"Realized hostages are 2 big to replant. Any chance your boys could pick up and dump??" Yes, I literally wrote that text. If Big Brother/Sister is monitoring my rebellious posts, that unintentional murder for hire plea probably got a "hey what?" I am actually talking about the below-damn autocorrect.
SPRING FRENZY First it was the finch frenzy for food and then the people frenzy at the local gardening store on a Monday. Oceans of frantic gardeners grasping gargantuan green gaggles of grape tomato plants as well as other vegetable, fruit and flower variations in a steady stream. Memorial Day is the unofficial Michigan "maybe it won't freeze anymore and we can plant day". We thought we were safe on a weekday, but apparently everyone works from home with a variety of break times.
Additionally, we "remodeled" the front forty so to speak so now I'm faithfully hosing down 30+ plants every morning. Nothing keeps you motivated like a huge landscaping bill. In a mad desire for clean lines I had them obliterate the chive forest growing over the back patio much to the OH's disappointment. But the ways these things propagate I am sure they will be back. Tomato plants are in for the 44th year in a row so he should be happy. It was amazing though how many inquiries we had for the massively overgrown hostas shown above. We learned how to divide them with an axe as these buggers' roots are tough. Should have done that years ago as they were too massive to replant. I will miss, not their massiveness take-over the garden persona, but the way they came back faithfully every year turning from tiny green shoots to full-blown plants in about two weeks.
WASH DC RINSE, REPEAT Nothing says class like a giant cage rising above the white house on the south lawn so we can watch bare-chested fighters duke it out like slaves performing in the roman coliseum. Bread and circuses though we seem darn lacking in the bread, gas, cost of living arena. This is a shit show for one if you get my drift. Those who can't egg on those who will. This is the best we can do? Though it does kind of negate claims for that fancy "secure" billion-dollar ballroom if an open-air event can manage to keep marmie safe. Darn, I knew it wasn't about security.
Meanwhile...as Colbert used to say. While white house trashing continues and the great negotiator still hasn't got a deal from Iran, Putin and Xi are shaking hands, other departments of government are functioning on life support. Desperate measures are being sought to re-fund FEMA that got literally destroyed under what's her name as we enter hurricane season. Planes are crashing on a weekly basis, three plants have exploded, environmental fallout continues, a dearth of farm and factory workers is upending the economy, and the health department is looking for "volunteers" to help track and contain Ebola from incoming plane passengers. Just spit balling here but this is what happens when you eliminate qualified employees and scuttle regulations. But we got a cage match to look forward to and a lonnnngggg speech from he who would be king instead of real entertainment on our 250-birthday party. Yep, we be screwed.
GIVE 'EM A BREAK The horrible accident that took the lives of two Michigan DOT makes me sad and angry. These folks are out there every day getting cursed at and dodging citizens who are upset about being inconvenienced. I had the same problem at the City and actually lost one in a car/street accident. Other near misses were only avoided by the "fleet of foot". Especially the pothole fillers. Move in and out in the breaks between cars to drop your asphalt and leap out of the way? My inspiration that they called impractical, was to create a square barricade that went around the workers attached to the truck that would move when they did. They said people won't notice until it's too late and the cars will just hit the barrier-ahh yeah exactly my thought.... At any rate, you know the drill.
Peace Out/Stay Strong/Love Your Neighbor/Eat More Cake/Drive Efficiently/Salute a Vet 💚 💙💛
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