#30DaysofBiking

Once again it's time for the #30DaysofBiking. I'm going to ride my bike every day in April. This year instead of updating my blog with 30 posts, I'll just post a daily tweet with a photograph from the day's ride together with a baiku (a bike inspired haiku). Depending on the day, I may do more than one baiku/photo, but each day I'll do at least one. I'll update this post with the tweets.

Ride my Bike Friday
to a job where work is fun.
We make Bike Fridays.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/RZInOwLOCc

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 1, 2016

Westbound each morning
I race my shadow to work.
He wins every time.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/qm2VPepGCF

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 1, 2016

I guess I rode west
instead of east this evening
to meet these young geese.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/qtGqFS9kjG

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 2, 2016

Poets write pages
poorly trying to explain
how birds write the sky.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/gTVIAbxrta

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 2, 2016

Turtles can be calm
while fish and frogs must evade
heron's beak sharp gaze.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/4hoFqWGho0

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 2, 2016

The strength of a bridge:
mathematics in metal,
the curve of a wing.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/dsE4z1VD7e

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 2, 2016

So much lovely green
yet the bee and I confess
pausing for purple.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/UFPV4zbWPE

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 2, 2016

A new street to me
reveals another sign of spring.
Books about baseball.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/0O1QGns7k3

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 3, 2016

So many flowers
on every street my wheels passed.
These are in my yard.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/MKm3TZvaHB

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 3, 2016

No rush this morning.
I have all the needed time
to find this poem.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/G6mDGoor2N

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 4, 2016

Yellow rain jackets
on the bike path this morning
but not needed now.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/hYiSsogQCU

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 5, 2016

This morning the path,
bike and water flow westward
while the heron waits. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/v0ySSz1PSY

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 5, 2016

As the days grow warm
some bicycle mechanics
ride to work early.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/2fEpbacWSE

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 6, 2016

Wandering by bike
sometimes reveals exactly
what it is you need.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/VGnaG2mCWp

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 7, 2016

Lunch at the workbench
earns another hour to ride.
The right choice today.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/J253522QTX

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 7, 2016

Golden morning light
in the sky, in the water.
All the same to ducks.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/1cjdNRrb6e

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 8, 2016

Slow near the summit
plenty of time to notice
these perfect flowers.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/5tKCpkk6Lz

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 9, 2016

From this side of town
the first sight of the city
is Oregon green.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/D2MQF3lhGN

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 10, 2016

Yesterday's mountain
looks so much smaller today.
The town smaller still.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/fy3FIY9xIt

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 11, 2016

A student of zen
crossed this bridge some time ago.
These stones remember. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/g0XqtKPvO0

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 12, 2016

Urgent woolly bear,
I can gladly yield to you
for my time is long.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/SWeEdnScAT

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 12, 2016

A few cars park here
while most traffic flows elsewhere
except bicycles. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/M1Mw6Nm3sx

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 13, 2016

Father and son ride
every morning to school.
Each day a lesson. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/2ad4QOUCnJ

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 14, 2016

The creek takes the path
after a long night of rain
while I go around. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/8DVDFvJnqw

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 14, 2016

Tony can't believe
I rode by with all this food,
none of it for him.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/mZ9b9PEUYz

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 16, 2016

Riding a new bike
to see new geese and turtles
at the Delta Ponds.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/6ZvoPcmJs3

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 16, 2016

The colors of home,
oddly unmistakable.
Eugene, Oregon. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/BL8LP7ai9B

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 17, 2016

Above Mount Fuji
and a bookstore in Eugene,
the same clouds and sky. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/5piM0ySgNk

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 17, 2016

A black and white street
must remain a mystery,
one place I can't ride.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/2uzm5wzd9S

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 17, 2016

Early season heat,
not easy to photograph.
Perhaps this explains. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/WqpV1qHgRP

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 19, 2016

Even shadows hide
from the worst heat of the day
but then they return. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/ttWej267JJ

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 19, 2016

Warm afternoon sun
draws many souls to the path,
reptiles and riders. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/YwwERcEdrp

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 20, 2016

Under the fast road
an artist left a message
for those here below. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/ObbUq0SLfh

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 20, 2016

Christine taught me this:
a heron's shadow never
falls across its prey.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/ZKaYSpvgnb

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 20, 2016

Raspberry repaint,
like a second hand beret.
Songs endure, doves cry.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/1yy8pmxr20

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 21, 2016

Beside the bike path
the earth celebrates this life
with regal purple. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/1Sv6xGkWUb

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 22, 2016

Earth Day, every day:
riders bike to work and school,
ducks swim in the creek.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/tBZh2RgnMD

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 23, 2016

I don't know their name
but they are blooming this week
and this delights me.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/etcaHpPH1w

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 23, 2016

Beside the river
forever going somewhere,
a good place to stop.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/ju5v1iXa2Q

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 23, 2016

Beside the bike path
a helpful artist left us
the best reminder. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/0Eln7xpR9U

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 23, 2016

How many hippies
have asked these turtles to play
Terrapin Station?#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/JaOVGlXeAt

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 24, 2016

Some words resist wires
and need stamps, ink, and paper
to reach folks back home.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/x8NiMOU0Xy

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 24, 2016

Beneath sunlit clouds
Oregon grows damp and green.
Birds stop here to nest.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/fuANFc24uX

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 26, 2016

The main path went straight
so I turned off here to see
where this one wanders.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/4T3kMLpUq0

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 27, 2016

I don't go too fast
so I have plenty of time
to be here right now.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/PubUqm6sp3

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 27, 2016

These trees reflected
reveal their Buddha nature
holding earth and sky.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/A1t3mXcWIb

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 29, 2016

Despite my urging
this calm snake sees no reason
to leave the warm path.#30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/dyVErLrX8k

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) April 30, 2016

A parking lot tree
dreaming of the living creek
not too far away. #30daysofbiking #baiku pic.twitter.com/JOCJ1cmndJ

— Kent Peterson (@kentsbike) May 1, 2016