Too much work and an exhaustingly painful dental problem have kept me off the bike but today I'm determined to get out and see what's blooming. Lots of Butter-and-Eggs blooming just across the road - you'd think it was still summer! We could have used more rain this year; can still see trees suffering effects of 2012 drought. They can calm themselves with breathing techniques. Breathing while climbing is a bit difficult due to allergies and thick air, but still a very enjoyable ride. See some especially thick ones that turn out to be Heath Aster - tiny, tiny blossoms packed into pointed white spires. Lots of aster, for one - see 3 or 4 different types, also Burdock. Lots of hills today! Monday, August 24 - Weather ridiculously cool for time of year - has been down in 50s. Actually have to put on tights and a long-sleeved jersey today - aaugh!

Sunday, August 30 - Beautiful and much warmer today. Sunday, September 20 - Probably the last Summer ride - Autumn starts Wed. Sunday, September 27 - Short ride on a sunny day with a cool wind blowing. Sunday, September 13 - Two weeks since my last ride! Tuesday, August 11 - For the first time in weeks I'm able to take a longer, relaxed ride. See the first Ironweed (am foolishly proud of myself for remembering the name as I've never spotted it in the wild - the only other time I've seen it is at the park where it was planted on purpose). This is the first time riding has made the shoulder feel worse. To summarize one comment that I read on another YouTube discussion thread, PHA Shriners' riding symbolizes the three wise men (who were nobles) visiting and honoring the new born baby Jesus. Weather VERY hot and sticky; Mr. M is riding early this morning and we take off together. Saturday, August 1 - Mr. M having turned over a new cycling leaf last week, we've been planning for days to take a ride together this weekend.

Heavy rain on three days this week, with cyclonic winds on August 5, had led to the uprooting of over 600 trees, mainly in south Mumbai. Friday, August 21 - Feels like forever since I've been on the bike. Friday, August 7 - A cloudy, sticky, lowering day. I hope they don't have far to go as the day is forecast to be brutally hot and humid. There are nine in all, and after circling overhead for several minutes they begin to land, one by one, in a tree not far away, all facing me and (I presume) staring at me. The straight narrative details of William's life are interspersed with fascinating facts. It isn't long before the boy's goody-goody facade starts to slip and Mikey's back to the evil kid shtick, sabotaging dates involving a teen girl he grew a liking to, manipulating adults into thinking he's innocent, and straight up murdering folks that he doesn't fancy anymore.

It gives your doctor a picture of your spinal cord, the nerves, and the discs of the spine, which are the most commonly affected structures in cases of back pain. Only time for a short ride this morning, but am gone longer than expected due to spotting some wildflowers: Spotted Jewelweed (thought I'd missed it this year!), mysterious plant with many tiny pink or white buds at the tips of profuse, rather needle-like leaves (could it possibly be phlox or Dame's Rocket at the very end of the flower cycle?), slightly feathery white blossom that I realise is Boneset in bloom (leaves clasping stem are a giveaway - glad I've been reading those wildflower pages). Today's ride is a wandering one, looking at flowers, hoping for a train (though I linger quite a while in the vicinity of the tracks, nothing happens until I turn down another road and am in the ditch taking flower photos - THEN the train comes!).

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