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20220602ThePike.HP.txt

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20220602ThePike.HP.txt

So it's been some time since my last confession...

Really, i'm not Religious, so been literally ForEver...

But i am spiritual, for some values of $Spiritual...

Oddly I ran into a construction area,
a wind mill blade, but only one
and thought, against hope,
that there might be a wind turbine nearby,
but it seemed illogigal, not that windy,
and if going green, why not solor instead?

So took a couple photos,
there was a photographer already on site,
and taking one of the base,
and got one of him,
and the blade down on a stand/holder...

Went by the next day,
and it was up,
crane gone?
and a (chair?) lift type thing
really standing room for a couple people,
not unlike what is done with the nearby painting
project on the Community Cetner,
first seen at Shirlington Library,
and talked to tthe guy, as putting barriers up,
and seemed to be followed by someone(s)
there,
others were told, by me about it,
as county staff, talking amongst themselves...
and may have missed the information...

So talked to a construction guy,
with tattoos on forearms,
i noticed at the end,

a reclaimed/ DeCommissioned one from Holland,
and coins on the base from around the world,
and some other things
lights
which may take a while as some problems with drainage,

But i watned it to move
and he called it Fin,
like a fish fin,
as opposed for Finished, as

and it's called The Pike


I put up photos and got it on gMaps,
though 20 more photos the next day didn't make it up,
and haven't multpiple times, so somethings up with that...

Seems the guy may have been the artist?
and the project has been lonstanding part of the
pike renewal, maybe part of Columbia Pike ForWard
which i changed a BtWD given sticker as Pike->Bike
Columbia Bikes For(e)ward
which makes little sense except
Columbia tubing is used to make some BiCycles...

But stopped at the crosswalk a striking
woman in white, was in the middle crosswalk,
i had tried to get photos while riding
but that didn't work,
and she was there, so i stopped on that curb
at the edge of the intersection

she said she was a bunny,
and didn't want me to get hit,
offered part of the IsLand
but i was frustrated with the sceeenlock
and brightness controls,
plus had started using a fishing vest
taking some things out of a string conference bag
bike tools, and similar multitools,
and camreas eventually went in too,
but it's hot, one of the reasons for not using
a better backpack,
and carrying less,
but with three layers, reUsing an AlaTeen
From Survival to Recovery MEAC 2013?
t shirt, i suggested the conference name,
from a Adult Child themed book
by AlaNon
and the graphic was made into a
Charlie Brown like
Rain and Shine
ironically the next year was too hot/
sunny, so careful what you ask for i guess,
so too hot wasn't happy face,
and rain isn't so bad,
at least there is some cloud cover,
at least for me for sunburn, exposure type problems,
though maybe thunderstorms close the pool...

Anyways, i may have bee nblocking traffic,
most wouldn't care if i got hit,
perhaps that's part of the bunny stuff,
at least for me, why don't they protect the biker(s)?
cyclists? and other vulnerable?

PlayBoy Bunnies are rather innocent, it seems,
beautiful and need some protection too,
sweet young things, mostly,
and likely been/ being exploited...

The art work has some issues with me,
why doesn't it move?
it could swivel on the base,
but some insurance and other problems..
It's well secured into the ground,
with a concrete and metal foundation
that goes many feet down,
but later worried about lightning

And views from farther away, it's difficult to see,
a tree is going to be pruned,
and some other things...

As a tool gate, which it partially symbolizes
it's up and open for business,
part of the highway constrcution stuff..
SideWalks were widened,
and telephone poles removed,
as ungreounged some things,
a few big buildings came in,
The Shell changed to an AHC
with Montessori school on teh main level,
GreenBrian moved to the Community Center
floor 3, as Aspire, and other changes
mostly gentrification?
IMNSHO
as trying to get rid of people like me,
AmaZonVille may have a lot to do with it,
creating demand and selling out
to corporate interests,
and other things,
so had said and written in
gMaps entry a response to The(Big)Screw
but since in planning so long ago,
may have preceeded it,
idk,
some research left for the reader(s)...

And leave the cute bunny alone...

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