Back on the bike after 3 1/2 months.  

The Summer of Sloth ends.

Week of Gloom

Boston Globe headline:

Persistent rainfall has cast a pall on the region

"Boston’s average rainfall is 1.91 inches in May, when the temperature typically rises to the mid- to upper-60s, according to the National Weather Service. But 2.44 inches of rain has soaked the Hub so far this month, with temperatures in the upper 50s or low 60s." 

This week has been miserable. I stopped at the same place Mon-Thurs a.m. to take a pic.  No difference. Then I got a flat on the way home last night.

Back On

Back on the bike after about two and a half brutal winter months. Perfect time for it - daylight savings began yesterday, temp getting out of the 20s, snow is gone. This is the longest I've been off the bike in five years, and my legs are feeling it.

I haven't been on the bike once this month. We're being pummeled by snow, then rain, then sub-zero temperatures, then more snow. Side streets are all very narrow, sheets of ice all over the place. Not a time to be riding, although I've seen quite a few people doing it. I just don't have it in me this year. A guy on a bike was killed at the intersection of Arlington and Tremont yesterday, and of course that kind of news always gives me pause. I've grown this fine chin-mitten for Manuary, and perhaps I'll keep it for Feb and March if this weather keeps up.