FIVE SECOND STORIES (updated 5/26)

In the Neighborhood:

More rain yesterday-.7" during the afternoon and early evening. I'm sure the MI Weather Gods are being excoriated on social media with this wet holiday weather.

>Really? Barely a trace of rain all effin' month long and now, for our first summer holiday, you decide to do us a favor? 

Heavy fog morning start with low 80's promised for the pm. At the Diner, our resident Stampy:

 

The peonies are showing bud:

Bud surveying the realm, finding a dry strip on the deck:

Happy Memorial Day:

 

Later in the day, 80° and mostly sunny. Johnny's backyard:

I tossed some peanuts out and a BigTail was so there in the dappled sunlight of my jungle/lawn:

Big Blue flew in to join in the peanut hunt:

 Buddy exhibiting the spirit of the holiday:

Our young squirrel taking extreme umbrage with Buddy's presence with a lot of tail switching and vocalizations:

Oy! drama and squirrels, especially with the young. Mr. Jay stopped by to see what the fuss was about:
 

Eventually, the youngun calmed down and ran off. Mr. Goldfinch stopped by for a bite: 

5/26-pleasant morning and the bun siblings were having breakfast along with a BigTail:

C'mere you!

Just can't eat one!

Meanwhile, the other sibling was hanging out by the shed: 

Hodgepodge for $200:

Beautiful car design: 1939 Delahaye type 165 Cabriolet. Only 2 built.

 

Sculpture by English artist Penny Hardy:

From her "Blown Away" series 2019 

 

In Kingsland, Arkansas, the birthplace of country music legend Johnny Cash, has a silhouette of "The Man in Black" holding a signature red guitar painted on the side of their 50,000-gallon water tank. In May 2022, a vandal (who was eventually convicted and fined) shot a bullet directly through Cash's crotch area. 

I'm sure alcohol was involved. 

Perhaps a group of adult guys one night came up with this "Spring" stunt. The debate amongst them was who was the best shot while drunk as most were military-trained and all were expert hunters.

Giant lemur-the Indri, perpetually looking over-caffeinated or using too much speed.
 

Another sharp-dressed man-the Sarada Lizard from India:

 

The earliest ancestors of Praying Mantis first appeared ~145+ million years ago during the Jurassic Period:

MADads: 

I neva understood the cult of ranch dressing. Here is a 1 gallon container ($15.99 at Walmart). I recently saw an ad where a frig was opened revealing a 4 gallon jug complete with spout. I also see on YT shorts people have made on X testifying (that's right brothers and sisters!) their love of Ranch: "I'll eat it on anything!" they declare. To each their own. I'm more of a thousand island guy which I only eat on salad or a burger.