In the Neighborhood:

3/26: First daffodil bloom! We had a couple of days in the lo-60's.

Unfortunately, we later had a couple of nights down to the lower 20's and fried the bloom.

Mamachuck and the Gnomes:

I wonder if this is Mamachuck from last year or is this one of her children (or grandchild) who has returned to the home of their youth?

Later that day, temps began to drop and rain arrived:

A fluffer foraging at the Diner, using his tail as an umbrella:

Inside, Buddy-roo and I were warm, snug and chillin' on the couch:

Later, C joined us and he received a premium, blissful belly-rub:

3/27: Sunny but cold:

Big Woody and Mr. Redbird at the feeder. You can see Woody is heftier than RB:

One of the Nutkin siblings taking a break:

3/28: No Kings rally at the Capitol. LSJ estimates 2,000 people attended:

It was a brisky day although the sun helped and it wasn't raining. An estimated 8 million people attended across America. C was in North Carolina at a conference so I joined my neighbors from across the street.

Later back home, M/M Redbird were having supper together at the Diner:

I'm noticing the Canadian geese are pairing up: it's egg-making time!

3/29: This morning, I was pulling out of my drive when I saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes flying over my street. I'll be checking the nearby fields to see if they are feeding. Earlier last week, I was out filling the feeder and thought I heard their call off in the distance. Stay tuned!

3/30: gorgeous early Spring day-got up to 73°! While I worked on cleaning up leaves, I saw a cabbage butterfly! Looking at past year's posts, he's here early by a couple of weeks. 

Bud and I ran into TBK in the East Garden and I chased him away. He fled to one of Benny's shrubs. Earlier one evening, I spotted them squared off by Benny's garage:

This reminded me of the epic battles Bin had with Benny's neighbor's cat Snowball. We're now thinking The Black Kitty is a stray. It seems to consider Benny's land as its realm (Benny is feeding it so yeah, its food dish is there).  I saw it one evening, hunkered down in a Sphinx pose facing our property. Buddy was on our side. I thought at the time-well, at least it's polite-staying over there. 

Waxing gibbous moon-April Full Pink Moon arriving 4/1:

As it often happens in Spring, there were stray showers about. We received a quickie while the sun was still shining.

An earthling pleasure: the aroma after a rain.   

More daffs in bloom. Note the swarm of box elder bugs on the garage walls. They'll be gone soon.

3/31: More showers and wind dropped Mr. Maple's red buds:

 

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Fun vids:

Fun facts!: 2,400 year old mosaic features a skeleton with a cup of wine extolling the viewer to "Be cheerful, enjoy your life"! It was found in 2012 in Antakya, Turkey. It is thought to be a in the dining room of a wealthy family’s villa in the ancient Greek-Roman city of Antioch, known as an early center of Christianity, and possibly the place where followers of Jesus Christ were first called Christians. 

 

How Monarch Butterflies navigate when migrating: pretty amazing stuff!

Sky turns red in Australia:

"Swing to the Moon" a forest spider desires to spin its web all the way to the moon.

"Lifted" animated short that explains why UFO abductees return so messed up, lol:

 

 Orange Floyd "Cosmic Stray" if Pink Floyd were cats:

"Kayak" A dad takes his baby son on a kayak trip that turns into a classic "Let's not tell Mom about this" event. Gotta wonder, who takes an infant on a kayak?

 

"Dernier Acte"(Final act)-Big game hunter and his hapless helper vs a MamaCheetah:

 "Lost" a star traveler crashes on an unknown planet:

Fascinating story about a 17th C. piece of furniture called a Barniz de Pasto cabinet from Colombia:

A couple of Robin Williams:

"Creating Man and Woman":

 "On Men":

 

Mad Ads: 

From Duluth Trading Co.-underwear for men who work their butts off. Pitching real men manosphere men:

 

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Hodgepodge for $300:

What would night sky look like if our eyes detected all the stars a telescope can:

Yes, mushrooms do have the strength to punch through plastic. The power of life:

 

White ravens of Vancouver Island, British Columbia:

They are leucistic, meaning they have reduced pigmentation rather than a total lack of it (albinism). A recessive gene is responsible for the condition. They often have light blue eyes.

A Holocaust survivor recounted getting very angry with his children when they wasted food especially bread. Scraps of bread helped him and his fellow inmates survive. In several instances, it was one of the first foods given after liberation. "It was so good, so good!" exclaimed the man.

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FUBARland: 

Gregg Phillips, who was appointed in December 2025 to lead FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery, claims that he was with his sons and, while driving, was "teleported" 50 miles away to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.

1. You just can't make this shit up like this when it comes to the Roach administration.

2. Where the hell do they find these crackpots?

3. Oh yeah, he lacks any formal disaster-relief experience and  of course, has a history of promoting conspiracy theories online. That sounds par for the course. Another worthless POS.
 

Ain't this the truth and it's been this way for many years:

 

Our 250th anniversary as a nation, bookended by Mad King George and Mad King (wannabe) Donald.

 

I'm sure one of Whiskey Pete's wet dreams is having a movie made about him in the vein of "Patton". He has staged speeches with that kind of vibe of the ultra-American Warrior: