Wednesday funny - just had to post this

Just Stuff.....

It's kind of a mixed bag of weather today here and the weather is supposed to get ugly, so no grand moto adventures today. However there was a motorcycle swap meet at a new motorcycle shop which also features a cafe - Wheelies.  They cater to older style bikes & customizing.  They also rent garage space by the hour, that's pretty cool if you don't have a place to wrench.

There was a lot of 'other people's treaures' type of stuff.  The best part was seeing all of the different vintage bikes, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Norton, Enfield and even a few scooters.  

There was a little something for everyone.

Back in the saddle again!

Today was the day, I insured the bike and got out for two rides!  The first was a little rocky because I had a battery issue, then gas issue and then torrential rain issue.  But then it smoothed out and all was good with the world.

Happy smiling Moto Mama!  It was wonderful and it felt like I was floating on a cloud in heaven and all the angels were singing all around me.  Pure bliss.

I chased the sun until sunset.  Met a new friend along the way.

Found an amazing garden with more tulips than Holland.

(Of course you knew I would have to put Scarlet in the picture.)

Yup it was a fantabulous day! 

We have two hummingbird babies!!!

 Flower had her babies I believe yesterday!  We have two baby hummers now.  

Martha's grab some colour & eat it challenge

Well it took some time for this one, but here it is. Kale & coleslaw salad with pumpkin seeds & dried organic cranberries. Yum!

Moto Edgy....throttle twitch......restlessness.....wind therapy.......RIDING SEASON IS HERE

This picture speaks to my soul, it is me with 3 friends out on one of our weekly rides around Vancouver Island.  I started out as a very timid 50cc scooter rider, but as my sense of self blossomed and confidence soared, I decided I wanted more of this two wheeled glorious freedom machine. 

From 50cc's to 500cc in the space of eight months was pretty miraculous to me because this all just happened by circumstance and commuting needs.  In fact as I look back on this it came in my mid-life, and it probably would qualify as a mid-life crisis to some degree.  But more simply it's about discovery, and giving me courage to look beyond my present self and learn that there is so much more to me than my wonderful regular life of working wife and mother.  

My first bike Lucy in front and my present bike Scarlet

The adventurer has blossomed in my soul and I want to explore places sitting on the back of my bike, I am not content to settle for boring.  At some point in the next few years I want to ride and write about my journeys and  I want my grand kids to say "Wow gran you rode a motorcycle and lived on a float home? Cool!"  

I love the twists and leanings of the bike on those long twisty roads in the summer, with warm sunshine on my shoulders and the cares just drifting off my body and giving me over to the hum of the engine and falling into to trance of the motor's rhythm. Then there is the oneness of mind, soul, body, and bike blending into this intensity of movement and feeling keenly aware of your surroundings from the sights and smells and the exhilaration as you roll on the throttle and lean into your bike. In a word it is MAGIC.  

I quite often hear the siren song of the road calling to me and sometimes I find it hard to sit still and not throw all caution to the wind and just go. I have to be realistic for the moment and take care of my responsibilities.  I am having a internal struggle at this time and hitting a major milestone in a few months and for the first time in my life I am feeling that I have lost my centre. I am sure I am not the only person to find age milestones hard, but then it's only a number. 

I am ruminating a lot about who I am, where I am going, and how to include motorcycling in the larger picture. I find great joy in mentoring new riders and I find it thrilling when you see the moto spark catch and the realization that they can ride. 

I love riding and the feeling that the wind is my dance partner as we glide over the asphalt ribbon that stretches in front of us.  

I think it's time to visit my local insurance agent and get everything road ready and blow some of these feelings out of my soul. Yup riding season is here.