"Standing on the corner
watching all the girls cars go by"
The Captain said these words this morning,
"Rugby and I are going to go stand on the corner
and watch all the cars go by"
which made me think of this old Dean Martin song.
Of course, one word in the title of the song is changed from the original
but in my mind it made sense for the title of this post.
We, as a neighborhood,
have been trying for the last few years
to get the city to do something on our street
to slow the traffic down.
I guess it was named Race Street for a reason.
We pleaded, to no avail, for speed bumps.
They did stencil 25 mph on the street,
which was washed off when the first rains came,
and installed a few signs saying slow down,
but when you are pushing a large vehicle
at a high rate of speed
who has time to read some silly little sign?
In the last month
they started digging up the asphalt
and we were all excited to see what was happening
and when we found out
they were putting in a speed bump AND a crosswalk,
we were overjoyed.
With all the on and off again rains
it was a longer process
but yesterday it finally was finished.
The speed bump IS the crosswalk.
The city workers put big bright orange signs
up and down the street saying "BUMP"
so for now, cars are slowing down,
just dipping their toes in the water
to see how it feels to go over a speed bump,
but by the looks of things
I give them a few days to get used to it
and then move back to their old ways...!
As you can see,
after the speed bump, in both directions,
there is a long stretch of street
where you can make up any time
that you might have lost
slowing down for the bump
and drivers have already figured that one out!
I don't think it will make a very strong statement when it comes to solving the problem.
Hopefully, I'm wrong, but we shall see.
In other news,
the front garden is greening up nicely.
We are having some nice weather now
so with the amount of rain that we had
plus the sun shining brightly in between,
the weeds are coming out in full force also.
"Weeds are flowers too,
once you get to know them."
Winnie The Pooh, A.A. Milne
In spite of the weeds,
the Valerian is bursting out in blooms...
...the Old School Phlox
is a mass of green before
the white clouds of flowers come on...
...the dainty Lily of the Valley
is beginning to peek out of the green leaves...
...the Lady Banks is starting to shine...
...Cecil Brunner is soaking up the sunshine...
...and above them all
is the gorgeous lilac
starting to show off.
Before all of the above happened
the buds of the Lady Banks
were peeking into the parlor window.
I thought this shot was interesting
as it shows the flaws in the original Cottage windows.
Most of the Cottage's windows are still original
and even though it is not exactly energy efficient,
they are just too wonderful to change.
Some "old" features need to be changed,
but, in my opinion,
this is not one of them.
The blooms on the inside of the Cottage
are coming forth
and I have chosen a new pillow cover
with the prettiest and cheerful
embroidered daisies on it...
...another happy purchase from Temu
with a $6 price tag.
I started putting this post together a few days ago
and, guess what,
the weather is still beautiful and sunny.
We might have made it after all.
Have a wonderful week.
...xxoJudy...
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