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Mom's Day Pictures
So, for Mother's Day I did what I always do, which is go for a nice long bike ride. Char came along and many pictures were taken, because it was a trail we'd never been on before and the day was beautiful. She took this one:
Hmm! Maybe I will pay for her to major in photography in college, after all. ;-).
Really, all in all, a VERY good Mother's Day weekend.
And as if all that isn't wonderful enough, every night I have a date with my favorite guy. Damn you, Link! You're distracting me from my work!!
Hmm! Maybe I will pay for her to major in photography in college, after all. ;-).
I looked up directions online and we followed them to the Clarence Bike Path...a wonderful 6 and a half mile trail (13 round trip) that passes though woods and farmland. SO pretty. It was COLD so we had to wear warm clothing.
Me in my big stupid sweater.
Charlotte in a hoodie, getting ready to make some weeds.
We saw so much wildlife...birds that I hardly ever get to see like Baltimore orioles and goldfinches and vireos and numerous other songbirds. Most of my favorite trails go along the rivers or the lake, but this one took us into the woods and that was ok. I enjoyed the change of scenery. All along the path (which is an old rail line that's been paved over JUST so it can be used as a recreation trail...isn't that great?) there were fruit trees growing wild. Cherry and apple, mostly, I think. Everything was in bloom.
Between all the blossoms and the turned farmland, the whole trail smelled wonderful...like flowers and clean earth.
The path is wide open in places, and the land here is so flat that you can see for miles. My favorite part is the sky...I just love looking up at the clouds.
Cirrus clouds, my favorites (next to big pouffy cumulonimbus thunderheads, of course). My Dad used to call them "mare's tails" They mean good weather and low humidity...two things we love here in Buffalo.
The trail is straight as an arrow, which decieves you into thinking you haven't gone very far when in fact you have. We rode all the way from Clarence RIGHT through Newstead and ended up in some little town that I didn't know and can't remember the name of. Not much there except cows and a lovely little brook.
Another perfect photo op and then time to turn around and head back. Fortunately (and I PLANNED it this way because I am a weather nerd) the wind was out of the East so it helped us back to the car. Good thing too, since 13 miles is the longest trip I've done so far this season. The legs can take it; it's the butt fatigue that does me in.
By the time we got back to the car, we were ready for dinner. I don't know about you guys, but sushi is just about my favorite thing to eat after a lot of exercise. Anything else is too heavy and makes me feel rotten. I took us to our favorite Japanese restaurant, Fuji Grill in Amherst. O my, I wish I could tell you how incredible the food was, but words fail me. We ordered (on Charlotte's recommendation) this incredible thing they call a Christmas roll (because it's red and green, I guess). Spicy tuna inside, surrounded by nori, then rice, and avocado wrapped around the outside with a generous layer of red fish eggs outside of that! It was the best sushi I've ever had. Expensive too, almost ten dollars a roll for that stuff, but TOTALLY worth it.
AND! I finally got to try Ramune. Proof. It is delicious and pretty sweet, and the glass marble clinks merrily when you drink it. Fun fun!
Green tea ice cream (yum!) for dessert, then home to watch Survivor (my guilty pleasure). My Mom came over and I gave her a lovely bouquet of sunflowers and purple irises. Instead of a card or a gift, Charlotte gave me a two-page letter that...well...it's the most thoughtful gift ever. I told her it was the BEST letter I've ever read...even better than my first love letter. An excerpt:
"Thank you for everything you do in my interest. For the daily chores, for being the "cool mom", for my freedoms, for taking my interests to heart, for keeping my self-esteem high even when I feel like running to a plastic surgeon, for giving me a secure place to rest my head, for late-night/early-morning anime, for showing me how to reject labels society places on others, for our bike rides, for showing me how change surrounds us all...then showing me how to love it (even when it hurts), and most of all, for loving me. There are so many things I'm thankful for when it comes to you, but simply loving me is the biggest and most important thing. That is the thought I cling to when I find myself feeling alone...'I am loved'. So thank you for saving me over and over again. And thank you for making me who I am. Just, thank you."
;0__0; Waah! There was much more to it, and yeah I cried like a big freak. I'm so very lucky, you know. She's a good kid.
Then today, her little friend who comes over here a lot and has family troubles (you might remember me talking about her several months ago...THAT girl) ALSO gave me a Mom's Day letter. Some of it:
"You are my second mother. You take me in when I am down. You make me feel like I am always welcomed. You basically drive me everywhere. You have changed my life."
*sobsob* So now I feel totally vindicated for sticking my nose in other people's business and trying to help this poor child.
Me in my big stupid sweater.Charlotte in a hoodie, getting ready to make some weeds.We saw so much wildlife...birds that I hardly ever get to see like Baltimore orioles and goldfinches and vireos and numerous other songbirds. Most of my favorite trails go along the rivers or the lake, but this one took us into the woods and that was ok. I enjoyed the change of scenery. All along the path (which is an old rail line that's been paved over JUST so it can be used as a recreation trail...isn't that great?) there were fruit trees growing wild. Cherry and apple, mostly, I think. Everything was in bloom.
Between all the blossoms and the turned farmland, the whole trail smelled wonderful...like flowers and clean earth.
The path is wide open in places, and the land here is so flat that you can see for miles. My favorite part is the sky...I just love looking up at the clouds.
Cirrus clouds, my favorites (next to big pouffy cumulonimbus thunderheads, of course). My Dad used to call them "mare's tails" They mean good weather and low humidity...two things we love here in Buffalo.The trail is straight as an arrow, which decieves you into thinking you haven't gone very far when in fact you have. We rode all the way from Clarence RIGHT through Newstead and ended up in some little town that I didn't know and can't remember the name of. Not much there except cows and a lovely little brook.
Another perfect photo op and then time to turn around and head back. Fortunately (and I PLANNED it this way because I am a weather nerd) the wind was out of the East so it helped us back to the car. Good thing too, since 13 miles is the longest trip I've done so far this season. The legs can take it; it's the butt fatigue that does me in.
By the time we got back to the car, we were ready for dinner. I don't know about you guys, but sushi is just about my favorite thing to eat after a lot of exercise. Anything else is too heavy and makes me feel rotten. I took us to our favorite Japanese restaurant, Fuji Grill in Amherst. O my, I wish I could tell you how incredible the food was, but words fail me. We ordered (on Charlotte's recommendation) this incredible thing they call a Christmas roll (because it's red and green, I guess). Spicy tuna inside, surrounded by nori, then rice, and avocado wrapped around the outside with a generous layer of red fish eggs outside of that! It was the best sushi I've ever had. Expensive too, almost ten dollars a roll for that stuff, but TOTALLY worth it.
AND! I finally got to try Ramune. Proof. It is delicious and pretty sweet, and the glass marble clinks merrily when you drink it. Fun fun!
Green tea ice cream (yum!) for dessert, then home to watch Survivor (my guilty pleasure). My Mom came over and I gave her a lovely bouquet of sunflowers and purple irises. Instead of a card or a gift, Charlotte gave me a two-page letter that...well...it's the most thoughtful gift ever. I told her it was the BEST letter I've ever read...even better than my first love letter. An excerpt:
"Thank you for everything you do in my interest. For the daily chores, for being the "cool mom", for my freedoms, for taking my interests to heart, for keeping my self-esteem high even when I feel like running to a plastic surgeon, for giving me a secure place to rest my head, for late-night/early-morning anime, for showing me how to reject labels society places on others, for our bike rides, for showing me how change surrounds us all...then showing me how to love it (even when it hurts), and most of all, for loving me. There are so many things I'm thankful for when it comes to you, but simply loving me is the biggest and most important thing. That is the thought I cling to when I find myself feeling alone...'I am loved'. So thank you for saving me over and over again. And thank you for making me who I am. Just, thank you."
;0__0; Waah! There was much more to it, and yeah I cried like a big freak. I'm so very lucky, you know. She's a good kid.
Then today, her little friend who comes over here a lot and has family troubles (you might remember me talking about her several months ago...THAT girl) ALSO gave me a Mom's Day letter. Some of it:
"You are my second mother. You take me in when I am down. You make me feel like I am always welcomed. You basically drive me everywhere. You have changed my life."
*sobsob* So now I feel totally vindicated for sticking my nose in other people's business and trying to help this poor child.
Really, all in all, a VERY good Mother's Day weekend.
And as if all that isn't wonderful enough, every night I have a date with my favorite guy. Damn you, Link! You're distracting me from my work!!
