Home

 I went for a bike ride today. I wanted to go somewhere I hadn't before, so I continued all the way across towards the next suburb over. I saw a water tower way up on a hill nearby. I tried to take a photo of it, but I couldn't really capture how big and powerful it looked. If I got the right angle and a good lens, maybe I could give it a go. 

I might try and ride there next. I might've gone there today if I was on my other bike, which is better for off-road stuff. As I went further into this town, it seemed to become more and more industrial. There weren't many restaurants, and the shops were mainly for more specialty products; Electrical, cars, hardware. There was even a shop seemingly exclusively for GPS systems. How that stays afloat, I have no idea. I thought perhaps they must be laundering money. I actually came in this direction to visit an electronics store and enquire about temperature controlled soldering irons. I'm relatively new to electronics, but I'd heard they were essential to any projects involving very fine soldering, and I have one such project in mind, which you might see in subsequent posts.

There weren't any places to lock up my bike, so I went into a nearby street to find a fence to lock it against. I found myself in a little cul-de-sac nestled between several factories, and locked it one one of the metal fences. Just above my bike on the fence, hanging between the fenceposts, was a little spiderweb. When I looked at it, one word came to my mind: "Home."

It's funny that I was so focussed on how industrial the area was, but it was as good a home as any for the spider.

Anyway, I'll put some more of the photos I've taken while cycling recently below.

A footbridge over a gully, dusk silhouetting a tree, an alley, and sunset from the highway overpass.