For Floyd’s BD, I wanted to get some beef ribs from London Road Market. I went there by scooter only to find that they had none. (Why would have display beef ribs online if you don’t have any?) So I bought some pork ribs instead.
Happy BD!
Allan
dandelion root
Holy crap! A 14″ dandelion root! No wonder they keep coming back.
giant dandelion root
I was digging up some dandelions in the side yard at home and came across this.
I knew their taproots were long, but this one is about 18 inches (45cm) long!
new summer tires
I finally have new summer tires for the T&C.
I decided to go with Kirks for new rubber. They corrected an error by K1z Auto and Gary Moe Chrysler (the annoying rattle in the rear end), new brakes all around, new winter tires, and other stuff. They seem to know their stuff.
My last tires were pretty badly worn. Floyd got some service done on his vehicle. They said he needed new tires. I compared his to mine, and he had three times the tread that I did. Oh my.
Bird electric scooter
It seems we have a new rental electric scooter company in town. Anybody hear of Bird?
The last company, Neuron, had bright orange scooters – rattly things that were like a tank version of a scooter. (I’ve never actually rented one, but I heard others talk about them.)
Now we have Birds.
hawk
While whizzing along on my scooter, something caught my eye. It was a bird on a light standard. It was hard to make out detail way up there, looking against the sky, but Floyd later identified it from pictures as a hawk.
This was right on the edge of the coulee, so (s)he was most likely waiting for lunch.
target practise with Glenn’s pellet rifle
Long ago, when Glenn was alive, I offered to buy his pellet rifle from him. It was used, but I made him a pretty good offer. He said ‘no’.
Fast forward many years. Glenn has been gone for many years now. I have inherited his pellet rifle. … Maybe this is why he said ‘no’ – he knew it was a piece of crap.
I printed out a bullseye target and shot at it inside the garage. I followed various instructions found online.
hot spring, park, tunnel tour, Alameda
Got a late start! The hot spring pool opened at 7am, but I wasn’t there until about 8:30. I made some mediocre coffee in the hotel room and wandered down there to greet the day.
