This is a fun song with a great message.  Everyone's got the grail inside them; it's just a matter of finding it.  And doesn't Tim Curry sound like the Cowardly Lion?

For Heather ...

I took this photo in Kensington Gardens in London.  The toadstools were growing on wooden steps that led right up into a hedge!  I might not have noticed these at all if it wasn't for a pair of cheeky squirrels!

One of many photos from Hocking Hills (my favorite place in the world!)

I found these on the property of the Willow Brook B&B, just outside of Columbus.  They keep peacocks!  (A few of the feathers found their way into my luggage ...)

I found these golden toadstools in the woods at Stratford Eco Center.  A couple of years ago, I helped with some organic gardening there.  We were leaving and I thought I saw a patch of sunlight breaking through the trees in the woods.  I realized there was no sun out, so I yelled, "Stop the car!"  And I found these!  You could see the growth trail through the woods.  The trail ended under the tree. (Photo quality not so great from cell phone.)

More photos from another trip to Hocking Hills, sometime in September of 2006 (maybe).  I think this first photo is my favorite because they look like eggs in a nest.  I couldn't have arranged that photo op better.

This photo is from the camping trip to Buck Creek State Park last fall.  It was taken on the bike path somewhere between the park and Springfield, Ohio.

These photos were all taken along the bike path I use to ride home from work.  They weren't all taken on the same day.

Canada geese on the Olentangy River

I have always loved that circle of trees.  I call them the Sisters.

Looking north up the Olentangy River at Northmoor Park

Looking south from the same spot

Flowering crabapple in Northmoor Park - You can see the bike path along the left and the river is just out of sight to the right.  The Sisters are also in the background to the right.

My one-track mind:  I broke down and bought a pair of cycling shoes.  I was whining to a guy at work about how my foot went numb when I was riding my bike and he said I was wearing the wrong kind of shoe.  I wore my shoes for the first time today and, I swear, there's magic in them!  My legs felt like they belonged to someone else - someone with actual leg muscles!  They powered me down the wind tunnel known as Indianola Avenue, they shoved me up the nasty hill by Dairy Queen, and they didn't quiver when I dismounted!  There wasn't one part of the ride this morning that made me wish I'd get hit by a bus so I could get a ride and not have to keep riding.  I even arrived at work 10 minutes earlier than usual today!  I think the best part about my magic shoes is that they were on sale!  Shweet!

For Earth Day:  My company always celebrates Earth Day and, I'm not sure why, it's scheduled for this Thursday.  I'm hoping to score some baby trees and some seeds.  There's also a celebration in a local park (Goodale, for you local peoples) and Em and I are going to stop by and, hopefully, get more life-greening stuffs!

At home, I'm still working on clearing away last year's leaves and dead things so there won't be a whole lot of gardening going on this weekend.  Oh!  But Alison, my little hippy veg-head, wants to grow some tomatoes.  I saved the plastic buckets that kitty litter comes in and we'll be planting tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers in them!

I hope everybody has a fabulous Earth Day and that you do whatever it is that makes your heart SINGGGGGG!!!!!!!

It changes often but here's the current soundtrack to my life ...

I know it's corny and sentimental but I am so in love with everything right now!

Some people, who I won't name [Alysia], seem to not like my life-song, so here's another: