June 4 — Rider Ridge south to 3rd

North of 3rd, west of Pace, south of 9th, east of Alpine

Total for today 20,780 steps and 3:57 time.

Beautiful cool day today.  After temperatures in the low 90’s yesterday, the low 70’s felt nice.   Had an early start at 6:00 am and was done by 10:00, so that helped too!  I think I’ll try to do the early starts for these summer months to avoid the heat.

There was a tiny little street with just 4 houses on it called Oard Court.  Like Board without the B.

Rider Ridge

Rider Ridge

 

I thought the following two signs were both nice wordplay…

 

Mr. Perez came up with a cute business name

Mr. Perez came up with a cute business name

 

never knew there was LOVE in REVOLUTION before

never knew there was LOVE in REVOLUTION before

 

It looks to me like there were several trees that had branches grafted (spliced?) on to them.  I’ve heard of this, but I don’t think I’ve seen it done before…

grafting?

grafting?

 

close-up of grafting?

close-up of grafting?

 

It’s hard to read, but the back window of a car had a flag or banner that appeared to say something about Bosnia / Herzegovina   .  Maybe a sports team?

Bosnia Herzegovina   wiki

Bosnia Herzegovina

Bosnia Herzegovina

 

I had a boomerang growing up on our farm in Nebraska.  We used to go out into the cow pasture to throw it.  It still somewhat amazes me how well they are able to return to the thrower.  I know there was always that second or two of panic after a really good throw where you afraid it was going to come back and hit you.  But I guess we got off lucky, and never hurt ourselves!

I’m not sure if they’re a good idea for a toy within city limits?!?

Boomerang   wiki

colorful boomerang

colorful boomerang

 

rainbow tree house

rainbow tree house

3 crosses at COS Lutheran

3 crosses at COS Lutheran

 

mailbox being swallowed up by bush

mailbox being swallowed up by bush

 

brick steps

brick steps

 

Hat with Wasp (I added this picture from my 9/14/13 walk)

Hat with Wasp (I added this picture from my 9/14/13 walk)

old wagon

old wagon

 

mailbox of the day

mailbox of the day

 

a front-yard sign with no writing?

a front-yard sign with no writing?

 

neighborhood school

neighborhood school

 

Noah's Ark house

Noah’s Ark house

 

Royal Crest dairy across 3rd (is this a new location)

Royal Crest dairy across 3rd (is this a new location)

 

and I’ll close out with four pictures tied for ‘Vegetation of the Day’…

curbside appeal

curbside appeal

 

honeysuckles sneaking through the fence

honeysuckles sneaking through the fence

 

Purple and Yellow

Purple and Yellow

 

White and Yellow

White and Yellow

 

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