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Comments on: Where Am I https://whynow.dumka.us/2021/07/22/where-am-i/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2021/07/22/where-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-89682 Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:05:53 +0000 https://whynow.dumka.us/?p=47284#comment-89682 In reply to hipparchia.

Back in the 50’s when I was growing up down here we had crabgrass and sand spurs. It took a while for people to start bringing the invasive species that require too much water and care to support the false dream of midwestern immigrants to the area. first there were golf courses then the disease spread. The centipede can survive in the sand and spread, so it was among the first wave of the introduced ground cover.

I keep trying to grow milkweed for butterflies and the guy who mows the lawn keeps knocking it down. He trained on a golf course and doesn’t understand the beauty of natural growth.

After Sally you would think they would build a ‘cage’ of treated 8X8-inch piling to corral the barges if the wind kicks up, but that’s asking for common sense which is a rare commodity during the reign of DeMentis.

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2021/07/22/where-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-89681 Sun, 01 Aug 2021 01:15:43 +0000 https://whynow.dumka.us/?p=47284#comment-89681 both the old bridge and new were / are 2 pieces each. they tore down one piece of the old bridge and built the new southbound piece first, and because it’s extra-wide (3 lanes + bike lane + pedestrian lane, or something along those lines), they made it 2-way traffic (narrow lanes, temporary markings), and then tore down the rest of the old bridge and started building the northbound piece.

a reasonably good design… and it worked well… for a while….

some of their construction barges got loose during hurricane sally and damaged it enough they had to rebuild parts of it (and no old bridge left to travel on). the re-opening of the (still only the southbound piece) was iirc just in time for memorial day weekend.

they’re still working on the northbound piece, slated to open in 2022 i think, but we’re back in hurricane season and there are still construction barges out there….

but no, no tolls, so there is that going for it.

the centipede wasn’t my idea, but there’s not enough there to need a lawnmower, and i’ve got enough flower pots, planters and raised beds that some of my neighbors occasionally poke gentle fun at me. i also have hummingbirds, so we’re all as happy as larks here 🙂

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2021/07/22/where-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-89680 Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:08:03 +0000 https://whynow.dumka.us/?p=47284#comment-89680 In reply to hipparchia.

It sounds like you’re saying that they have opened half of the bridge to two-way traffic. They were supposed to wait until after they had finished building the new bridge before knocking down the old one. I will wait until after the new bridge is built before trying the southern route. They’ll probably put in another two-lane toll bridge, like Garcon Point.

I prefer wild flowers to the invasive species of green that the ‘home owners associations’ prefer. Let’s attract hummingbirds and butterflies, not Toros and Craftsmen.

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2021/07/22/where-am-i/comment-page-1/#comment-89679 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 04:48:09 +0000 https://whynow.dumka.us/?p=47284#comment-89679 the bridge got fixed. sorta. enough for 2way traffic if you’re in small car. until the next batch of barges get to go joyriding in a storm, so you might want to hurry before the real storms get here.

personally, i don’t want a lawn because i don’t want a lawnmower. i can mow my current crop of centipede with my kitchen shears and i like it that way.

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