I started this Zinnia from seed, I knew it was going to be nice but I didn't expect such a vibrant pink.
A gorgeous sunny day, the weather man says it will go up to 29C today and 30C tomorrow. I am so ready for the hot weather.
We are seeing more and more people getting on public busses with SUV-sized baby stroller. It use to be that mothers came in the bus with folding umbrella type strollers, pick-up the baby before getting on the bus and fold the stroller. Some may say that this is more dangerous and I would tend to agree if no good samaritan gives up his/her seat. The person with a stroller usually but not always moves to the handicap seats, flips them up and stands with the stroller out of the way. This is good because on city busses you can be squished like sardines and thrown back and forth from sudden stops and starts. On the other hand the person with the stroller takes up the place of three people and she/he has only paid for one.
I think the system in Paris is a little better, there is a large place at the back of the bus near the rear exit where a person can stand with their stroller, I've seen two women with two strollers fit in the space. It can be used for a wheelchair, no seats to lift less space lost. They can also board the bus from the back door eliminating the need for the person to fight their way to through a crowded bus to the designated area. They also don't seem to use SUV size strollers,but they are not the umbrella type either.
The other day a man and woman boarded the bus I was on, they had a baby with a stroller and another child. The lady took the child out of the stroller (he was able to walk) folded the stroller and asked the man sitting on the handicapped seats to move while she raised the seats folded the stroller down and stored it under the seats and then lowered the seats again. I thought this was very smart of her, at least people would be able to sit and not much space was lost. Of course this is easy to do when your sitting in a terminus and the bus isn't moving, not so easy when the bus leaves before you walk down the aisle.
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Hi Claudia, what a beauriful Zinnia and an adorable picture of Jack. PL always shows me his backside. lol. I'm sure that his and Petey's grooming was so reasonable because they don't require a hair cut. I wish I had started taking PL sooner. He is such a pain to bath and more so since my back and knee are so bad. I'm thrilled that it can be done now and I can afford it. Living in the country we wouldn't have public transport even though the town doesn't have it anyway, but I believe American's are just to spoiled to their own private transportation. lol. Love ya! ~hugs~
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