I wake early these mornings, and get my walk in before it gets too warm and the shade moves away.
Only a couple of frogs at the pond Wednesday morning, jumping, but I could hear them farther away
This afternoon I read, well maybe slept, on the deck, Frederica, old Heyer favorite on my Kindle.
There's a lot of woodpecker activity close by, drumming in trees, rattling calls, so I'm hopeful of a nearby nest. I haven't seen who's active, could be flickers or downies or red bellies, since we have all of them.
The cardinals are busy and there are tiny peeping sounds, maybe young getting around to flying. That and chickadees, and wrens.
I see very little activity, but I hear quite a bit. A crow was chased out of the nearest tree by a bluejay, who may be nesting there, too. It's an avian condo development in a couple of evergreens.
This is a great time of year, not too hot yet, not too buggy yet. Wednesday was my sister's birthday. I think she'd have been 96. She made it to 92, living independently at home till her last couple of days. I'm hoping for something like that. I'm in much better health than she was at my age, so we'll see.
Happy day everyone! Getting ready for Saturday, those who can march and demonstrate. Thank you!
And if agitators attempt violence in order to discredit the march, here's the strategy
Ted sez do what we can, be safe, and loud.
I like lemon zest. I remember when I was working still, I'd use a veggie peeler to get thin strips of lemon rind to add to my bottle of water that I sipped on through the day.
ReplyDeleteI like a touch of lemon in water, too. Or in anything really.
DeleteI’m imagining the fragrance of the lemons. A favorite of mine. Wishing you sweet memories of your sister.
ReplyDeleteThe memories are mixed, but I can find a good one here and there.
DeleteIt will be interesting to see what happens on the faux king's birthday.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping his fauxking parade is a bust.
DeleteYou inspire me to put things in empty pots. Soon! I let spring just slide by, and soon summer will officially be here!
ReplyDeleteIt feels like summer now, but I guess officially not yet.
DeleteGreat strategies for the 14th. I’ll be anxious to see how it works out! Hoping for the best!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for massive peaceful protests with attempts at outsider violence unsuccessful.
DeleteThanks for posting the Sit-Down Wave strategy. Let's hope all goes well on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI'm doing my bit to help ensure it's large and calm and pointed.
DeleteYou've had great loss in your life.It comes to people who have to admit they are no longer middle aged but old. You are doing everything right to live to be quite old.
ReplyDeleteMy goal is to stay well and enjoy my days, and up to now, that's working pretty well.
DeleteGood advice for protest strategy. Fingers crossed for no incidents.
ReplyDeleteI'm hopeful. There are hundreds of protests planned, they can't disrupt all of them.
DeleteI am hoping that the entire country comes together on Saturday to protest what's so terrifyingly going on.
ReplyDeleteNow. Having said that- will I be out protesting? No. I have never been an in-the-streets protester and have always felt guilty about that. But masses of people, or even the number of people in a grocery store, can cause great anxiety in me and yes, I know I should just overcome that and do it anyway.
You can do other forms of resistance. I've described a lot of them in this blog.
DeleteThanks for the protesting advice. This will be my third protest against this administration and so far each protest has been great. People chanting, waving, laughing, singing - so many terrific signs and some costumes even. Hoping for a huge protest with no rain!
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing it! I think the best signs are often nsfw, so msmedia, if they cover at all, unlikely, won't show tgem. But social media will.
DeleteIs spearmint what we make mint sauce with? It will be interesting to see how Maga responds to the protests. Good advice you have there.
ReplyDeleteUsually mint sauce is made with peppermint. Spearmint is more a dessert taste, making tea. Or chewing gum.
DeleteI am glad to see people speaking up. My bumper sticker says 'coresist'. No matter what. No matter who. No matter where.
ReplyDeleteYes, no surrender.
DeleteWhat a beautiful pond walk. Love your description of all you can hear around you. Peaceful protesting...millions of peaceful protesters sitting if they have to...will reveal the violence of Trump's government. I so hope his parade is a ridiculous embarrassment. What a lovely, lovely post. Thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope we focus on the good people protesting and resisting, instead of obsesssing about the other guys.
DeleteThat's great advice for a protest, especially if large numbers of people follow it. I don't think we have any anti-Trump protests here in London this weekend, at least not that I've been able to find. (Obviously we couldn't call it "No More Kings" if we did!)
ReplyDeleteYou've got the Naked Bike Ride protesting oil dependency, and a Not My King at the Trooping the Color Saturday. Plenty to be going on with.
DeleteIts black Friday here today. I will be taking teenagers and dropping them off for a movie tomorrow, which is my other side of the world action to ignore fauxking fanfare.
ReplyDeleteGood idea.
DeleteThings are getting worse and worse in Cali (and everywhere, for that matter.) So far, I'm still planning on going to No Kings but I'm a little nervous about it. Are you attending an event?
ReplyDeleteDon't believe what you're hearing about California. Eye witnesses are telling us it's very small and contained. The few breakouts are getting far more exposure than warranted. Breathe! My style of protest is daily resistance on several fronts rather than marching. As you will have observed in this blog. I've been active since the day after the election. But do go, stay safe.
DeleteI hope the sit down protests are widespread and made visible in media. broadcasts. Satyagraha, a determined but non-violent resistance to evil.
ReplyDeleteThey will be widespread but will only be seen on social media and IG and YouTube accounts. MSM won't touch them. They'll be trying to make the DC foolishness look important.
DeleteI used a similar strategy at a protest long ago. I hope it succeeds Saturday.
ReplyDeleteI hope it won't be necessary, but successful if needed.
DeleteIt's likely it will be needed at some of the protests as there are a lot of them. It's a very good idea. The aroma of lemon is good.
ReplyDeleteYes, being prepared is key.
DeleteI hope it rains on his parade, but not rain alone. I want a huge thunderstorm. Huge, gray clouds. Lightning bolts. Thunder the likes of which has never been heard before. Flooding in the streets that are closed. Everyone has to go home.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Everyone just be careful Saturday. That's all I can add.
ReplyDeleteSaturday will be an interesting day, more so than any previous Flag Days, I think.
ReplyDeleteWe bought a bag of lemons this week with the thought of zesting them and then putting the juice and zest in the freezer for future use. The bag was cheaper than buying just two individual lemons.
ReplyDeleteI'm worried about Saturday and what's to come, even though I don't live in the US. Saw an interesting 'bit' on I think it was facebook that was pointing out the sending in of the troops to LA over peaceful protest and not to when the capital was stormed. Mind you, the orange idiot was behind that so stands to reason the troops wouldn't be deployed. It just gets worse and worse.
My two lemons were free, a little points bonus! I love having a prepped supply though I don't like doing the prep.
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