Red and pink flowers for April: Japanese Quince.

Red and pink flowers for April: Japanese Quince.

A small blue flower rises above green pachysandra.

Okay. We have received another signal of spring.

Four Japanese Quince flower buda, pale red, yellow, and green

Okay, Spring.

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Dispatch from Immigration Court Friday: bec ICE bloodied a respondent earlier in the week, everyone in 290 B-way & 26 Fed'l Plaza was tense beyond belief. Several judges had no cases, agents from various agencies swarmed both buildings. No detentions but many requests for immediate pretermission.

In the foreground, bare trees partly lit, the tops of houses, a faded red water tower and a darkening evening sky.

The faded red water tank out past the roofs of houses. The winter.sky.

Snow on the basement stairs.

Snow on the basement stairs 2:00 pm. Still snowing

Back yard covered with snow ❄️

Nor'easter blizzard at noon, still snowing.

Winter sky with moon and Plane tree

Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again

Very pretty Moon. I, for one, care about the moon 24/7/365.

Green-eyed grey-gold-and-white-furred kitten.

This why she's named Shayna Punim!

Well, if it has to do with water, the antonyms is submerging. Triton emerges from the waves blowing his horn and then he submerges and all is still again. Except the waves. Except the waves.

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Well, somebody should!

Uncle Isidore shares the warmth of his chair with Shayna Punim. Summer's just about finished. Two cats sharing a cHair..

Uncle Isidore shares the warmth of his chair with Shayna Punim. Summer's just about finished.

immigration judges are not real judges; rather, they are bureaucrats charged with the current president's spurious agenda of mass deportation.

I could go on, but I am unable to keep up the Rant Mode for very long...

the eyes of the rest of the world, and yet it is highly unlikely that government officials or contractors would be punished. No need to multiply examples.

Moreover, the so-called immigration courts operate outside settled law, proffered mere opinion as legal guidance The so-called

government should take measures to expel them? Is a statement by a cabinet secretary that protesting "makes the U.S. look bad" sufficient legal justification for criminalizing groups and deporting protestors? Indeed, there are many U.S. government activities that make this country look bad in

Under what statute can the immigration system demand full disclosure of participation in lawful assembly and demonstrations? Internal policy of the immigration system is not law. What legislature or committee of elected officials rules over the designation of political groups as so dangerous that

Grey and white Tuxedo cat. Sleeping on the chair he and I share. He is probably dreaming of a future where there are no pesky eyedrops. This is Isidore.

Isidor is probably dreaming of a future without eyedrops.

That's #PandemicMagicalThinking you've described so well as the "whole 'It's over'" &c.

Gotta say seeing governors competing to one up each other to see who can make vaccines most accessible is a refreshing change.

Here's my new study partner, SarahTheCat.

My son once brought home two unvaccinated dogs from his best friend's house. They both had parvo; the little chihuahua died very painfully, but the big fluffy mixed breed puppy somehow survived. It's not only MDs who should take care to do no harm. Everyone should.

I already miss you. But really, do take care of yourself.

Note whose hands he shook, and note how he walked right past Justice Kagan without even looking her way. A boor as well as crook.