Cycling
Rain
Isn’t the bokeh behind this redstart lovely, taken with the RF 200-800, and that on a rainy day, after nine weeks of drought it rained for the first time this morning, at least a few hours of it. In the afternoon it stopped so it was time to get on the bike.
Same Again
Repeated Sunday’s ride, same kilometres, same completion time and 32°C.
First Ride
The garden looked like a mess and a few things were still left over from the remodeling, so today meant for Nadine and me: tearing down the old sandbox, moving soil, moving the big stones, clearing the new planting beds of unwanted newcomers, setting up the eufy E18 mowing robot from scratch because it couldn’t orient itself after the changes, mowing, getting my bike going again after the repair, assembling the mini pool for the kids and the hot days ahead.
Rose
The battery of the Rose Reveal would not charge anymore, the same dead brick on wheels I wrote about earlier, so I finally brought it to a Rose service partner in Leipzig. I had not expected the verdict to be “there is nothing we can do here, here are your pedals and attachments”, the bike gets sent in and then we will see.
2025 Wrapped
My year 2025 in numbers and highlights, wrapped-style. First attempt at summarizing an eventful year. More platforms offering wrapped/replay summaries obviously helped.