BYC Café

[N F C]

Morning, all. We were having a nice, calm day around here today...News flash on the radio came across that an IED was detonated at a local elementary school playground. Elementary school. I'll never understand what goes on in these peoples heads. Thank God, no one was hurt. All schools are on lockdown until further notice.

OMG, that's shocking...certainly not something any parent sending their child off to school would expect. Sometimes it seems the crazies are everywhere.

So glad no one was hurt.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Oh my gosh was that here in the US Meg?

Right in the middle of my home town

 

[Meg-in-MT]

OMG, that's shocking...certainly not something any parent sending their child off to school would expect. Sometimes it seems the crazies are everywhere.

So glad no one was hurt.

It's madness. I sure hope they find who did it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Right in the middle of my home town

Oh my How Horrible what is happening in our world ?

 

[N F C]

Right in the middle of my home town

Scary for sure.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope the perp was blown UP with his/her device

 

[Shadrach]

To you used to minus lots temeratures I'm going to make myself look like a complete wimp but the temperature here just hit 50F. One more degree lower and I go into hibernation mode.
I cleaned my windows today. It was getting dark in here. This is the last of the evening sunlight.

I like a bit of art, well a lot of art to be honest. The two pictures below were done for me by local artists. That's supposed to be me sitting on the log with the ducks.
I arranged a swap with the women who did the Picasso style picture; lamp for another picture. Rumor has it she'll be coming back here for Christmas so I might get my new picture.

My rose plant doesn't know what time of year it is.

 

[Ribh]

@Ribh - my husband grew up in a beach community, and learned to sail as a kid. A few years ago, the sailing bug bit him again. If he'd gotten something like a Sunfish or a Laser, I might have joined him, but noooo, he bought a 49er skiff - if there is a boat that defines "extreme sailing," that's probably it. Seriously, you can't step off the boat with the sails up, because without the crew acting as ballast, it will capsize if there's even a hint of a breeze. I'm no longer quick and limber, can't swim, and get motion sick in a swing - this thing had no appeal for me whatsoever. Hubs hoped he could get our kids to crew for him (you can't sail this one solo; it's designed for about 300 lbs (136 Kg) of crew), but they grew tired of the thing trying to knock/throw them overboard every couple of minutes. Eventually, even Hubby had to admit that it was a more spirited craft than a 50-something geezer could handle. Reluctantly, he sold it - to a much younger couple. Now he has a Hobie 17, which is designed to be sailed single-handedly, but has space for a crew or two if you're just out for a casual zoom across the lake.

lol Yep. My sort of boat. A bit like the 16' & 18' skiffs they sail on Sydney Harbour. I always had a hankering to try one of them but I never had the weight. Now I have the weight I don't have the dexterity. I always loved sailing with a trap though I had one skipper who nearly drowned me when he threw the boat of balance & the wire got caught under the prow.

Racing is a young person's game & I can't say I get the point of casual sailing. A Hobie is a nice safe option. Plenty of sped, far less likely to put you in the water.

 

[drumstick diva]

Especially love the first painting Shad, just what I expected you to look like.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Think the paintings give a special place to them love the orange rose holing on to summer solstice is off bit still