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Skriven 2007-06-30 13:12:21 av Barbara McNay (1:382/48)
  Kommentar till text 17419 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: bird nest 746
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 > leeches, and other wildlife. Dungeness, Washington,
 > strangely, is
 > within two hours' drive of one of the two (three? I
 > lost my notes)
 > temperate rain forests in the world. Our trip to

I knew there was a rain forest there, and have a several pictures of rain
forests.  New England isn't a rain forest by a long shot, but I remember
sitting there in wooded areas as a child, especially in springtime, examining
the many mosses that grew there.  Not like here, which is dry in the hot
summer.

 >  BM> I'm not familiar with Braes Heights.  I suppose that might be near
 >  BM> Braeswood Blvd., which straddled the drainage ditch from Bellaire to
 >  BM> downtown Houston.

 > Yep, one block of North Braeswood, not far from the
 > intersection
 > with Buffalo Speedway. Speaking of which, I wonder
 > about the names:
 > Braeswood does in fact straddle the "drainage ditch,"
 > whose name is
 > Brays Bayou (note spelling),

I had forgotten.

 > and Buffalo Speedway may
 > be one of
 > the most horrid stop-and-go roads I've ever been on
 > (it is surely
 > the most horrid stop-and-go road I've ever driven on).

Incongruous name, eh?  My mental map of the area is a bit disjointed.  I recall
a shopping center-- Meyerland comes to mind, which I believe was on Braeswood. 
I remember Buffalo Speedway, but the part of it I remember is where it
intersected with Bellaire Boulevard, by another shopping center.  I never went
down that way much.  I bought milk in glass gallons at Bang's at the end of
Avenue A, I think it was, saved the bottles, and when I had four, the deposit
was enough to pay for another gallon of milk.  79 cents for the milk, 25 cents
deposit per bottle. Wotta difference in price, nowadays.  I was there from
about '62 to '72.

 > Ah, the zoo. I have fond memories of high-school
 > pseudo-romance in
 > those parts.

I have warm memories of Fourths of July in Hermann Park, listening to the 1812
Overture.  Because of the annual annoyance of people spraying mosquito
repellant, I once inadvertently referred to it as the 6-12 Overture.

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