I generally try not to post images of the same subject repeatedly but I had to make an exception for the tulips I photographed earlier this week. Because of the way our windows are situated in the River House great room, light was falling on both the interior and the underside of this flower. One can only marvel at the beauty of nature.

This evening, I returned to the soccer pitch for the first time in 9 months for an 8 pm practice under the lights. I skipped playing last fall for fear that an injury would keep me from working on the house project. I have lost quite a bit of muscle tone but managed to deliver a rather solid performance scoring a very nice goal during a scrimmage match. I have little doubt that tomorrow I will be nothing but a mass of aching muscles.