HaikuBones: "Fraught"

There's one that says "Fraught"

Next one might say "ought" or "naught"

Good ol' Burma Shave!

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I'm having fun with HaikuBones.  They offer a weekly prompt.  I see what it is and then go to bed thinking about it.  I keep a small note book and pen by the bed.  This week's prompt was "Fraught".  Of course most of the entries were "Fraught with impending disaster and blood" types of Haiku's but for some reason I was more struck with what could rhyme with Fraught.  And then I got to thinking about those Burma Shave signs we enjoyed while on vacation crossing Wyoming back in the day.  The Haiku "form" doesn't lend itself to the Burma Shave format and maybe my entry totally sucks but it sure was fun thinking it up.  I enjoy word games.

Half Milestone!

Excuse me for beating my own drum but....

This morning I swam half a mile!!!  Seventeen laps!!  Well, just short of half a mile but still, for an old fart, I'm stoked!

I started swimming just after Christmas last year and completed two laps that day.  I was whipped!

So I continued at two laps per day for a week.  The next week I increased to three laps.

Then four, and then five.  Each week adding one lap.  Swimming at 6:45 AM five days a week.

I'm only doing the crawl.  Just back and forth without flip-turns.  Recently I began working on being more efficient through the water; head down, longer strokes with a bit of a coast between strokes.  I decreased my stroke count for twenty-five yards from fourteen to nine!

Just like walking.  I used to think a two mile walk was huge.  Now I walk six or seven miles and don't give it a thought.

All I had to do was get my mind right, get up and Get OUT.  Amazing!!

Proposed Park

Last Saturday I attended a meeting showing the proposal being submitted for possible grant money.

The park would take up about 140 acres of the 500 acres that could be purchased with the grant money.

Baseball field, Softball fields.  Soccer fields.  Picnic Areas,  Hiking trails.

The arrow points to where the meeting was held.  The yellow ellipsis shows where the proposed park (upper photo) would possibly be located.

This shows the area in question and it's relation to Fort Bragg.
I googled around and only found this link.

Local Wildlife

This goat and the rabbit were spotted in a yard on Harrison Street.  Both pretty animals.

This cat looks a lot like my brother's cat only prettier!!  ;-)

And then there are these guys, evidently thinking about the bread crumbs someone scattered by Glass Beach Drive but not about to rush into anything!!

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My Oddities Tour concept got a very nice mention here.

Walking in the fog.

Fog seems to help pop the colors of the various flowers.  This one is by the Senior Center near the North end of Harold Street.

Also near the Senior Center.  These sort of remind me of my favorite, the Desert Five Spot.

The cherry blossoms are happening!.

Local Fuchsia never seem to stop!!

I revisited the cork-oak tree.

It is more awesome in person.

Located on the north side of Winifred between North Harrison and Perkins.

Seductive

The prompt for this week's HaikuBones: "Seductive".

Sixty-eight years old

what used to drive us crazy

is now laughable

Old drawing

This is a wonderful framed drawing (copy) at the top of the stairs in City Hall.  I tried to take photos of it "hand held" in poor light but, here it is.  Unfortunately there is no date!!

It shows ships in Soldier's Bay, the "Skunk" train heading into the woods.  The Stewart and Weller houses to the left of the train track curve over there on the left.

Whoever drew it drew a hell of a lot of trees!!

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Some folks have asked about my recent "heart incident".  The tests showed nothing alarming.  Some friends suggested I stop drinking caffeinated tea.  I did and have not experienced any more "flutter" or "flip-flops".  So far.  So good!!  Woo Hoo!!  Thanks for asking. :-)