tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47561301586258379312024-02-20T19:45:26.776-05:00Curious VehicleMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-79764473706257864112011-05-24T20:29:00.003-04:002011-05-24T20:30:01.588-04:00NEW HOMEplease follow me at <a href="http://www.curiousvehicle.tumblr.com">curiousvehicle.tumblr.com</a>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-66945464147914986002011-04-04T23:34:00.000-04:002011-04-04T23:34:37.503-04:00Bike<center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/photo-1.jpg" border="0" height="800" width="600" alt="Photobucket"></center>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-54999500925243680822011-03-25T22:50:00.000-04:002011-03-25T22:50:44.070-04:00New from last summer<center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/IMG_1194.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" width="800" height="600"><br />
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</div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-79413333143861262032010-05-08T20:42:00.005-04:002011-03-08T17:08:47.644-05:00<div><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></center></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I came out for exercise, gentle exercise, and to notice the scenery and to botanise. And no sooner do I get on that accursed machine than off I go hammer and tongs; I never look to right or left, never notice a flower, never see a view - get hot, juicy, red - like a grilled chop. Get me on that machine and I have to go. I go scorching along the road, and cursing aloud at myself for doing it. ~H.G. Wells, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Wheels of Chance</span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/24.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Red and the Green</span></i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/25.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. ~George Eliot</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/27.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; border-collapse: collapse; ">Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, "Taming the Bicycle"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/26.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-88279117136789318162010-05-07T20:03:00.005-04:002011-02-16T00:04:32.424-05:00And now...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I've started taking photos of my bike any time I find a great opportunity or an interesting place. Here are the results of my summer up to this point.<br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The dock in Annapolis.</span><br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/005.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This is a very poorly placed bus stop on Ritchie Highway in Arnold. The bus rarely comes on schedule and this day I waited so long that I fell asleep laying in the grass. So, it's really just a sign on the side of the road that you can stand next to with false hopes. More of a "Bus May Stop".<br /></span><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/007.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Another "Bus Stop". This one on College Avenue in Annapolis.</span><br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/006.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Visit to my Grandmom's house. She lives just a few miles away since I've moved downtown.</span><br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/009.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/008.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>From the roof of City Dock Coffee in Annapolis. If you look out instead of down you can see all of downtown and out to the river.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/011.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>After a group ride through St. John's College. Found some wild flowers. I hope they were wild flowers.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Same group different ride. I visit this 7-ELEVEN about every other day.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/012.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>This is my bike on the back of my Dad's car. I loved what the tail lights did here so I had to capture it.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/014.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>College Creek bridge on King George Street in the middle of my first ride with my Dad on his new bike!<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/015.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/016.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Naval Academy Bridge Overlook and Memorial.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/017.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Naval Academy Bridge Overlook and Memorial.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/018.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Naval Academy Bridge on the way home from work right before the sun set.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/019.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Probably my favorite photo I've taken so far. Just a few minutes after the photo above. </div><div><br /><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/020.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've been wanting to replace this seat because it's old and not the most comfortable thing in the world, but where will I ever find something this unique!?</div><div><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/021.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>On the B&A Trail. This field is covered with yellow wild flowers. Reminded me of the Wizard of Oz.<br /><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/022.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><br />And last but not least, this is Mellow the dog. She was tied to the pole that my bike was leaning on today.</center><p></p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/69ed5a98.jpg" image width="800" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></center></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-56205567720658840582010-05-06T23:36:00.003-04:002010-05-11T21:26:53.326-04:00Last Summer<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One of my first photo adventures last summer on the B&A Trail.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'MS Shell Dlg', serif;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre;font-size:10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><p><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/004.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"><br /><p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/003.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></center><br /><p><center><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/002.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></center><br /><br /><br /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756130158625837931.post-39053836775913275282010-05-06T11:34:00.002-04:002010-05-11T21:25:49.763-04:00The beginning<div style="text-align: center;">I picked this beautiful machine up from a friend in Baltimore. This photo was taken that night. It was love at first sight.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx218/mstrackbein/Curious%20Vehicle/001.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01445793323141215220noreply@blogger.com0