iris lilies
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yep, this guy shouldn’t put himself up in front of YouTube as a talker. sorry Catherine, I just couldn’t listen, too unpolished.

Today the Supreme Court in the United Kingdom declared, unanimously, that the definition of “woman “as used in the 2010 Equality Act refers to...

Egg hunts are the best part of Easter, that and all of the pastel decor. I’m glad he enjoys them.

I haven't figured out Substack user interface. I can’t find the short list of authors I subscribe to. i can’t read comments on random...

The markets do not like instability.

it is all so ugh, this financial world stuff. I have to admit that the cartoon Roger displays in post # 255 is a bit about me.

great job! Keep at it.Those big round numbers can be so satisfying.

Springfield is such a land of strip malls. I’m surprised they have any old buildings left, but looks like they have one less. That is too bad.

so everyone is playing with their kittens, their guinea pigs, and their puppies. That sounds like a good day for everyone and happy stuff that is so...

I haven’t watched the Bannon interview clip, but I mean to do that soon.

I just had a creepy conversation with ChatGPT. Not expecting much, I asked it to tell me about a particular aspect of contemporary art I am seeing....

I enjoyed Bill Maher’s report of his visit to the White House last week. Maher famously said he would vote for Joe Biden‘s head in a jar of blue...

Oh my, I will probably have to buy and download that one as well.

Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden Harris, and the odds in the wildest campaign in history by Chris Whipple I raced through this new book, one of...

The dread of airports and crowded planes is one thing that keeps me home.

I really want at least one more overseas blow out trip. Maybe two. I have travel ennui, which is so annoying because I have time to travel and I...

Oh Lord no don’t do what we do. We have plenty of of money despite having a lot of it with a brokerage firm. You are talking about using a fee...

People sure have different tolerances of space invasion, both digital space and physical space. Our garden is open in June for Hermann’s garden...

I thought about you yesterday. Must have been chaos. What is your official source of information about tarries and etc. from the Feds? Do they...

Good for you, Miss Detective Lady! That confirms what I said about ease of identification. I haven’t tried my hand at that particular therapist,...

I’m just kidding about missing a buying opportunity. I don’t time the market mainly because I’m frozen on ideas of what I’m supposed to do. So I just...

Damn. Missed that buying opportunity. there will probably be another though in this crazy time

Years ago we visited Switzerland at a time when beets were in season. Every restaurant served shredded beet salad. And I ate it every time! Loved it.

Haha yeah that’s it!

Yes, I do remember posting something and probably multiple something’s with my name.

Reddit is a hellscape of fun. Unfortunately, for me, there too in the St. Louis sub Reddit I couldn’t keep my mouth shut about where I’ve lived and...

Stories about privacy on forums: Two other financial related forums I frequent have “journal “sections that are not indexed in Google so that...

I realize I didn’t answer your question. My life is not a “open book “because I don’t reveal super personal stuff, but other stuff I put out on the...

catherine, you are so nice. You couldn’t find me because you are not devious. Believe me, I’ve dropped enough hints over the years here that anyone...

Dh grows beets in his garden so we have some every year. I usually end up boiling them because I don’t like using the oven during summer. if you...

Anyone who wants to figure out who I am in real life, can figure it out. I have more than 23 years of posts on this website although the first 10...

Thank you for confirming my thought that it did seem they were stranded. The media sources were trying hard to create an alternate universe. And they...

Elon Musk’s space ship rescued stranded astronauts a couple of weeks ago. There wasn’t much in mainstream news about it, maybe half a day’s story. ...

It makes me anxious, very anxious, but I try to act like a grown-up. I try to be calm about it, because realistically, I’m not much personally...

The leaves have holes punched in them because they’re simulating voting punchcard holes and hanging chads from the 2000 presidential election. The...

I just got back from a flower show today. The St. Louis Daffodil Society had its show and we had to recruit DH at the last minute to fill a class....

It’s raining here, but still lots of protestors were out in suburban St. Louis. I drove through a long line of them, I would say three blocks long....

I’m feeling lighter today because I got rid of a dozen floral containers, ones someone had donated to our plant society. I made flower arrangements...

Honey, you need a dog. with us the very few bits that go bad can usually be consumed by a dog. I had a small bag of turkey that was at the back...

That’s kinda funny, Bobby. Living with Mom & Dad, ok. Still, there is one neighbor on every block who defines “Dad needs to have a talk/box his...

I’m probably just not educated about HOA‘s in my region. I suppose there are plenty of suburbia places that have HOAs because I can think of some...

it’s a rare time when we throw out food because it’s bad. When I buy fruits and vegetables, I use the ones that go bad towards the front of the week....

I am so puzzled by the both of you mentioning HOA. in my part of the country, HOA’s only exist to control condominium complexes. But apparently some...

Rosa, that’s good news about your sister. My brother is 61 and he’s retiring this year so I’m glad he’s getting out of his rat race. I’m so, so...

I can’t imagine that Tradd’s bosses would give her time off during this time when they need her the most.

Awwwww, I miss our magic alley. Now we actually have to PLAN how to get rid of things. And our little municipality stopped having bulk pickup...

I know, awful.

It is naive to think any large scale government action is carried out perfectly. I knew some people would be caught up improperly in these...

It is indeed chilling to think simple peaceful protesting is now an act unfriendly to the U.S. But it is also good to remember that legal non...

Wonderful!

One week after my last post about blue bells I’ve seen them come up all over. they’re in the front bed and they’re in the back bed where I...

I still remember the novel I read 40+ years ago called The Wind about a woman driven mad by the wind when she lived in rural, desolate Texas.

I planted a Plumbago a few years ago. They are not hardy here and boy that was an expensive annual, but it was beautiful with those heavenly blue...

about household drinks: Diana in Wisconsin had a house full of boys and used to water down the milk with powdered milk and this was Amy’s suggestion....

Yesterday Budweiser pulled $150,000 sponsorship from our local Pride event. They have been a sponsor for decades. Interesting.

that’s definitely true in the plant circles I travel in. The only ornamentals younger people seem to like are natives. And that’s fine, let them...

oh you have no idea of the general incompetence, or ennui, or both, of the organizations I deal with in their digital lives. They make me crazy! ...

I love falalfels! I have made them from a mix as well.