I started this Zinnia from seed, I knew it was going to be nice but I didn’t expect such a vibrant pink.
A gorgeous sunny day, the weather man says it will go up to 29C today and 30C tomorrow. I am so ready for the hot weather.
We are seeing more and more people getting on public buses with SUV-sized baby strollers. It use to be that mothers came in the bus with folding umbrella type strollers, pick-up the baby before getting on the bus and fold up the stroller. Some may say that this is more dangerous and I would tend to agree if no good samaritan gives up his/her seat. The person with a stroller usually but not always moves to the handicap seats, flips them up and stands with the stroller out of the way. This is good because on city busses you can be squished like sardines and thrown back and forth from sudden stops and starts.
I think the system in Paris is a little better, there is a large place at the back of the bus near the rear exit where a person can stand with their stroller, I’ve seen two women with two strollers fit in the space. It can be used for a wheelchair also, no seats to lift and less space lost. They can also board the bus from the back door eliminating the need for the person to fight their way to through a crowded bus to the designated area. They also don’t seem to use SUV size strollers,but they are not the umbrella type either.
The other day a man and woman boarded the bus I was on, they had a baby with a stroller and another child. The lady took the child out of the stroller (he was able to walk) folded the stroller and asked the man sitting on the handicapped seats to move while she raised the seats folded the stroller down and stored it under the seats and then lowered the seats again. I thought this was very smart of her, at least people would be able to sit and not much space was lost. Of course this is easy to do when your sitting in the bus terminal and the bus isn’t moving, not so easy when the bus leaves before you walk down the aisle.
