Garden Pictures May/June 2009

Road Construction Ohio Street Racine, Wisconsin 26 July 2008

The east side of Ohio Street is getting closer to be done!!!

Yay!!!

The concrete was poured for part of the sidewalk and all the driveways yesterday.

They still have to pour the corners,

but soon our side of the street will be done

and then yeppers the other side will get torn up and done.

That side probably will not take as long since there are as many driveways.

I think there are only two in the way.

P.S.

My mother took all these pictures

since I was getting ready to go to work.

I believe she is actually starting to get the hang of it and enjoying it some.

More Pictures From the Road Construction of 2008 Ohio Street

These pictures were taken Wednesday, 9 July 2008.

This is in front of our house and these were taken either from the sidewalk or front yard.

This was taken between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 July 2008.

My mother took these this morning, Friday, 11 July 2008. Part of the street cracked last week when they were sawing. That part will have to be replaced.

Road Construction Ohio Street Racine, Wisconsin 2 July 2008 1 a.m. picture update

The first four pictures were taken between

1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. yesterday, Thursday, 2 July 2008.

This poor fellow got stuck being out here all night cutting the cement.

It was very loud and I heard him a couple blocks away.

As he got closer this machine actually made the house shake.

I figure since I could not sleep I might as well take a few pictures.

The last one was taken around 8 a.m. on the same day.

Flower Power---Pictures from the garden

Some pictures from the garden.

I hope everybody likes them.

In an earlier blog I posted how the front

by the window used to look.

With a few dollars more

and

a lot of hard work

we finally got this part

of the garden looking better.

Now on to the rest of the yard.

Some More Pictures of the Ohio Street, Racine, Wisconsin Road Construction

My mother got a real kick out of this machine!!

LOL She insisted on pictures of it. So, here they are. The road is getting closer to being done. Oh wait that is just one side of it. When they are finished with the side closest to our house they will be working on the other side. Folks it is going to be a long summer.

PLEASE REMEMBER

TO SLOW DOWN

WHEN GOING THROUGH

CONSTRUCTION SITES

IF YOU GET A TICKET

GOING THROUGH A WORK ZONE

THE COST OF THE TICKET

IS DOUBLED

YOU MAY EVEN END UP

IN PRISON

ANYWHERE FROM

3 1/2 YEARS

TO

10 YEARS

DEPENDING

ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES

Wisconsin has almost 2,000 crashes in work zones a year.

Remember these are people working in the work zones.

Some day it might be you or someone you know.

It is not worth risking the worker's lives or yours.

For any of you that have been

turning left on Ohio Street in the work zone area

I hope you get a big fat ticket you deserve it.

There are signs posted stating no left turn.

There is not enough room for you to turn left

and you hold up other traffic.

Nothing like blatantly breaking the law.

The speed limit laws for Wisconsin link:

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/safety/motorist/behaviors/speeding/laws.htm

Work zone safety for Wisconsin link:

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/safety/motorist/workzones/

Pictures of my birthday presents 6 June 2008 continued

The last of my birthday presents.

My best friend growing up and I

decided years ago to stop doing "birthday"

because there were getting to be too many people in both of our lives.

We almost call each other,

but I really did not expect a call this year.

My birthday fell on the weekend

and she normally goes out of town

where there is limited cell phone service.

She went into town to get some things

and to call and wish me a Happy Birthday.

I know she thinks of me;

So, I really did not care that she could not call,

but was happy that she was able to.

This is from my friend Beth

and was totally unexpected as were most of my presents.

Beth has limited income (like so many of us)

and I would have been happy with just an e-mail saying Happy Birthday.

I am still trying to figure out how she knew it was my birthday.

I think a little birdy named Lori might have said something.?

Anyway, Beth

if you do read this

thank you very much and the chocolate was delicious.

My friend Linda crocheted and gave me this dishcloth along with bath salts.

I laughed out loud when I saw the card.

Very funny.

This is what I bought with my gift card from Waldenbooks/Borders.

I realized I forgot to photograph the actual card the gift card was in.

Sorry about that.

Maybe one day I will add it to the blog.

Pictures of Taking Down Lights on Ohio Street

These pictures are from a few days ago. They took down the lights between Republic Avenue and 16th Street. Today is Saturday and they started work at 6 a.m. Yikes!!!! I just wish they would hurry up get this done; so, we can put the car back in the garage.