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People never cease to amaze me. As soon as I think my eyes and ears have seen and heard everything, they do something else. Eight years ago I purchased a 12” push broom. Over the years the handle had lost all its paint and rusted but the thing still worked well. A couple of weeks ago the cleaning mode struck and I tackled the garage because that is where the plants are over-wintered. Well it seems that I forgot to put up the broom and someone thought they needed it more than I so they removed it from my work table outside. It is such a little thing but it just goes to show you people will steal anything. Totally my fault for leaving it out but who would have thought someone would want an eight year old beat up push broom. And, if the broom was not enough to give me pause, the fact that some person went to Rosemary Hall and helped himself or herself to all of the accumulated pine straw without asking, was. It seems these days if someone wants it and someone else has it, it is ok to just go take it.
Driving down Knox Avenue this past weekend I noticed the new Kroger parking lot was packed with cars leaving me to believe the other stores would be devoid of patrons and more easily shopped. Wrong! Loyal Publix patrons were there as usual, in fact, it was a bit more crowded for that time of day than in the past. With the opening of the new Kroger, which I intend to visit after the newness wears off; do not want a repeat of the experiences of all the looky loos as when the Wal-Mart opened, I began wondering who was in charge of the monumental task of moving the inventory from one store to the other. Do the vendors pack up their products, transfer them to the new location then restock the shelves or do the Kroger employees do it or do they just mark everything down and start over? When Wal-Mart moved into its new store on Bobby Jones it was all of the above, but that was Wal-Mart and Kroger may have different protocols. Therefore when the confusion of moving calms a bit that is something I intend to look into.
The fountain is up and running in Calhoun Park and as far as I can tell the project is completed. It really is a nice transformation. The Parks Department deserves a round of applause for all of their hard work.
My best friend Laura lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. Her mother lives in North Carolina and visits once a year. This year the snow came early to the Mesa and like the true Southerners they are they had to build a snowperson because snow is still unique to them. Laura sent me photos of the attempt; it was cute about knee high and proportioned correctly, however, it had no arms, or eyes or nose or mouth and was kind of a pathetic little thing. I questioned this and was told the only access to materials was down a hundred foot or so drop so they decided not to chance it. I can’t say I blame them for not taking the risk.