Share the road (dammit!)

Rat and I sometimes have similar feelings. Today is one of those days.


One day I was looking at the local traffic map and I clicked on one of the diamonds that indicate traffic problems. Here are the details of the incident:

Traffic Hazard - Harmony Grove Rd at Country Club Dr	10:41 AM
* Riding East in the Roadway	10:41 AM
* 4 Bicyclists in the Roadway	10:41 AM
* They Are not Riding in Single File, Taking Up the Roadway	10:42 AM
* Reporting Party States Nearly Hit One of the Bikes	10:42 AM
* 19 ; Public Affairs Coordinator Highway On Ramp to South 5	10:43 AM
* CHP Unit Enroute	11:02 AM
* Thomas Guide Map Coordinates: Page 1129, Grid 5D

I've never thought to sic the Highway Patrol on packs of bikes that are leisurely riding down the highway five abreast. But I do wonder what they're thinking.

I say that sharing the road is a two-way street. Bikes really ought to share the road with the big, fast, heavy, damage inflicting cars. There are usually bike lanes for them (that are sometimes cleared of rocks and other hazards).

If Peggy can do it...

Since Peggy has reduced herself to posting silly YouTube videos, I guess that means I can, too.

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

A birthday Bottle Cap Turtle from Karen (with changes of apparel).


He's got a magnet that holds his cap on. The Pepsi cap is old...it is lined with cork. (¿Cómo se dice "Pepsi" en Español?)

Karen tells me "the Pepsi cap came from a Pepsi that was consumed during our Mexico trip in the 70s!" What an honor it is to have that treasure!

Havin' a ball(oon)!

We finally got around to hanging the balloons Jerry got me for my birthday last weekend.

Here are two shots of possible arrangements. Let us know which you like better in the new poll over there in the sidebar.

Just hangin' around

Blowin' in the Wind

And let us know anything else about them in the comments!

(Oh, look, there are turtles that haven't shown up on Tuesday. Some certainly will.)

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

A birthday turtle (featuring a birthday suit) from our stop in Idyllwild.

It's based on a fountain in the Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy. It gives us Bacchus (Colleen's favorite god of wine, I think, or maybe her favorite god, period) and a turtle.



Let's drink!

Birthday Trip to Palm Desert

Today started with a shave with a razor that Jerry got for me a few weeks ago as an early birthday present. (It's taking me a while to get the hang of it. I'm down to just one nick per shave.)

Then Jerry took us to Palm Desert to do more celebrating of my birthday. That's always a fun thing to do.

On the way there we made a side trip to Idyllwild where we shopped for tchotchkes. You'll have to wait till some future Tuesday to see pictures of what we got there. We had lunch then headed to the desert floor.

We parked behind Adagio Galleries where we got the masks by Dave Sisk the last time we went up there. Julie greeted us as we came in the door and said that we were early, that the reception for Dave Sisk was at 4:00. "Oh, was that today?" I asked. We had gotten their card announcing the show but, since we don't usually make it to galleries' openings, we didn't plan the trip around the show. What luck, huh?

We went up and down El Paseo. Jerry got me some balloons at Coda Gallery to go with the one I got him (see his in the sidebar of his blog). These will go on the wall with the first one and will make that wall very festive. We haven't had the chance to put them up so you'll have to wait for pictures.

We've seen some lazy Susans at one of the shops and have always hemmed and hawed about whether to get one. This time I decided finally to do it. Here's our new lazy Susan. It's glass with copper in it.
It will make assembling our tostadas on tostada night a lot less messy. And prettier!

We went back to Adagio Galleries and had a nice visit with Dave Sisk.

We had supper at Sammy's Woodfired Pizza (mac and cheese will have to wait) then came home.

The newspaper said that Palm Desert was going to reach 105° today. According to a weather station near Indio they were spot on. It was hot.

Keep your eyes on this spot for pictures of balloons and other tchotchkes!

Turtle Tchotchke Tuesday

A long-necked turtle.

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Answering questions:
The back has a sticker saying it came from Facsimilies Ltd. of Nashua, N.H. I don't know whose culture it's a facsimile of. I think Peggy gave it to us.