I drove into town to pick up
some cash for my adventure tomorrow, and when I saw the red lettering along
this dollar bill’s margin, I knew the teller had given me a traveling man bill –
and this song immediately ran through my thoughts : D
I “tracked” my Traveling George Bill through this link: https://www.npr.org/2013/03/24/174966382/wheres-george-the-trail-of-1-bills-across-the-u-s and was told {The Serial Number you provided E08227894B* is not valid. It must start with two letters, then have eight numbers, then end with a letter or asterisk. The serial number E08227894B* you entered has never been printed. Please re-try.} I don’t know what to say to that. Obviously the bill has been printed, and it is legit currency. I got it at the Bank; where tellers are trained in legit and illegal currencies.
Be that as it may … I am going strawberry picking tomorrow with Cheryl & Mike at a farm in Goble, OR. WITH my “never been printed” dollar bill. Tomorrow’s adventure is an answer to prayer: I have been missing a companiable drive, and they know how I like to get out and go – so I was invited along ;-) It will be fun - half the fun of a drive is sharing it with someone: I have been to Goble, but I have never been to the farm I am going to tomorrow.
I do grow strawberries here at home, but I also know that tomorrow’s pick of strawberries are organic too; and a little extra surplus will be a plus this Winter when a taste of Spring will be very welcome.
Yesterday, street work at the Park started, and it is making things difficult:
This speed bump is right outside my livingroom window, and right alongside my driveway ...
Every single street in Heron Pointe Park has been
turned into a 1-way street, and getting cars in and out of driveways (no
on-street-parking allowed until this project is completed) gets dicey –
some people just do not know how to back up without blocking the entire street off until they get it fgured out.
Backing up was one of the driving
issues Bob was a stickler about, so I learned to back up very well. Bob always
liked to have the vehicles backed into place in the driveways in case we had to
make a night flight someplace; it was easier to just get in the car and pull
right onto the street. And take off. So, when I got my driver’s license, I
practiced backing up and down our long driveway at our first home together on Cathlamet.
I got so good at it, that I could zip down that driveway coming and going using only the mirrors – that made Bob very proud of me.
And I always liked him to be proud of me ;-)
I always park backed into our driveways.
But these streets here at Heron Pointe are pretty tight streets – the owners do not believe in spending their greedily demanded Space rent money on making things easier for the tenants here … like a little extra roadway both sides of the street to make passing cars a little less hair-raising. But, because I had a good driving instructor (my husband), I manage.
Last night, before turning in, I also figured out how to set the Forecaster Weather icon that was driving me batty with the psycho flashing that had every weather situation happening at once – rain, thunder, snow, sleet, sunshine … you name it – it was flashing crazily!
It took some time, but I did eventually get the darned thing set correctly – and I did not have to tap anyone else to help me :-D
I did it myself!!
This afternoon, the street workers finished painting the other side of the speed bumps; tomorrow they will probably get busy painting the white side lines …
While they worked on the streets, I worked at spraying BT in my garden area trying to eradicate garden pests that are comping their way through my cabbage family plants – and stunting my Patio Apple Tree growth, which is seriously affecting my apple put out this year:
Sorry about the audio - can't control the river winds ...
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