Yesterday the Valpak mailer showed up in my mailbox. Normally I toss it without opening it. This time I browsed through the offers from various local businesses hoping there might be a coupon for Shur-Kleen car wash. There wasn’t, but the Valpak included something better—the 2014 Seattle Mariners baseball schedule.
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Baseball Schedule
Dancing Tax Man
A dancing Uncle Sam
It’s tax season. In case anyone didn’t know that, a few weeks ago Liberty Tax Service on Kitsap Way stationed an employee out front who waves a sign urging people to come in and get their taxes done. Dressed as the Statue of Liberty, he’s there rain or shine and never seems to tire. Apparently more street-level advertising was needed though, as today they added a dancing tax man (see photo). I like the patriotic look, but I hope the new dancer doesn’t replace the real person. Although the photo doesn’t show it, the inflatable is unusual in that it has two blowers—one for each leg.
The Mud Bay blog can’t resist adding a post every time a new dancing man is spotted in the area. Previously I have run photos of dancing men in Silverdale, Port Orchard, and various locations on Kitsap Way. Where is the next one going to show up?
Rocky Point Pond 2014
The pond during an afternoon sun break
Rocky Point Pond has looked more impressive in photos I have posted in previous years than it does today. Even so, it rates a picture for 2014. The pond has its largest accumulation of rainfall so far this year due to a series of storms that have hit Western Washington this month. Will it get even bigger in the next few days? Probably as more rain is forecast.
To clarify, it’s not really a pond—just a low spot between two driveways that fills with water after a few days of all-day rain. The address of this informal neighborhood rain gauge is 2609 Rocky Point Road. The pond’s record size—at least in pictures I have posted—was in March 2011.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Ain’t love sweet?
The photo shows a pair of seagulls on their own little rock, oblivious to all, as the tide slowly rises in Mud Bay. At least I think they are a pair based on observing them for about 20 minutes. The male (another guess) jumped in a few times and swam around the lagoon to impress his lady friend. There’s no word on whether that worked. But clearly he was smitten as he always returned to the rock.
I took the picture yesterday afternoon but held off on posting it until now. Perfect for Valentine’s Day.
Where Did My ATM Go?
OK, it wasn’t exactly my ATM. But it was close and convenient and I used it a lot. For as long as I can remember there’s been a Bank of America ATM at the QFC at Oyster Bay Plaza on Kitsap Way. Not any more.
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Driveway Party
The Mud Cat wasn’t invited.
It’s Sunday morning after an overnight snowfall—the first of the year for Rocky Point. I haven’t been outside yet, although the Mud Cat went out briefly before 6:00 AM. When I viewed the driveway from the upstairs windows to see if I will be snowed in today, a party scene greeted me, both on the hill and in the flat area outside my front door (see photo).
The prints were made by critters, probably raccoons. I don’t get a newspaper, and even if I did, no human would walk down the hill to deliver it to my house. There must have been a good band although I didn’t hear anything (I’m a heavy sleeper). In a few places it looks like the party goers were dancing the two step. The Mud Cat didn’t leave these tracks. His prints are smaller and, well, more cat-like. Besides, he would never date a raccoon.
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