Picture Day! September 29, 2025 Edition

First, meet Slasher! He has made himself a fixture on our deck…even Maisie & Max have accepted him into the family! Next, the obligatory recent pix of our own critters Some photos of the grands from a few days ago And finally, a few misc pictures at home

GUEST POST from Don – Comments on News

COMMENTS ON NEWS Fox reports:Β Β β€œMSNBC’s Jen Psaki turns church school shooting into attack on prayer, Trump’s DC crime crackdown” Psaki intoned the long-used rhetoric that β€œprayer is not enough.”  She thinks (wrongly) that more legislation is needed.  In my experience (50 years of watching politics), it is clear that legislation is not enough either.  There have been at …
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STINGING INSECTS This is the time of year when wasps, yellow jackets, bumble bees and hornets become pests.  What to do about them? [NOTICE: Never spray wasp and hornet killer inside the house (the stuff that shoots a 20′ stream).  It will ruin floors, walls, drapes and bedding.  It also can cause life-threatening reactions in humans and pets.] …
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Picture Day! June 17, 2025 Edition

Quite a mish-mash of photos this week! Tuesday, June 10th: I took a photo of this beautiful little bushy plant/shrub when we were out and about, because I love it and don’t know what it is but I want one – or more! Can you ID this for me? Wednesday, June 11 Saturday, June 14 …
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Picture Day! June 9, 2025 Edition

Posting this a day late…sorry…. This first group is from my granddaughter Lyra’s birthday dinner (Golden Corral, Saginaw MI); the first photo was taken on her 11th birthday which was also graduation day from elementary school. These pics are from granddaughter Luna’s birthday dinner; she chose the Mongolian Grill in Midland. Just some fun photos…a …
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