Category: Block-A-Day
Block-A-Day 267 – The River Run Teepee
This cute little tepee reminded me that they have a really nice playground at River Run. I am meeting people all the time in the shop that are staying at the park and they sure seem to have a good time.
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Block-A-Day 266 – River Run RV
It’s a beautiful site and they have done some interesting and amazing things there. In the next few days we’ll check it out. This development has changed our little town and will continue to do so. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next few years.
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Block-A-Day 265 – Farmhand Produce
The day before the market they would go to the front range with their mother. They had formed a partnership with a gardener there. They would bring back vegetables and sell them at our local market. They split what they made with the gardener and then donated a portion to the Mountain Family center. This was also their community service project for 4-H this year.
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Block-A-Day 264 – Polly’s Pet Store
When you go in the door there is a giant parrot on the right. Invariably, new customers will say, “Are you Polly?” The parrot who’s name is Fred has learned to answer, “No Dumbass, my name’s Fred”. At which point Polly will swing into view and scold Fred.
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Block-A-Day 263 – Gambles
Then on June 4, 2004 a wingnut named Marvin Heemeyer came down main street in Granby in an armored bulldozer, demolishing buildings as he went. A political dispute was at the root of this rampage and because Casey was part of our town government Gambles was one of his targets.
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Block-A-Day 262 – The Notell Motel
It is old but well maintained, clean and has flat screen TVs. They learned from their clientele that good TVs and reception are important. They have lots of people that come in at the same time every month or quarter.
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Block-A-Day 261 – The M&Ms (Molly And Michelle)
When M&M (They call themselves the M&Ms) first met, Michelle practically hid from Molly. She’d never seen anything like Molly. Molly wears bright colors and flashy clothes. Michelle dressed tastefully in beige, grey, and black. A wild outfit for her was adding a pink scarf to her black pantsuit. Molly, however, wouldn’t be deterred…
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Block-A-Day 260 – Sunny Vista Recreation Center
This is a nice big building. A gymnasium for ball sports, exercise rooms, community rooms for puzzles and card games and a pool out back. They have craft classes, scrapbooking groups, aerobics and yoga. You can join a bridge, pinochle, mahjong, cribbage or chess game any afternoon.
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Block-A-Day 259 – Sunny Vista Retirement Community
Games and classes offered everyday at the community center. A pool with a bar. Comfortable townhouses that are well maintained and all have a terrific view.
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Block-A-Day 258 – Sage Massage & Acupuncture
She is my Massage therapist and after I lost my husband I started seeing her. The wonderful women in my shop gave me a gift certificate to Sage Massage. I honestly don’t know how I would have gotten through those first few months without her healing massages.
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Block-A-Day 257 – The New Dental Office
It’s a really nice complex with a new bagel shop. It replaces a very old brick building where I saw Dr. Warren to have my baby teeth pulled. For 65 years dentists have been taking care of teeth in that little brick building.
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Block-A-Day 256 – The Mysterious House
The person who lives here has been a mystery for decades. There is a legend that the person is a man that has been holed up in his big creaky house since he was a child. His parents were killed in an accident in the Bermuda triangle.
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