Dancing in the street

[fbhjr]

This evening my wife and I walked up to where the main north-south road through town is closed for construction.


The road is closed and can’t be passed.


This lets folks like me stand in what is normally a busy road and dance.


Despite all of the signs, folks still drive up there and try and get past.
They quickly turn around.


On the way home we saw a tree monster. It’s like a sea monster, but on land. These move very slowly and go after powerlines.


Any day now this tree monster will bite down and the power to the street will go out. Hopefully a heroic team of tree trimmers will take care of the problem.

Looking up at tree monsters I did notice the gunk it streetlights.


Gunky.

Comments

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for the residences in that whole stretch.

Coming northbound from Grafton on 140, just before the route 9 overpass, they had some orange drums and a "road closed" sign in that lane. Regardless, people decided to make a big swerve around it and continue north, I gather mostly to get to the route 9 West interchange...Normally this is a 50 - 60 mph area, so it was a little hair-raising coming up to Hoops this afternoon, as I normally drive 140 all the way to 70 in Boylston.

Normally, at least I had thought, when presented with a "Road Closed" and a very clear barrier on that lane, that drivers would not have swerved around it, but they did.

But I knew from my trek back from Boston on Saturday how disorganized and disorienting the so-called detour signs were; I took route 9 East to Northboro and worked my way up to 70.

I know there are probably better routes, I'll have to look into it.

I will be glad when/if this is all over. Driving that section of 140 in Shrewsbury center on a fairly regular basis I could "feel" and see the deteriorating condition of the road for some time.

[perrin-o-ravnos.livejournal.com]

dancin in the street

[gypsykate1890.livejournal.com]

Great picture!

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

it is a great picture :D