Angela Merkel's "poker face" problem

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Made me laugh.......



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some long-overdue phone calls

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tulip tree

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I think our tulip tree has more flowers this year than ever before.

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daisies in the 'hood

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Daisies in the neighborhood.

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iris

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Iris and snow-in-summer in the beautiful garden at the other end of my old block.

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June 5, 2019

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I am not a pastel person. And I am not a pink person. But look what followed me home from the farmers’ market.  You can't really tell how big this bouquet is.  It's huge, and very tall.  A whole lot of "wow"......  Iris.

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June 4, 2019 -- a day of amazing firsts!

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A day of exciting firsts! 

1)  First time this year the laundry has gone outside to dry. 

2)  Not sure, but betting this is the first time since I’ve owned a house in springtime that the first loads didn’t go out till June! (Chilly wet weather means laundry hangs in the basement.)

3)  And finally, a first that is almost certainly a last — we had exactly as many clothes pins as we needed to hang up these two loads. (That white load uses a LOT of clothes pins!)

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Jaime Harrison is challenging Lindsey Graham

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Democrat Jaime Harrison is challenging Lindsey Graham in South Carolina!

This very good video makes him look like a wonderful candidate.  Fingers crossed!



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in the "you learn something every day department"...

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... here's the coolest thing I learned today!  There is info on a car's instrument panel telling you which side you'll put the gas in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have specifically checked a rental car to see which side I need to put gas into, and have still driven up to the wrong side of the pump.

This is so cool!!!!  Who knew!?!??!!?!

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viburnum

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Viburnum is one of my spring faves.  Love the spicy scent........

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Lily Tomlin calls General Motors

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Amazing how applicable most of this is to Right Now....  :-)



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the Science Guy tells it like it is

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Truth, from Bill Nye.  (Skip this one if you can't deal with cuss words.)





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Happy Mothers' Day

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Happy Mothers' Day!

Happy Mothers' Day to my mom, who loves flowers and gardening.

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a "thanks for writing get-out-the-vote postcards" video :-)

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This video is from one of the campaigns I've been writing for.  He mentions some benefits of writing get-out-the-vote postcards that I'd thought of -- not just getting out the vote, but encouraging the candidate.  He also mentions a big one I hadn't thought of -- people on the ground, hearing about people all over the country writing to help in their district -- are more motivated to get out and knock on doors, etc.

Go, Blue Wave!!!!



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more May the Fourth

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Spotted the above on a whole long page of May the Fourth goodness at the Daily Kos.

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May the Fourth, 2019

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RISE UP

RESIST

rest

REPEAT

May the Fourth be with you.

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