Didn't see at first... I detest traffic circles, once lived down the street from one. There was a fender bender every week. Couldn't the city afford a regular intersection with a traffic light?
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If people would learn how to use traffic circles they would be OK.
I always watch for idiot drivers but I especially look for them in the traffic circles.
There is a freeway exit that has 3 traffic circles in a row and that is always a challenge.
I always watch for idiot drivers but I especially look for them in the traffic circles.
There is a freeway exit that has 3 traffic circles in a row and that is always a challenge.
How about my youngest and my middle granddaughters.
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People in my area do not know how to use traffic circles. I've narrowly avoided accidents by being vigilant and braking or swerving in time to not get hit by someone going through the yield when I had right of way. I went back and took more pics of the yard after having cut the blackberry bushes back. These were from similar angles to the before pics:
And puppies were actually holding still for a couple of minutes:
And puppies were actually holding still for a couple of minutes:
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A guy had this on at church this morning.
Random interesting picture...
Not sure if eating or birthing...
Not sure if eating or birthing...
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I am not fond of traffic circles, roundabouts, either. There is an intersection that has double circles. Sentry posted about the 10 most dangerous intersections in the U.S. and it was one of them. Many years ago I was in Great Clips, getting a hair cut. The hair dresser was talking about this intersection and how dangerous is was, how she hated the then new roundabouts. It was dangerous before they put the double roundabout in and there is an elementary school on the southwest corner. Children have to cross from one side of I-70, on the bridge, to school, and back home again. There are 4 entry points on the north circle and 5 exit points. There are 3 entry points on the south circle and 4 exit points. Even without the roundabout, that intersection would be very difficult to navigate.
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OK, worst traffics circle for me:
Cayman Islands. They're part of the UK so you drive on the left side of the road.
First time there, arrived at night. Approach a traffic circle and every driving instinct is tossed out. You get on the circle from the left then when time to exit, you need to remember to stay left as opposed to wanting to exit into the right lane. Add insult to injury, all the steering controls are on the wrong side. I went to use my turn signal and... turned on the windshield wipers instead.
Cayman Islands. They're part of the UK so you drive on the left side of the road.
First time there, arrived at night. Approach a traffic circle and every driving instinct is tossed out. You get on the circle from the left then when time to exit, you need to remember to stay left as opposed to wanting to exit into the right lane. Add insult to injury, all the steering controls are on the wrong side. I went to use my turn signal and... turned on the windshield wipers instead.
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Some of these traffic circles end up with debris from where someone missed it and went straight ahead, right over the concrete circle.OK, worst traffics circle for me:
Cayman Islands. They're part of the UK so you drive on the left side of the road.
First time there, arrived at night. Approach a traffic circle and every driving instinct is tossed out. You get on the circle from the left then when time to exit, you need to remember to stay left as opposed to wanting to exit into the right lane. Add insult to injury, all the steering controls are on the wrong side. I went to use my turn signal and... turned on the windshield wipers instead.
Speaking of roundabouts, one day I was headed home from work when I saw this coming at me. I contacted the highway department and they put up temporary signs until they made them permanent.
Here ya go! A traffic circle repair kit, shouldn't take more than 15min.
It even comes with an inspector! 
Sweet Shrub aka Calycanthus floridus. I found this today out in the woods. I've actually been walking by it for a several years but never realized what it was. When it’s not blooming or at a distance it looks like Sweetbay (magnolia family) or Red Horse (chestnut family).
My grandmother had this shrub in the yard when I was little. I remember how sweet it smelled. Even though it’s a native wild species it has been domesticated and used as a yard ornamental all over the south.
Anyway, was checking on some medicinal plants today and realized this was Sweet Shrub. Now I have to figure out how to get sprouts growing my yard, a wonderful scent!
(It was written about as being medicinal in the late 1700’s and early1800’s. A whole lot of theory but I can find no reference to it actually being used by anyone.)
My grandmother had this shrub in the yard when I was little. I remember how sweet it smelled. Even though it’s a native wild species it has been domesticated and used as a yard ornamental all over the south.
Anyway, was checking on some medicinal plants today and realized this was Sweet Shrub. Now I have to figure out how to get sprouts growing my yard, a wonderful scent!
(It was written about as being medicinal in the late 1700’s and early1800’s. A whole lot of theory but I can find no reference to it actually being used by anyone.)
And from the woods today! I found wild azalea blooming this afternoon. Big color in early spring. Most wild species around here are white with a little pink in their blooms.
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I would rather ride a roller coaster than drive through a round about. I CAN drive through them but it's the other drivers that irritate me because they drive like my car is a figment of their imagination. At least roller coasters are on a set path.
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It's old medicine, will dissolve kidney stones and gall stones. One of a group of plants known as "stone breakers".
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/gravel-root-hydrangea.13292/
It's old medicine, will dissolve kidney stones and gall stones. One of a group of plants known as "stone breakers".
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/gravel-root-hydrangea.13292/
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This just grosses me out.
