Here's some excellent legislation for my state, which has a long history of failing to fund the transportation sector. In fact previous governors raided the trust fund to finance their own pet projects. This changes now.
Notice where the funding is coming from. Take that, Amazon!
And I wrote a line of encouragement and support to Biden and Harris, and the office acknowledged it
We're good.
On the home front, I was out briefly early morning, and met a baby praying mantis. He must be very young, still transparent. I like having them around to help with mosquitoes. And he's on the hibiscus, so that's welcome in case any insects are planning to eat the new leaves.
Too humid and hot to venture out yesterday, so I set up an afternoon of Lucia, with a glass of rooibos and chamomile sun tea.
My husband had a 'pet' praying mantis in Simla when he was a child.
ReplyDeleteI love the way they calmly watch while I watch them. I can see developing a friendship.
DeleteGood move for the NJ legislature!
ReplyDeleteThe plum sauce looks divine.
I think Murphy is trying to make up for his huge missteps in promoting his wife as senator and signing OPRA, which makes it harder to access public documents. Probably hoping not to crater his legacy.
DeleteThe sauce was good, simple stuff.
It is good to see increased school funding too! Always good to invest in the children, from a house with two retired teachers. Stay cool, Boud.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's good stuff. And they're billing the right people.
DeleteA friend used to have a praying mantis in a tank. It was fascinating to watch him feed it. Our summer has been cold and wet so far this year. Please send us some of your heat.
ReplyDeleteYou might not want our tropical heat and humidity, maybe.
DeleteWe are having some pleasant weather, finally. Dinner looks good to me and good on your legislature for writing such a bill.
ReplyDeleteGood things when you look for them.
DeleteI didn't know that young praying mantises are transparent! Learn something new every day!
ReplyDeleteHe was very pale, you could see the leaf round his edges.
DeleteI was out looking around in the yard one day years ago and spotted about 50 just hatched praying mantises. they were tiny, about 1/4".
ReplyDeleteOne year I got a praying mantis egg case and set it in the vegetables to hatch. Many babies, all over the screen door. They grow quickly, and eventually get the green coats.
DeleteThanks for sharing some of your light. We need it. Those healthy pancakes are making my mouther water. I’ve never seen a baby praying mantis. I wish we had some here on our terrace. We’d treat them (and feed them) well! Oh, never mind. Damned cats!
ReplyDeleteThe mantis bite! Not teeth, more like grinding jaws that pinch. Kitty would leap away, leaving mantis with a mouthful of fur. After that, detente.
DeleteThe smaller the settlement, the more difficult transportation seems to be. Our town now hare more than 11 000 people, but no public transport as such. And how do you run it for the few who need it? It also applies to getting in and out of town and not just within town.
ReplyDeleteWe have almost no local public transportation. But the main funding is for NJ Amtrak, the main north south artery in the northeast corridor, which is falling apart, and desperately needs upgrades. Millions of commuters use it daily. Which is why it's wearing out!
DeleteThat's the railroad, I should explain. There's also work on the Turnpike, highway.
DeleteA big problem here is outer suburban property developers not being made to contribute enough to infrastructure to support their developments. They scream they will have to increase house and land packages by thousands. Yeah, of course they would say that.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you received a polite response from the President's office.
I'll have to take your word for the praying mantis. You didn't just post a photo of a leaf did you?
Would I do that to you?? If you squint in the middle, that whitish feller has his eyes up top.
DeleteYes, that same fight goes on here, often about overloading schools by developing formerly fairly deserted land.
Good things indeed!
ReplyDeleteWe need them where we can find them.
DeleteThat looks like an appropriate redistribution of wealth. I hope your public transport develops 'apace' from this point on. (Look up info on public transport in Luxembourg - I think you would be amazed.)
ReplyDeleteRead my response to AC. You'll see the destination for the funds.
DeleteI struggle to read Mapp and Lucia but enjoyed the television series.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, because the series hews so faithfully to the dialogue in the books. I love both. There was a later tv series with different actors, a shadow of this classic one.
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