Views of the Neighborhood – Park Clean-up

~ John W. Howell

Today, we will go to the park and check on the Friends of the Parks. They have a clean-up day (Although it was last week, we’ll pretend it is today), and we need to check it out. After observing hard work, we have a brunch catered by Moonshine in Austin. The entertainment today will be Chicago.

Menu

FULL MOON PLATTER  two eggs any style, choice of (bacon, ham or sausage links), home fries, toast

SMOKED SALMON & JOHNNY CAKES poached eggs, dilled hollandaise, pickled red onion, home fries

PULLED PORK & JOHNNY CAKES poached eggs, green chile salsa, home fries

CREOLE CRAWFISH & GRITS  creole tomato sauce, tasso ham, fried egg, toast

STEAK & EGGS charcoal bistro filet, two eggs any style, grit cake,
salsa verde, toast

KING RANCH CASSEROLE chicken breast, two eggs any style,
ranchero sauce, cheddar

MIGAS egg scramble, tortilla chips, pico de gallo,
ranchero sauce, cheddar

JALAPEÑO HANGER STEAK salsa verde, Yukon mashers

HORSERADISH CRUSTED SALMON lemon dill butter sauce, brussels sprouts

CHICKEN & WAFFLES lemon butter, maple syrup, chipotle cream gravy

CHICKEN FRIED STEAK chipotle gravy, Yukon mashers

Top shelf drinks, beer, wine, coffee, tea, and soft drinks

Picture of an old time school bus

So hop on, and let’s get going.

There’s the signpost up ahead indicating that we are about to enter the clean-up zone.

The volunteers are gathering at the city park. A little chilly.

Had to get a shot of the shirt. (No, we don’t get shirts)

A new recognition plaque. Friends of the Parks is on there.

A much-needed trailer since there will be trash pickup and tree trimming.

Who you going to call? The Brush Busters.

Tools of the trade featuring a major grass and brush cutter.

Workers and supervisors and one guy getting dressed.

A broken fence post getting Some TLC.

The butterfly garden getting a spring clean-up.

Time to relax with food and entertainment. We have Chicago doing (what else?) Saturday in the Park. I hope you have a great week.

 

88 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Park Clean-up”

  1. I love that the community gets together to do the cleanup. I´ll have the horseradish crusted salmon. Yum! The synchronicity is uncanny. I had just dug out my Chicago CD and was listening to it when I read your post!

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  6. What a great community effort, John! And if they had some of your featured breakfast, they’d definitely be even happier while moving to Chicago. 😁 Hope your Sunday is delightful!

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  8. Great project, John. Looks like great community spirit in your neighborhood. Bluejeans, Ball caps and beards (I saw a few), my kind of crowd. Perfect song with such great lyrics. Oh, I’ll take the chicken & waffle, hold the chicken. And black coffee.

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  17. Breakfast and a park clean up. Sounds like a good weekend. Now all I would have to do is decide if it is grits and crawdad or salmon and horseradish. Thanks John.

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  21. It looks like these people came prepared to do some serious work, John. That brush cutter is a tool I’m pretty sure my wife would veto.

    Great music selection today!

    I’ll go with the Full Moon Platter. I was going to go with Steak and Eggs but (don’t yell at me) I’m not a fan of grits.

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        3. No, the wife said no more chainsaw and it was sold the next week. So I was in a tree and the saw was running on the end of a rope which was swinging in the wind. I would have caught it I’m sure.

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  32. What a wonderful event, John, and I love the idea of a butterfly garden. By the way, I’ll try the smoked salmon and johnny cakes. My stomach’s growling. 🙂 Perfect song, also.

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