Slow Down There!

I recently noticed this sign at a large construction site in San Francisco.  

SPEED LIMIT

9.5

Am I the only one who finds this a little strange?  I mean, really, Nine And A Half Miles Per Hour?

Why?  

Why not simply 10 mph?  Or maybe even 5 mph with all that heavy machinery.

If someone can explain this to me, I'd love to know the reason for such a strange speed limit.

I do enjoy finding unusual signs, as I have shown you before in a many-years-ago post.  Not sure if that indicates I'm a detailed-oriented person, or maybe just weird.  But that's me!

Public Parklet

As I walked down a small street the other day I happened to see this "Public Parklet" which was placed between some cars in a regular parking place. Kind of surprising to come across this! It looks like an effort to bring more greenery into the city. And apparently these are appearing all over San Francisco.

The parklet includes some nice greenery, and a bench where people can sit. Another time when I saw it, the bench was full of people eating their lunch.

The red structure has wheels on it, so it is truly a portable park! I think this is a great idea. It's such a bright little spot added to the city environment.

Thick, lush greenery of large ferns and small flowers is very appealing. And even provides some shade.

Urban Burp (Oh, pardon me!)

I finally went to Urban Burp today for the first time!

Not exactly sure why it took me

so long, but some things are like that.

Urban Burp is a vintage fabric store with an amazing collection of fabrics.

It is located near

the North Beach

neighborhood of San Francisco.

I had heard that it is a little challenging to find,

but I didn't have much trouble.

It's a delightful store, not

very large, and the owner is

very friendly and helpful.

She asked me what I was interested in, then

gave me a quick tour of the shop, telling

me which wall has

30's-60's fabric, for example, where the upholstery fabric is, etc.

I had a nice little browse-around,

and ended up choosing some

very nice fabrics. I'm not really into vintage fabrics

(or even reproduction fabrics),

but I found a few really pretty prints.

The photos, from top to bottom, show my stack

of fabrics, some pretty morning glory fabric,

the nice white-on-cream print,

and the lovely tie-dye looking piece that might

be useful for a landscape piece.

Nice treasures, don't you think!?!