An unusual request
Where’s George?
A few years ago I wrote a post about the serendipity of finding money. While I’m not sure if this quarter is legal tender, I still think, like any coin you find, it brings with it the chance to wish for favorable events for the days ahead. Whether I can exchange it for a new quarter will be up to the bank or perhaps the Coinstar machine. As a side note, I find a lot of coins on my bike rides and some are beat up. But not like this one. I guess our money isn’t as tough as it used to be.
As good as 3.14 other cats
Pi, the number, has an infinite number of digits without any repeating pattern. The most significant ones are 3.14, although a few million more have been calculated. Pi, the cat, cannot be reduced to a number, but he does provide an infinite amount of playfulness, companionship, and trouble in a pattern that tends to repeat itself.
So what did Pi do on his special day? He went out before dawn, got wet in the early morning rain, returned for breakfast, napped in the late morning, “helped” me clean the garage, and went on a second, longer patrol in the afternoon. Pretty much the usual. He’s in for the night now. Tomorrow will be another Pi Day too.
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Yesterday the nice people at the Les Schwab Tire Center in Bremerton installed four new tires on my 15-year-old Toyota Tacoma. And while my pickup doesn’t drive like a new truck, the ride improved so much that driving is again a pleasure.
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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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A dancing Uncle Sam
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?
The pond during an afternoon sun break
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.
Ain’t love sweet?
I took the picture yesterday afternoon but held off on posting it until now. Perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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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