photo.
Are you allowed to predict non-dopers as favorites in the Tour? Are there going to be any non-dopers?
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