I wish this were more clear but I did not want to mess with getting out the telephoto lens.....The red dot in the middle of this shot is a Coast Guard helicopter which was just now chasing this boat down the river, hovering in this picture right in front of the boat. As though the boater thought he could get away?? Kindly note the ugly skies---maybe the boater is getting "pulled over" for boating in ugly weather!
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Oh, and now they are going back the other way, with the red chopper circling above the boat. It does not appear to be a police or CG vessel, more like a pleasure boat. But no waterspouts in sight...yet!
The tiny chopper is right in the center of this shot, just above the trees, and behind the boat.
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Well, things have returned to what could be considered normal, except I still hear thunder in the distance. This girl does not go into the pool if the sun is not out so I guess getting dressed for the day is next on my agenda. This a.m. I was telling Joanne about my early morning dream, where I was going to a restaurant with a mixed group of people, some from church and some family members, and it was not until I got up to move to the dining room that I realized I had no shoes on! I made the remark, "It must be summer, I have no shoes on!" and everyone laughed. My kinda dream!
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The poor painters will have their work cut out for them in this weather, but there is much more to do than only applying paint on this building. One man had the job of pressure washing The Palace, using a pw mounted on a truck, not the type one uses around the house. Oh, how I would LOVE to commandeer that hose and go wash the area around the pool and cabana! The concrete railings and flower containers all badly need mildew removal, and many complain about how tired the area looks. Realizing that The Club does not have extra money right now for major improvements, at least they could hire a man with a pressure washer to clean up what we are paying for. Or let me do it!
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I just remembered something: a couple weeks ago there was a workday at church for painting the classroom building. Sadly, only about 10 people came, not all of them painters. But, one man, who has numerous little children and a full-time job as a cop showed up with his pressure washer! Brad washed down the exterior of the new building to get the dirt and residue off before Mike K. came along to paint it with his sprayer. Lots of spraying going on that day! I thanked Brad for doing that, and asked if he had a chance to clean off the formerly lighted sign at the street. He had not even noticed it but promised to bring the pw back to do that. Or, let me do it!
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That same day, a very ambitious couple had the foresight to take their trailer and pick up a half ton of ready-mixed asphalt to use for patching our earthquake-looking parking lot. A couple trenches had been dug in order to connect the electrical and plumbing to the street connections, leaving gaping, messy holes in our lot. It looked quite ghetto, if you ask me! The Building Committee, of which I am part (only three of us left!) decided to not make the repairs at this time. I was out-voted, or rather, I kept my remarks to myself. Anyway, a decision was made later to make the repairs, bucket by bucket, but Frank had the idea of getting a load of asphalt and taking care of it. They even got busy and painted lines on the parking lot so we can get more cars in, since people can actually see where they should park. I have to go now and write some "Thank You" cards, right this minute!
