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Katie walked by the elevator in the hallway of her office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building yesterday during the Judge Kavanaugh hearings and this is what she came across.
Protesters crammed into the elevator and truth be known, they were also lined up in the stairwell. A circus. I had to take a picture of her picture because the way she took it, turned it sideways on the webpage. But you get the idea.
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Several instances lately of bowling balls being thrown at St. Louis drivers. Now this strikes me as beyond crazy. First of all I'm surprised anyone really owns a bowling ball these days and has the strength to carry it to some spot along a busy road and toss it at moving cars. But beyond that where did this idea come from. The Riverfront Times jumps in with the blame Trump meme which so many of our national media is prone to do. I hope they thought this was just a cute/funny way to begin their story.
I guess we drivers have to watch out for everything these days and hope our spare is in good shape or that the ball goes into another lane.
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Two more ladders fell on St. Louis highways, one during yesterday's evening rush hour and one already this morning. The ladder today was in the left lane of westbound 70 at Mid Rivers Mall drive. Now that would be scary to come up on in the dark morning rush hour.
Mattresses 105
Ladders 79
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This past January I wrote about someone who penned angry words on several trees which had been cut down here on the campus. These were part of a group of diseased Ash Borer trees like many in the St. Louis area being removed. Whoever this was, and whoever it is, is not alone around here, just could not accept this.
Today I came across another huge tree which had recently been cut down. This time it was a huge old Oak. As I walked up to it there was no doubt about it's needing to go.
As you can see the entire tree was hollow and rotten. This tree was so big that if it had fallen after a rain or strong wind, someone walking through our park area could have been seriously hurt. As I was leaving the tree I noticed two older women coming up the sidewalk and stopping at this tree. Their arm gestures told me they were upset a tree was down so I walked over to have a chat with them. They didn't give me a chance to say a word before they started in on the trees which have been cut down on the seminary property. One said, "I've lived in this neighborhood for over 30 years and walk through here all the time and believe me, we all notice what happens to the trees."
Well. That did it for me. I asked if they were the ones who graffiti-ed the other trees. Supposedly they didn't know anything about it. After explaining the Ash Borer situation and reminding them that Clayton has been taking down the exact same type of trees, they went on about one remaining Ash over on Demun. If that could still stand, why not the others. I said, that little park will be getting a renovation and most likely the tree will come down.
They walked off, still in a bit of huff about trees, talking back at me over their shoulder.
Sheesh. Clayton people can be a bit much.
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Not only do we see the seasons change with the weather and earlier evening darkness, we notice the change by the sports being played. Baseball is in its last throes while hockey and football are gaining center stage.
Which reminds me of this. I have never been to a hockey game. Ever. I've never had much desire to go to a hockey game, but for some reason after being at my last Cardinal game of the year on Sunday and seeing pictures of local people heading for a Blues game, it makes me sort of want to go to at least one game in my lifetime just to see what all the excitement is about.
Maybe we will, maybe we won't.
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Ladders, not to be outdone by last week's 3 mattresses falling onto local highways, picked up their own pace and dropped 3 yesterday.
Mattresses 105
Ladders 77
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HGTV posted a story on Twitter with the heading, "Say good-bye to that dirty make-up blender and hello to a clean beauty routine."
I spend some time pondering just what a make-up blender was. Is it something like a food blender which mixed various make-up ingredients into something? Well, no, it isn't. A make-up blender is an egg shaped foam thing which is used to smooth out blush overload or uneven foundation.
So what does that have to do with a clean beauty routine? Nothing. The entire story was how to clean actual make-up utensils and hair dryers and not with a make-up blender. Actually they even showed how to clean a make-up blender as well.
It was interesting to see the ways to clean these items, but the title had little to do with it.
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If you've been getting bit more mosquitoes lately, you're not alone. I've been bitten every time I go outside, especially during the morning and late afternoon, but they hit all day long actually. In my case they sneak up on me and bite the back of my legs. It seems more bites are coming now than in the summer. Here is the reason according to a Chicago Tribune story.
There’s been an end-of-summer surge in nuisance mosquitoes and they are more aggressive now that they sense their end is coming with the onset of colder weather.
I guess there is something to be said for winter.
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If you've been getting bit more mosquitoes lately, you're not alone. I've been bitten every time I go outside, especially during the morning and late afternoon, but they hit all day long actually. In my case they sneak up on me and bite the back of my legs. It seems more bites are coming now than in the summer. Here is the reason according to a Chicago Tribune story.
There’s been an end-of-summer surge in nuisance mosquitoes and they are more aggressive now that they sense their end is coming with the onset of colder weather.
I guess there is something to be said for winter.
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While Katie, Charlie, Drew and Jake were here this weekend, we took them to a Cardinal game. At the end of the game, all kids were invited to come to the field and run the bases. COOL! 4 of the grandsons did this. Since we weren't sure we would have time to go the game, we waited until a couple days before to get tickets and they were located as far up as you can go at Busch. Sections 450 and 449, but right above home plate. I was amazed at how gorgeous the view was and we could see every play perfectly.
I always believed we saw the game better down low, but this was surprisingly great, I'd do this again.
Here is a vague shot I was able to get of Connor in the lead and Drew and Jake in red following as they zoomed around the bases.
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