Purple Heart

Purple Heart

   There must be a God.  Today is a four day and purple is the color and relationships are still important and so is creativity and children, there is a squawking heron at the picnic bend area, a wading heron at the Body Zone/overpass bend. In between, find a purple heart barrette, one that is smooth and has silvery glitter inside.

   Ron watches the suckers at the bridge while awaiting crew and orders for the day. That’s the name of a big carplike fish, sucker.

   A runner says to me: “Boy! I hope it gets more humid today, don’t you?” which makes me laugh.

    Two unmarked pickup trucks with asphalt repair apparatus arrived in the parking lot at 7:00 am to seal the cracks. Hot job in the summertime. Lady with the air compressor wears a purple bandana around neck and a Florida baseball cap. We smile.

   Red proceeds to power wash the Kubota as I complete my walk. We nod. I got a couple of good pathlings and a bread bag tag 11784. We’ll all need a good shower today.

hello kitty

Sharpshooter heron on the toppled tree.
humid. what is this?
Curtis reports finding young raccoon curled up in trash barrel. Sleepy eyed.
Library lecture last night. Keyword: Empire.
Curse of drinking class calls.
Distract with trivia, enrich with trivia.
Obsess with celebrity, cherish celebrity.
Fascination with the fertile couple. Fascination with life.

Smarten Up

Water

Rain Barrels: sign at Signature

first trivia question the Zimmerman telegram had to do with the start of which war?

Ron, Red and Butch at bridge. What’s on tap?

Need: a crystal ball.

Heron tip of picnic area island, flew way tall to leafless tree.

A runner made a sound like the heron.

Ruth: Ringo gave me the most trouble. ARTiculate.

Crystal Domino

Denise: are you taking pictures of bugs? Are you a teacher? Shattered knee.

See a lot more getting done quicker.

POOR in fat graffiti letters on a white truck, in black

Domino effect. critical mass. Tipping point.

Target This: Lifted Shop!

   A little green heron at the locks eludes the trusty lens. This bird is quicker than the eye. Delicate.

   While looking for Phillies logo tissue boxes (sold 0ut) at Weis market and Target D”Wyomissing, spotted triangular Kleenex®  brand boxes with watermelon and juicy citrus colors. Bought 2. Paid cash. Whoa! $6.34.

   New brand with arrow ⁄↑ up & up which I have reorganized and Feng shui placed according to flying star! Up stuff.  Go figure! I did it! AH! HA! What a wonderful shelf  life. They should notice a jump in sales right away. Wise move.

up & up F/S tissues

Barefoot in the Park with Sergio Garcia

    It’s all here in black and white. 

    ”What is your blog about?” asks Kevin DePaulis, Adidas sales representative.

   “The Green Diamond that is Berks County,” we say. “All the wonderful people to meet, places to go and things to do.”

    DePaulis has just the thing for staying on the greens and fairways:  The Adidas Tour 360 3.0, with wraparound. NOT A SHOE: nice and neat and ooomphy.  Its best features are:

   1 A thin sole for more “feel.” 

   2 Wraparound instep for increased stability.

    We wanted to touch it but there was no one here saying “Touch it!” 

      The chassis of the Tour 360 3.0 has a more slender outsole and midsole. We notice the spikes are like little clear flowers that twist off. 

    “If you could put spikes in your feet, that would be the best way to play,” says DePaulis. “That would get you closest to the ground and give you traction.”

Kevin DePaulis and Adidas Tour 360 3.0

   This makes us wonder what a barefoot golf tournament would look like. We think about Sergio Garcia.  DePaulis mentions the Ashworth clothing line and Fred Couples and we think about Fred.

   We wish we could try a spiky slipper on for size, but our Prince Charming is elsewhere, maybe picking up ceramics or looking for lost poetry and Mr. DePaulis appears to have spoken for someone. There are range rules after all.

   “How many visits per day do you get on your blog?” asks DePaulis.

   “Less than ten,” we say. “We’re just practicing.”

   Want to go pro? This 360 number will spike your sales. Start with one shoe, then when you have that down, get another.

  1 Continue to take lessons.

   2 Wear the shoe that fits.

http://www.adidasgolf.com/equipment/Men/Footwear/TOUR360.html

Meet the Artist: Mike Oswald: It Don’t Mean a Thing if You Ain’t Got Your Swing

   Tidy white trangles mark the tee-off positions.  The golf bags are like crenelations of a fortress, a forest of clubs: irons and drivers and putters, oh my! and what do we see? What pulls our energy forward?

    A tray of French fries. A tray of French fries. No it isn’t. This is the trompe l’oeil to trump all trompe l’oeils: a paper carryout tray of natural wood tees, alongside a pool of golf balls ready to be driven. Whoever set this up is a Master.

 

Mike Oswald, Taylor Made

 

  Whoever set this up is Mike Oswald, since 1973  a golf pro at Sittler’s Golf.  Taylor Made golf clubs are what he  has lined up and what we want is driving lessons. What he tells us about the arc of the swing translates to this using @ as the ball:

                             ( @ )

 

     “Start with one club,” says Oswald. “Buy yourself a good club and practice.”

    The Taylor Made feels great. Oswald exorcises the duffer in us. A semi-decent drive is born. We replace a divot.

    What we like most is the sound a well-hit ball makes. A single note. We wonder if a blind person could learn to play golf under this man’s tutelage. Forget the aim, play by ear. Nothing seems impossible. 

  Oswald offers these suggestions for would-be golfers who want to take it seriously:

1 Take Lessons

2 Get fitted.

www.sittlersgolf.com

Sundae Driver

 

Zachary Bowers at Sittler Golf

We like Zach.  Talk about energy efficient. Look at this form. He operates at just the right amount of tension, the kind you’d want on the thread of a sewing machine, not too lax and not too taut. 

He was a demonstrating driver for the trunk show and was in near constant, continual motion. Off to the next task.

He is scheduled for Friday morning 8:10 tee time (Tee 1)  at the Berkshire Country Club for the Berks County Golfing Association 2009 Amateur Tournament (July 31 -August 2.)

We have this idea the only pictures Zach would stop for are a trophy presentation and a wedding.

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Sweet Sittler Golf Spot

demo sign

 

  First the hot dogs, then the ice cream cone, now this! sign caught our eye. Having made a mental note to visit, we are here for demo and show.

   Location: Kutztown Pennsylvania. Location: Route 222 near Topton. Location: Sittler Golf Center.

   Outside the box: A driving range and miniature golf course with an elephant and a giraffe. The box: The Pro Shoppe of PGA Professional Rick Kline and his wife, Patty Kline, General Manager. Open all year round. 

   Inside the box: heavy duty. Like the top of the TaylorMade SelectFit line.

   Who can resist the painted handmade wood cutouts?  The hot dogs flanked one lettered sign close to the ground. When we looked up, there it was, another one nice and tall:

SIgn at Sittler's Golf

     A wild safari will be just what the doctor ordered soon enough. Today we talk TaylorMade and get a gander at what’s in the trunk.

   Before we meet our makers, the golf range is one of the top 100 golf ranges in the United States and the pro shop ranks in the top 20 by  the Golf Range Association of America. The cone looks good enough to eat. Sweet.

Sweet Sittler Golf Spot

Thank you! Sittler Golf and the Klines! Thank you Kevin Mike and Zach.

Might be the one

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Big Poppy

Dear Reader,

   In search of photograph of Big Poppies from Ikea that was on Craigslist. Do you have it?

Sincerely,

The Heron Report

p.s. It ain’t over til the Big Papi swings.