Well... I've got some pretty great personal news. About 5 years ago, I had a scary health incident that landed me in the hospital's ICU for a couple weeks. The doctors told me that I could never mountain bike or snowboard again for the rest of my life. It was too risky with the stent I had placed in an artery at the base of my brain. Last week, I had an appointment with my neurologist to review a recent MRI of my brain and it turns out that I have reached a place where I can now indeed get back to the sports I love most!!!! So, of course I immediately bought a new (used) mountain bike and yesterday I got out on a bike for the first time in 5 years!
It was so much fun, I forgot just how much I love biking. There was no wiping the huge smile off of my face the whole time I was out there. Of course... I brought my Canon camera because I had no idea what I would see. And lucky me, I saw some early blooming Buttercup wildflowers in one of the meadows. The meadow was a bit flooded with all of the snowmelt water, it made for some great photos, below is my favorite of the bunch.
Shot handheld with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. The camera's ISO was 400, the shutter speed was 1/200 of a second, and the lens aperture was f/18. No lens filters or flash were used.
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Okay, here's a couple of very happy selfies with the "new" bike. I had just picked the bike up from getting repaired and having a major tuneup. It rode great! And wouldn't you know... After five years, I remembered how to ride a bike, lol. So much fun!
Thanks for looking and I hope you are all having a great day!
Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.TruckeeTahoePhotos.com
Well, congratulations! That has to just feel amazing to be able to go back to doing something physical that you love, after an absence of 5 years.
Buttercups are definitely beautiful to look at, and they are such a messenger of spring. However we have mixed feelings about them around here because they're also incredibly invasive when they get a good hold in your garden.
Thank you! And yes, I understand how frustrating invasive plants can be in a garden... I am currently without a garden but I had a veggie garden for years and dealing with invasive plants was always a huge fight.
So happy to see you back on biking journey. You must have missed the feeling of that so much. Are you the one maintaining your site? I like its navigation and features. :)
Thank you! It's good to be back.
The website it a system hosted and mostly built by Art Storefronts. But I have to do a lot of the building and maintaining as well.
Congrats man!! i made me really happy to read that you can ride your bike again!! you are really brave
Thank you! So happy about this.
That photo of the flowers in the lake is impressive.
It's good to read stories that end with a happy ending, glad you rode that bike again, enjoy more trips soon.
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Thank you! It's looking beautiful out there. And I hope to go for another ride today... Big smile on my face :)
The best news is when you learn that you have your health back to do the things that you enjoy. Lucky you!
Indeed it is!!!
Nice buttercup shot 👍 they do love the water. I have them along my creek but not yet. Great news on the health front 🙂 you truly never forget how to ride a bike. Maybe keep it on the easy trails for awhile 😅
Thank you! It was a wet late-winter so they seem to be doing well this year.
And yup! Mostly horizontal trails for now...
I thought every yellow flower is either daffodil or sunflower
I’m hearing buttercups for the first time but your pictures are really lovely
Ah, yes, we get the daffodils too. They are popping up around town as well. It's a beautiful time of year! And thank you.
i liked so much your nice pictures captured by professional canon camera and i hope you enjoy your cycle ride also.
Thank you and glad you like those!
It's just now I learned that these yellow flowers are called buttercups. There are so many buttercup flowers here on the side of the road while I'm sending my son to school with my e-bike.
Ah, interesting that you have buttercups as well! They are a beautiful little flower. https://ibrakeforwildflowers.com/martis-creek-wildlife-area/
Yes, here in France. But I'm not sure if these flowers are in the Philippines.
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Oh congratulations to you! Keeping away from the sports you love all these years must have been so painful for you. Well that's in the past now and with so much buttercups blooming on your 'first' ride, your smile is definitely infectious.
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Congratulations for being back to biking, I love biking too and I just can imagine how it's been for you, all these years.
The buttercups are beautiful and with your bike, I know you will have the freedom to capture more great shots.
My oh my you look so filled with glee. A biking trip after ages. Wow, the buttercups are just radiating a golden hue that cheers me. Almost like glistening chilled beer 🍺 Haha remembering how to still handle the bike and ride after 5 long years must be fun. Well it’s better than having to ride slowly and get in touch again. 😂
Your level lowered and you are now a Minnow!
I think I just learnt another new type of yellow flower today thanks to you. Actually those shots are amazing. The yellow colour brings out the beauty the more
Glad you like those photos! It's great to see when those yellow flowers blanket the meadows, I hope it looks like that soon...