Glad that I'm alive (and riding)

Just saw a very sad news. A 71-year old man died in a motorcycle accident in England. This guy has wanted a motorcycle for all of his life but his wife wouldn't let him have it, reasoning that he could get killed on a motorcycle. So after the wife died from cancer last year, he went out and get a motorcycle. On the first ride out, he had a heart attack (possibly from all the excitement), fell from the motorcycle, and then hit by a car.

Some comments to the news are quite interesting:
1. In some ways, what a way to go
2. Could've been worse. He could've had the heart attack at the dealership and die before he can get on the bike.
3. Poor guy, now he faces an eternal "I told you so"

I just thanked Ann for her support of my hobbies.

The new food chain

1 grape => (Alyssa || Vivian) => 1/2 grape => (David) => 1/4 grape => (Nina) => 0 grape

Unmarked territory

David discovered Nina's corner in our dining room this evening. He had a lot of fun crawling on the carpet we have for Nina and is very interested in her crate. He is very comfortable about Nina being right next to him (I wouldn't want a dog that's twice of my size right next to me). Nina is happy (but not hyper) to have David crawls around her, she was very gentle and just follows him wherever ho goes.

Happy Father's Day!

We had a busy and very enjoyable Father's Day today. We went for a bike ride this morning at Sandy Creek Nature Center (Ann took David, I took Vivian, and Alyssa rode her own bike). David fell asleep again.



I went for a short motorcycle ride along SR15 in the afternoon. There was a mail box in the shape of USPS truck just south of Watkinsville. Maybe I should go back again to take a picture of it.

After dinner we went to the swimming pool at Memorial Park. All three kids enjoyed it a lot.

Free standing David

David can stand up all by himself for the fisrt time this morning

In the middle of Nowhere, Athens, GA

I rode to the Nowhere Rd this afternoon and took a picture of my bike with the road sign. Guess this picture can be a good answer to "Where've you been?".

Another good one would be "I'll meet you at the intersection of Nowhere Rd and Nowhere Ln." I did take a picture at this road sign.



The new SS brake lines worked really great, they are simply amazing.

Brake upgrade

Finally find the time to install the stainless steel brake lines on my Ninja this evening. It was a bit easier than what I've expected and now I feel very accomplished about being about to this by myself.

The second batch of the year

The second bird family that moved in on top of our motion detector have their chicks hatched. They got two hatchlings and we are very happy to see them.

Chicken blankets, big and small

Alyssa and Vivian are very exciting about that Ann's dad is coming this August. When grandpa will come and what are they going to do are the topic that they talked all the time now. Before I send Vivian to bed today, I asked whether she will be willing to share her little chicks blankets with her grandpa. Her answer was "No! He should get his own! And he should get some big chicken blankets because he is a grownup."

What's wrong with grandpa?

I found the DVD of our wedding and showed it to kids today. There was a part that Ann's dad gave a little speech. After watching the DVD, Vivian's question of the day was "Why grandpa won't talk to me?" I asked what does she mean that grandpa won't talk to her and she replied "I kept talking to the grandpa in TV and he never respond to me."