OCT 14, 24 .. A YELLOW PARKING LINE.. AND PETER RABBIT..

Patti and I live in a six-unit condominium. Each unit has one specified parking place in a carport behind our building that is impossible to see from our unit.

Out in front of our Condo we have three, open to the community, parking places. There are no restrictions as to who may park in these three spaces.  From our Condo, we can easily see these parking places. Because of random vandalism in our community, we much prefer to park out front where we can see our truck.

It makes sense to do ones best to get along with neighbors. With this in mind, Patti and I do our very best to park as close as we can to our outside line to give the other two vehicles the maximum room we can give them.

In the next three photos, notice if you will, the total lack of clear parking lines.

Above and below there are basically no yellow parking lines.

When you are parking, you simply can't see the remainder of the former parking line.

In the below photo, you can see the short remainder of a long ago yellow parking place line.

In the below photo, each of us has given the other the maximum space to park that we can.

It has taken years but I finally decided to do what I could do to assist Patti and I to park as close as possible to one side of our parking place.

What to do? Paint our own yellow line so at least we can easily know when we have done our best to assist our neighbors, many of whom are in and out during the day.

In the next two photos below, you can see the faded remnants of a long ago yellow line.

Well Hello Peter Rabbit! How nice of you to join me!

To be sure my line did not wander, I painted it in individual segments. Then joined the segments to make one pretty straight line.

Voila! Just look at our new, yellow parking line.

Peter Rabbit you are really something.

Fun huh? Well Your Captain had some fun. From start to finish, it took me eight days to finish the project.

Smiles .. Cap and Patti who really helped me out when I needed more newspapers and other supplies.

OCT 12, 24 ( 2 / 2 ) .. FOR "OUR" DETROIT TIGER BASEBALL FANS EVERYWHERE..

This past Wednesday, October the 9th, we published a Post about "Our" Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball Team. We labeled it Part 1 of 2 Posts.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/10/oct-9-24-for-our-detroit-tiger-baseball.html 

Dating back to 2014, this is the first time in 10 years that "Our Tigers" have been in the MLB playoffs! 

So all of we "Tigers Fans" have been very excited that first, the Tigers were able to get into the playoffs, BUT then, traveling to Houston, Texas, on the road, the Tigers swept the Houston Astros out of the playoffs with two consecutive victories and advanced to play the Cleveland (formerly the Indians) Guardians in the five game Division Series.

All went very well. As we showed on October the 9th, The Tigers were one win away from moving on to the next round of the baseball playoffs.

On Thursday, October the 10th, Cleveland won a very close game 5 - 4 meaning the final (winner take all) game would be in Cleveland today, Saturday, October the 12th. 

Today Cleveland beat "Our Tigers" thereby ending our 2024 baseball season.

As you can see in the above "box score", in the top of the 5th inning, the Tigers scored first and were leading the game 1 - 0.

Then, in the bottom of the 5th inning, "The lights went out" and Cleveland exploded for five runs, adding additional runs in both the 7th and 8th innings to win 7 - 3.

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In publishing this Post, Patti and I wanted "to process" the end of the 2024 season for the Tigers.

GRATITUDE.. 

The below words say so very much!

Detroit Tiger baseball fans..

Be Glad You Had The Moment!

Patti and I texted Tom and Ginny the below message after the game was over.

Gratitude Tom, Ginny and Tigers Fans .. Be glad we had a moment, even two or three. A great moment.. We made the playoffs. More great moments.. on the road, IN Houston, we swept the Astros. Good moments against Cleveland.. we won games 2 and 3 and we led the series two games to one with a chance to clinch the series, at home in Detroit. Tiger Fans,  Cleveland won the series, the Tigers didn't give it away .. Your Allies. Cap and Patti 

See you next April 2025 for next years baseball season.

Cap and Patti and all of you Tigers Fans!

OCT 10, 24 .. OUR FIRST TOUCH OF WINTER 2024-25..

Both Patti and I know! 

Yes Oh Yes! We both fully understand that this first snow, call it a "dusting", will not "last" too long..

BUT this does not change the fact that it IS indeed our very first snow of the Winter 2024 - 25 up here in Anchorage, Alaska.

Too bad, so sorry Alaska Winter 2024-25! One month from today, on Sunday, November the 10th, 2024, Patti and I will be flying South from Anchorage, Alaska, to Las Vegas, Nevada. Then Tom Tiger will drive us by auto to Laughlin, Nevada, where we will spend six days at "our" Edgewater Hotel. Then we drive South to Lake Havasu City to spend the winter months in the Arizona Desert. 

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One short year ago tomorrow, it was Wednesday, October the 11th, 2023, we had our first Alaskan Winter 2023-24 snow.

This morning, one day shy of an exact year ago, we awoke to the first snow of the Alaska 2024-25 Winter.

Yes we are "repeating ourselves".. 

Yes Oh Yes! We both fully understand that this first "dusting" of snow will not "last" too long, but it sure is a sign of what lies ahead.

Patti was up at 9am, and said that the ground was completely covered with snow. We both are sorry she didn't awaken me to snap photos then.

I got up around 11am and immediately snapped the below photos but a lot of the snow had already melted. 

At 5:50pm in Alaska, as we publish this Post, you would not know that it had snowed last night.

Cap and Patti

OCT 9, 24 ( 1/2 ) .. FOR "OUR" DETROIT TIGER BASEBALL FANS EVERYWHERE..

Today, yes today, Wednesday, the 9th of October 2024, "Our Detroit Tigers" took another big step as they move through this years MLB (Major League Baseball) Playoffs hoping to advance to the next round.

This is the first time in 10 years, dating back to 2014, that "Our Tigers" have been in the MLB playoffs.

Thanks to the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News and numerous other online publications in the public domain, I am showing some of the many photos online.

Below is a chart of the 2024 MLB Postseason. "Our Detroit Tigers" are shown in the extreme, upper left corner.

In the first (Wild Card) round, "Our Tigers" defeated the Houston Texas Astros 2 games to none and moved into the current round (the ALDS American League Division Series) facing the Cleveland (formerly The Indians) Guardians.

With todays 3 - 0 victory, "Our Tigers" are one win away from advancing into the ALCS (American League Championship Series).

Tomorrow, in Detroit, they will again play Cleveland. If they win they advance.

How about this! 

Detroit Tiger Toms grandson, the apple of his eye, and Toms daughter, were at the game and will also be back tomorrow.

Go Tigers!

Cap and Patti along with Detroit Tiger Fans Far and Wide!

Thursday, October the 10th. Today Cleveland won a very close game 5 - 4. The final, deciding, game of the series will be played in Cleveland this Saturday, October the 12th.