Yes...it feels like SPRING out!
(...there...I've said it...now watch the blizzard arrive...)
The woodchuck has promised an early arrival...and I am seeing and hearing several signs, though.
(...morning Spring bird song...the misty pale green-up of a nearby willow tree...tipping bulbs...and perhaps the surest sign of all...sneezing and morning allergies starting...)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...chooooooooooooooooooo!
Be that as it may, I am hopeful...and celebrating the near sixty degree day with the first of the outdoor tidying.
Adding the leaves and gathered plant debris on the patio to the compost box...and check to see how it has fared this winter.
Cleaning pots for planting...replanting.
Make a list of repairs and touch ups outdoors for Spring proper.
Make my gardening plans for this year.
But mostly just enjoy the warm up, and the HOPE of the coming season...and celebrating (almost) another Winter behind me.
Started the week with James and Kaylee who stopped by after her physical therapy.
She is doing great...and such a teenager now!
Enjoying James' Pupdate
And listening to him with new guitar-work (live) on Facebook.
Chris and Tina have discovered a new place
(Ragnarok)
"Beer and Axes...how could THAT possibly go wrong???"
They loved it!
Chris has been learning fancy tie knots...presumably for business world.
I love love love this second knot...and had never seen it before.
Tina bought him the ties.
(...to put them in perspective...these two ties cost more than everything I am currently wearing...)
We are looking forward to his graduation!!!
Not long now.
The Book this Week:
A lot of good information about Belize, and its surrounding cayes.
Some Recipes and many Belizean things to discover/try/explore/order.
Well worth the time.
This Week's Movie:
Nothing deep and soul searching in this film...just a lot of laughs and twists, betrayals and turns and above all...a really good time.
You'll LOVE it!
The Wuhan Virus
n Cov 19
Covid 19
Cov-SARS 2
Whatever you call it...it spells trouble.
The CDC and WHO have now been admitted to Hubei.
And it is a mess.
Everyone very very concerned that this is going to be our next Pandemic.
Numbers on the outside of Mainland China are steadily rising.
The mortality rate of this virus now at between 2.5 and 3%
Deaths have now far surpassed MERS and SARS.
Here are the recent numbers
Still too early to tell where this thing is headed.
A slight slowdown noted midweek in new cases.
And finally
And if you are huddled in a corner with a pint of Hagen Daz...I completely understand.
What a shit-show.
And that is just the last Democratic Debate.
With everybody fighting...everybody.
So much infighting that the ONLY clear winner from this night was Donald Trump.
Instead of presenting ideas and platforms they spent the time tearing at each others weak spots and soft underbellies.
Trump should send them all thank you notes and flowers, because all this cage fighting will be very useful in his re-election.
SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE...
If we don't come together and stop this we will get another 4 years of Ugly Lord Orangestroke...
And we will deserve it.
And Trump...emboldened by his Acquittal in the Senate Trial has been on an absolute rip the past week.
A Purge at the White House.
Firing anyone that has the audacity to say anything contradictory or negative about him.
Still trying to root out the author of that unflattering Op-Ed.
His Spiritual Advisor
Paula White...Pastor from Florida...
(...How do you get from the Trailer Park to the White House...)
who (last week) encouraged people not to pay their utility bills but instead contribute to her church...and "God will take care of the lights."
(...good luck with this approach...)
And the week before that asked God to end all SATANIC pregnancies through miscarriage.
Now claims
(...I am NOT making this up...)
that she
QUOTE
"I literally went to the Throne Room of God. There was a mist that was coming off the water, and I went to the throne of God, and I didn’t see God’s face clearly, but I saw the face of God … I knew it was the face of God."
and continues
"He put a mantle [on me] and it was a very distinct mantle. There was a mantle, and I saw it very distinctly, the color was like a goldish, a yellowish goldish and then I saw the Earth for a moment, and [God] brought me back, and he put me in certain places, one being the White House, one being certain continents."
concluding
"I didn’t come out of that really until the next morning."
Yeah...you know, Paula...most of us refer to that as DREAMING...but you do you, okay?
If this doesn't scream the need for better access to mental healthcare in America, I don't know what does.
But I sincerely hope not one red cent of our taxpayer dollars are going toward this soothsayer.
Somebody needs to check!
Roger Stone also got sentenced to 40 months in prison this week...and is appealing it...of course.
After his sentencing he said
"I am going to get her (the judge) removed from my trial...and have another judge..."
OMG.
(...now I need the corner and the Hagen Daz...)
Forget these clowns and try to have a great weekend!
