One day past full, the moon sets in the western sky over the lake. Early morning clouds and mist rising over the ridge are reflected in the water

Morning moon set.

Old people call each other every month to remind their friends what day the check is coming. It’s that important.

He does get brushed and groomed, but oh my, post walk and zoomies
he’s a dust mop!

It looks like a white dust mop on a blue bedspread. It is in fact a sleeping dog. Plants and guitars in the background

It’s a dog.

An antique iron bedstead planted with flowers - a flower bed?

A bed of flowers.

Federal employees being asked to account for their time at work is not new or novel. I worked in special education for 50 years. Our staff were required to do "time studies" for two weeks twice a year. We documented every minute of our working day. Thats how funding and hiring decisions were made

"Logic only gives man what he needs," he stammered. "Magic gives him what he wants" - From Another Roadside Attraction.

Oh for fs, that's how we got here! Before Bush's 'No Child Left Behind" reforms that prioritzed test scores, we actually used to teach courses in Civics, Current Issues and Critical Thinking.

Sounds like you’ve been through some school shooter drills.

Shih Tzu sitting in a car seat looking a bit sad.

Out for a ride with Tuze. He’s unhappy because I won’t let him drive.

Flag pole on a snow flecked lawn with an American flag flying above a Trump 2024 flag.

In this photo of the Trump 2024 flag you can clearly see the phrase “Fuck Your Feelings.”

What do you think- will they be taking this flag down after the inauguration? Or will I get to drive by it for the next four years?
Way to bring the country together.

A young brown and white shin tzu with his stick on a winter beach.

Tuze, the shih tzu hanging out in his brown plaid bed.

Woman dressed for the snow in hat and scarf, holds a shih tzu who has snowballs in his fur.

This is Tuze. It’s his day!

What a small, petty man.

An empty bench, with a coating of new snow, seen from the back, looks out on snow covered trees.

Good morning winter. I’ll just be here, watching for the light to return.

A photo of the checkout desk at a small library with bookcases and fireplace in the background.

Wednesdays I volunteer at the local library. Best day of the week. 📚

Part ok a thorn apple tree trunk sprouting a tangle of thorny needle branches.

Feeling prickly

Maybe you could have embraced the atmosphere here and posted something kind, positive or uplifting for your first post.

It starts by us imagining it.

A close up of a green monarch butterfly chrysalis. It hangs from a board, its gold spots glimmer.

A monarch butterfly chrysalis.

Shows a large jade plan blooming with clusters of white star shaped flowers.

Close up of jade plant flower clusters- bunches of 6 or 7 little white star shaped flowers among jade plant leaves

🌱 My jade plant is in bloom! It’s nearly 30 years old. First time it’s done this.

How is Star Treks’s Enterprise like toilet paper?
It circles Uranus and picks off Klingons.

A bench faces the lake on a rain misty day. A large black umbrella rests on the end of the bench.

“Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares that will not withdraw from us.” - Maya Angelou

It’s always a bench that calls me-to sit, to gaze, to disconnect, to dream, and once strengthened, to get up and get on with life.

We want kindness, human connection and positivity. We want a healthy town square.

Bye bye Morning Joe.

Thank you so much. Delightful as well as calming.

Empty bench looking over a calm lake on a beautiful blue sky day.

Good morning Bluesky. So happy to be here.

“Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits…”
A.A.Milne

Tuze says Hi.

Stepped into a double phone booth on a street corner in NYC in 1968 to make a call. In the other booth- only a pane of glass separating us- David McCallum ( most recently Ducky from NCIS, but in 1968 he was sexy secret agent from The Man From Uncle)

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese