Nightmare on E̶l̶m̶ Pedro Street

On a normal day, this would be the scene on Pedro Street looking east toward Lincoln Avenue:

 

But things weren't quite normal this past Friday afternoon. We were walking home from Artega's Food Center when we heard a huge CRACK! behind us.

 

Looking around, the cause became apparent: a semi truck driver had misjudged the height of his cab and trailer vis a vis a low-hanging branch. The result was a nightmare for the truck driver, the tree, and local residents wishing to drive down the street in either direction.

 

We did not stick around to see the branch removal and cleanup operation

Teaser Trailer: TSG Visits Bell Plastics & The Hayward Toy Museum

A sneak peak of a video/slideshow coming to a blog near you. 

 

Accidental Autographs

TSG recently acquired a used copy of Wishbone Ash's "Live Dates" album on CD.

 Pulling out the booklet we were surprised to see what appeared to be bassist/founding member Martin Turner's autograph on the back. Of course there's no way to determine the provenance of our item. But the signature does look reasonably close to a "certified authentic" autograph on a collector's website. 

 We're a bit more certain regarding the authenticity of the signatures we discovered on the title page of this book purchased on eBay:

 

 If it's real, having Martin Turner's autograph is sort of cool.

 But Anthem, both the book and the video project has long been a favorite document of being on the road in the mid-90s. So seeing Kristin and Shainee's signatures was a real thrill.