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A new Sunrise Orange bougainvillea has joined the garden.

Bob is either telling me his bowl is empty or stealing my soul.

Lassen National Park was perfect! The roads not open to cars yet but it is perfect for a walk. FYI, 3 miles up is way harder than 3 miles down.

Palm Beach County Commission of Ethics marks 15 years of Promoting Integrity in Public Service. Their core values are “honesty, integrity, character, which guide it’s commitment to ethical leadership throughout the community” Mar-a-lago is in Palm beach county.

Haven’t bought from Amazon for 3 months after years of spending at least $100/month. Found out I don’t need them like they thought I did.

It’s been another tough news day. Here’s some pansies.

My 1st iris!!!

Winston was brave enough to walk into the water by himself today. He’s not a fan of water…yet. #germanshepherd

Isn’t this what the Nazis did?

Winston & I replenished our souls this morning. Well, I did - he ate a butterfly.

I showed up in Sacramento today and my hope that there will be change has been renewed. It couldn’t get a pic of the entire crowd, but there were thousands of amazing people there.

Bees gather pollen to make honey from flowers. This bee is gathering pollen from a dandelion, therefore, dandelions are flowers. #flowers

This tulip is pure joy.

San Francisco is a beautiful city.

TIL Biden signed 162 Executive Orders during his term in office. 47 signed 83 in 2 months. The American Presidency Project from UC Santa Barbara has very good up-to-date archive of them all. At 63, I’m learning Civics again because contrary to our current regime, education is important.

PRESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE: FRIDAY: Humiliate myself to the entire world. SATURDAY: Golf for the 11th day of my 40 day regimen because I am am making america great.

Louie was very excited to get outside in the sun today.

White House says “Elon is technically not part of DOGE but White House employee & serves as senior advisor to the president” and not leading day to day DOGS They lie like a teenager home past curfew explaining why they smell like alcohol.

The first bulb of the season has bloomed. I’ve alerted the media.

Black Butte Lake

I know it’s early but I love when the almond trees bloom.

This creek made the wonderful sounds that refilled my soul.

Book 5. There’s a lot going on & I have no clue who half the people are but it’s great story.

Today I picked lemons. Going to squeeze & freeze for summertime lemonade.

Winston declares 2025 to be the Year of the Ball. (So was last year but he really loves ball)

Re-reading King’s first 3 books For the first time since they came out over 40 years ago. They are so much better than I remembered!

I raked & mowed all these leaves yesterday. Today they’re back. What kind of witchcraft is this?

I made a bingo card to keep track of the Cheeto government for my amusement. As each on is fired, withdrawn, not confirmed or quits, I mark the square. Anticipating Bingo by April.