As I sit here listening to the rain I think about some of our current events and think to myself that this would be a good time to write a post, so here it goes. The past weeks have Lesley and I in a holding pattern, mainly the pattern of work at the office and home work at home. We have begun the act of bike commuting to our offices in the last month.
This is not as easy as it is out west due to the fact that Jackson and the surrounding areas do not cater to anything but the Detroit made auto. No sidewalks, no bike lanes, no crosswalks, no crossing signals, no trails, at least not until this last month when the long anticipated Ridgeland trail opened. The trail starts at our house (yeah) and ends about 4 miles down the road conveniently on the Highland Colony Parkway which is the road to my office. It has been fun to get out and peddle, my trip is 16 miles around and I have been looking forward to it every day. Once I get to work, though, the story has been hectic. Our office is in a face lift mode and it is in chaos. My office now houses Ryan for a couple of weeks not to mention all of the plotters, cutters and extra computer equipment.
It's hard to work with all of the distractions and the gaseous paint fumes that have melted my mind. I can't wait until this next week when the carpets start coming up and the dust bunnies attack. So I did mention that I attended a GIS conference in Memphis two weeks ago the conference was fun and I was able to get out and enjoy some great BBQ and Beale Street where we were able to see a lot of great music. Beale Street is like a small, extremely neon lit bourbon street with more live music.
Every bar had a band and they were all good. But I'm back and one of our discoveries was a black berry patch across the street from my office. We have in total picked about 6 gallons of the sweet berries.
We enjoy them at breakfast, in pancakes, with granola, and we are planning to make a little jelly out of them. Did I mention that Lesley got a pet. It's name is Oyster and it's a beta fish (Mr Beta would be proud). Lesley takes very good care of him. He lives at her office and she diligently catches fresh bugs for him every morning so that he stays healthy and happy.
Not many fish get the fresh catch of the day. Well I should wrap it up. I need to head out into the rain and pick up Les from her excursions of the weekend but I will leave you with some pictures of our vegetables that have turned out very well considering they are grown on our balcony in pots.
As I sit here listening to the rain I think about some of our current events and think to myself that this would be a good time to write a post, so here it goes. The past weeks have Lesley and I in a holding pattern, mainly the pattern of work at the office and home work at home. We have begun the act of bike commuting to our offices in the last month.
This is not as easy as it is out west due to the fact that Jackson and the surrounding areas do not cater to anything but the Detroit made auto. No sidewalks, no bike lanes, no crosswalks, no crossing signals, no trails, at least not until this last month when the long anticipated Ridgeland trail opened. The trail starts at our house (yeah) and ends about 4 miles down the road conveniently on the Highland Colony Parkway which is the road to my office. It has been fun to get out and peddle, my trip is 16 miles around and I have been looking forward to it every day. Once I get to work, though, the story has been hectic. Our office is in a face lift mode and it is in chaos. My office now houses Ryan for a couple of weeks not to mention all of the plotters, cutters and extra computer equipment. 
It's hard to work with all of the distractions and the gaseous paint fumes that have melted my mind. I can't wait until this next week when the carpets start coming up and the dust bunnies attack. So I did mention that I attended a GIS conference in Memphis two weeks ago the conference was fun and I was able to get out and enjoy some great BBQ and Beale Street where we were able to see a lot of great music. Beale Street is like a small, extremely neon lit bourbon street with more live music. 
Every bar had a band and they were all good. But I'm back and one of our discoveries was a black berry patch across the street from my office. We have in total picked about 6 gallons of the sweet berries. 
We enjoy them at breakfast, in pancakes, with granola, and we are planning to make a little jelly out of them. Did I mention that Lesley got a pet. It's name is Oyster and it's a beta fish (Mr Beta would be proud). Lesley takes very good care of him. He lives at her office and she diligently catches fresh bugs for him every morning so that he stays healthy and happy. 
Not many fish get the fresh catch of the day. Well I should wrap it up. I need to head out into the rain and pick up Les from her excursions of the weekend but I will leave you with some pictures of our vegetables that have turned out very well considering they are grown on our balcony in pots.
