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  I always check the guys across the street #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday

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  Just a rose in an autumn sunset #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #ChineseRose #Roses #OurGarden #BloomScrolling

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  Fall scoring! h/t @anae@mstdn.mx #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday

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  Roly poly Monty has, after much suffering, lost 2 pounds. This means his cytopoint shots are cheaper. 😂😁 #SeattleWashington #DogsOfMastodon

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  "But the strongest lesson from South Korea is about timing: Aging societies have more options when they act before fiscal pressure, labor shortages and unmet care needs become severe." #WhatNext #Economics #AgingAndPolicy https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/how-south-korea-is-tackling-its-super%E2%80%91aging-problem-and-what-other-aging-nations-can-learn-from-its-experience.html For what it's worth, I don't think an aging society is bad or horrifying. It...

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  Oh good, are we planning to send undercover armed forces to Mexico? How's that for a distraction? #Politics #WhatNext #USForeignRelations Poll Attributed to US State Dept Claims Most Mexicans Support Unilateral US Military Intervention Against Cartels | naked capitalism https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/09/beyond-risible-poll-attributed-to-us-state-dept-claims-most-mexicans-support-us-military-intervention-against-cartels.html

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  Interesting article #LocalPolitics #CivicAssemblies https://www.cascadepbs.org/the-newsfeed-2/2026/06/citizens-work-together-to-come-up-with-their-countys-ai-policies/

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  Today I amazed myself. I got up late! I read all my social media and emai! I read all the news that's fit to read! I did my crosswords, Spelling Bee, etc puzzles! I walked to the P-Patch! I winter prepped half my patch by chopping up squash leaves for mulch. I walked back home! All before noon!💪💪 💪 😅 I even ate breakfast and had a late coffee break, and talked to people.

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  Another candelabrum tree, Thuja plicata, redcedar, on a street corner. It overpowers the house next to it and intimidates pedestrians. As it should. #Photography #SeattleWashington #Trees #ThickTrunkTuesday #TreeTuesday #OurNeighborhood

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  More of this, Seattle #SeattleWashington #Ecology #Conservation #SeattleParks #PollinatorPatches https://parkways.seattle.gov/2026/09/15/partnering-for-pollinators/

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  The dangers of acronyms #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday

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  The perfect murder? #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday

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  Trump regime loses again re mail in ballots https://www.savethepostoffice.com/court-rejects-government-request-to-lift-injunction-halting-trumps-election-executive-order-and-usps-rule/

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  A couple of houses on this block put up a yearly sidewalk border display of zinnias mixed in with other flowers on 20th Ave. All kinds of bees love it! #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #OurNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #DogWalks

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  One reason I don't get going on a casual hike with earbuds in and talking to someone on the phone #TouchGrass https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/listening-to-birdsong-in-a-forest-lowered-a-persons-stress-during-experiment/

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  "Children, everybody, here's what to do during war: In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment."--Maxine Hong Kingston #WhatNext #Ecology #Restoration https://www.owlinamerica.com/july-26-2026/?ref=owl-in-america-newsletter

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  Diagnosing heart attacks in women can be tricky. And heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Women and doctors need to be more proactive #WomensHealth #HeartDisease https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2026/jul/27/women-heart-attack-symptoms-testing

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  A bumblebee photobombed the photo opp, but flew off after just a brief touchdown. There were lots of bumblebees in the squash, and the honeybees were all over the arugula flowers. #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #OurNeighborhood #PicardoFarmPPatch #SquashBlossom #BloomScrolling

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  Some thpughts on invasive and noninvasive insects and whether you should "control" them. "If a species is reducing the resilience of a site we’re managing, we have an obligation to mitigate that." #Ecology #NaturalHistory #Conservation https://prairieecologist.com/2026/07/23/those-bugs-are-eating-my-flowers-what-do-i-do/

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  I could smell the lilies from a block away #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #BloomScrolling #OurNeighborhood #Lilies #SidewalkFlowers

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  Solar on farms: an ecological +++ #solarPower #FarmsAndSolar https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jul/20/colorado-farming-solar-panels-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url

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  A photo before the squirrels get them! Sadler's oak (Quercus sadleriana) #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #NativePlants #NativePlantsOfThePNW #Oaks #Acorns

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  A trip to the P-Patch :Seattle Parks adds an anti-ICE sign, and suddenly I have vegetable life #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer ##PicardoFarmPPatch #Greenery

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  Pallas cats https://digbysblog.net/2026/07/17/friday-night-soother-367/

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  Hoarding syndrome I think it's a form of OCD, right? #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday

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  A simple yellow rose #Photography #SeattleSummer #BloomScrolling #SeattleWashington #Roses #OurNeighborhood

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  #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday

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  Star jasmine perfuming the air. We still have privet, and the lilies are coming on. #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #BloomScrolling #OurNeighborhood #Jasmine

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  If you interested in an AI bubble monitor, this is fairly easy to understand and is updated weekly https://cepr.net/publications/ai-bubble-monitor/

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  Catalpa flowers like tree popcorn #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSummer #OurNeighborhood #BloomScrolling #Catalpas