Last weekend of winter
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Tags :Spring is around the corner, it’s the last weekend of winter!
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
— Groucho Marx (maybe)
March is special
March is our chocolate cake month, but also the time I start riding my bike again. Suddenly, there’s more light when I get up in the morning, Crocuses, snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) daffodils (Narcissus), and primroses are sprouting everywhere. Soon, the forsythia will be out too.
I am always amazed by the effect a bit more light can have on how I feel. Once our winter overcast sky breaks to let the sun in, and the days start getting a bit longer, things start to feel easier, lighter. I feel more energised, focused and driven. Feels good.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate the winter. I like its dry cold air, to curl up to read a book, wrap up in warm clothes, I like the winter smells, inside and out, and its monochrome colours. But I rejoice every year when nature start to wake up around me. It’s something I have become more sensitive to with age. #pff
Riding to work
Riding to work in reasonable conditions become more probable too. I love my bike, but riding to work and back in the dark, cold, and rain isn’t an experience I relish. Come March, things change. It’s still cold, and can rain (or snow!), but there’s more light.
Riding to Uni early March in very little traffic.
I like to capture my commute a few time a year to document the urban changes, and just because it’s fun (I should do more).
I use Peak Design’s Out Front Bike Mount to mount my iPhone on my handlebar. I film in the maximum resolution/frames per second the phone I have permits. Here’s a short movie sped up 4x captured at 4k/60fps on an iPhone 15 Pro. Perfect combo.
Happy last winter weekend!