Caroline Street

I liked this picture of folks chatting in the Caroline Street Music shop, keeping company with a lovely double bass.This mastiff looking creature was hanging at Harpoon Harry's, properly shaded, and I wanted to meet it but Cheyenne had other ideas and took off up Margaret Street.We passed a couple of expensive and modified Harleys and I noticed the tag on one of them. Har har harty har har. I rarely see a vanity tag that makes any sense. If he does ride wasted his tag will make it easy for a passer by to call it in which would be a good thing. I don't think drinking and driving is a particularly good subject for a nudge and a wink. Does an expensively styled ride look better for a silly vanity plate?

This looks like a place that I might have to be dragged to by my wife. I know she will find presents in a place like this, stash them at home and whip them out at appropriate gatherings to gasps of wonderment. She enjoys shopping like that.

I saw this rain barrel at Finnegan's Wake, the Irish pub. I hadn't seen it previously and I thought it was a sign perhaps that water conservation is becoming fashionable in this the worst drought recorded in 80 years.


My own cistern has dried up for the first time in almost four years, since I had it cleaned and had a few leaks repaired. Luckily we still have the aqueduct to fall back on, though a bit of rain would be nice.