This week=sunny and bright. Last week, not so much. It snowed twice, threw hail a time or two and rained the rest of the time. I feel like we're coming out of our little mole hole, blinking in the light.
The daffodils are popping up! Whilst one can find other bulbs here and there (crocus always first, for some reason), daffs are the fave in these parts. I'll shoot some pics of the thousands planted along the freeway, if I can. I keep planting more each fall and vow to double that each spring (a woman I met at the fair, this year, told me she planted more than 3000-!!- at her house). So, yes, snow does break some of the flowers, but, for the most part, they tough it out pretty well, as you can see (the first two pictures were taken two days before the last three...
)Meanwhile, rain or shine, shenanigans are always in season...
"1:13 p.m.--A woman from the 800 block of Old Tunnel Road reported items were missing from her apartment and someone may have come in and moved things around to scare her." [ah, "gaslighting"--that's the excuse I'm planning to use]
"11:19 a.m.--A girl from the 300 block of Mill Street reported her friend saw something gross on the computer. She said it was a dead animal. The two were counseled on proper use of 911." [Too bad, because I would have liked to report a Youtube video I saw recently of some middle-aged white women doing hip-hop...]
"11:32 a.m.--A caller from Church Street reported a teen girl running down the street and shouting that she 'just wants to sleep'." [who hasn't been there?]
"9:22 p.m.--A deputy was out on Gracie and Banner Lava Cap Roads with two people dancing in tutus. They were given a ride." [One can guess to where...]
"9:24 a.m.--A caller from a business on Taylorville Road reported the theft of food trays by a man who left in a small red car. Then at 9:57 a.m., a caller from Empire Street reported two people in a red car throwing hot dog buns filled with rocks out the window of the vehicle." [it taxes the mind to try to understand the planning process for this little caper...]
"8:41 a.m.--A woman from the 11000 block of Madrone Court reported someone opened her door and let the dogs out." [We all want to know "Who". Always seems a tough question to answer..."]
"3:59 a.m.--Two vehicles in the 400 block of South Auburn Street had been 'caked'." [And I missed it? Someone let me know when someone is "ice-creaming" cars...]
"9:16 p.m.--A woman from the 10000 block of Dana Court reported her husband had broken all the chairs in the house. She left to stay with relatives." [Perhaps he's a little on the heavy side...]
"4:57 a.m.--A woman from the 20000 block of Ocelot Drive reported her father hit her. Another woman called back and said her granddaughter was drunk and tried to stab her father. Everything was fine and there was no need for a response." [Yeah, everything sounds just great...]
"12:56 a.m.--A man reported a bear was running alongside his vehicle at Empire and Auburn streets, but then it left." [To a bear, does a car look like a catering truck with tasty snacks inside?]
"8:23 a.m.--A woman from Pleasant Valley Road reported hearing someone in her residence. She said someone was in her attic the night before. She said she had located and turned in a terrorist six years ago and the FBI had been staying in her attic since then. Last night, they got drunk and were making noise. The house was searched and no one was located." [No kidding]
Here's some fun! What these two items have in common is that they are all about small stuff and are totally awesome! See if you aren't blown away...
This is from the Huffington Post--got Legos? Tom sent these along.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/19/the-17-most-awesome-lego_n_468640.html?
There are two sites, here. First is a short article about the photographer, which you should read before going to the second. The second is the set of two Flickr pages that shows the photographs. Amazing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/automobiles/collectibles/14SCALE.html?emc=eta1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/
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