I
finally got the long daylily flower bed and the round flower bed
completely weeded and the lettuce in. Still have two more flower beds
to go, one in the back where the poppies grow every spring and they
are already starting to sprout and the big one in the front yard with
the roses and yellow bells both of which are full of evening primrose
which I do love, but not in my flower beds which, it seems, is where
they want to grow this year.
Saturday
and Sunday afternoon I worked on setting up my display. First I had
to remember how it went together, thought maybe about flipping the
arrangement which had its own problems but changed my mind. I'm
still deciding what to put where and I'm fetching my sister's fold up
table, which I won't actually use as there is one in the glass
blowing studio at my disposal, this morning to work on that part of
the display. I ordered new business cards, sans the etched glass!,
from my daughter who works at a print shop and I'm trying to locate a
display easel I can borrow to prop my poster on with the explanation
of the technique.
The
ginkgoes are bright yellow now and leaves are starting to drift down
in the wind of the cold front blowing in today. Supposed to get down
in the low 30s˚ tonight.
The
pecans are nearly naked.
The
farmer finally got the rest of his cotton crop harvested and now the
field is mowed and fallow for winter.
Meanwhile,
while we've all been distracted by the Thanksgiving holiday, Trump
dismissed a dire report by scientists on global warming that it will
adversely affect crop production if greenhouse gases aren't curtailed greatly and immediately because baby it's cold outside, E
Coli broke out as a result of rescinding Obama's agriculture
inspection rules, GM and Ford are preparing to lay off thousands of
workers and closing factories while China has found permanent
replacements for the crops and products they bought from us as a
result of Trump's trade war, and that most despicable man ordered our ports of entry at San
Diego and San Ysidro closed and border patrol is firing tear gas at
hungry and exhausted women and children on the Mexican side of the
border in blatant violation of US and international law while the
Republican congress turns a blind eye, a test to see what kind of backlash he gets. Next step, bullets.
And of course, Democrats are bickering over who gets to be House leader instead of uniting against Trump's policies. I don't think this country will survive much more of his 'greatness'.
Trump says he was very tough on GM about plant closures. And, he's calling himself President T, these days. I think his world is spinning out of control. Gassing babies. We can only hope we get out of this, sooner than later.
ReplyDeletePresident T? I hadn't come across that one yet. is that supposed to be like Mr. T to show how big and mean he is? what a fucking chump.
DeleteI feel as if my country has been hijacked by a dictator and that everything that is good and kind has been turned upside down. It will take decades to undo all the damage that this asshat has wrought in a few short years. Give us strength to survive him.
ReplyDeleteI don't see us getting our markets back from China or Mexico for that matter but it may be a moot point. A decade from now we might not have any crops to sell. and if we still have any allies, they will never trust us again.
DeleteI love my Evening Primrose also but they just take over. When cleaning up my flower beds in early fall, I pulled out so many from their roots but I know they will probably return again next spring.
ReplyDeleteLast night’s 60 Minutes program about the separation of children and parents at the border was heartbreaking and disgusting. How can this be happening in America? Now, the tear gas and not a word from Congress.
The inaction of congress astounds me most of all. How can they watch and do nothing?
ReplyDeleteOr nukes, Ellen. It is so screwed up, and I don't think Bernie Sanders or any other Demos in line will help much. I've nearly given up and hope the millennials can untangle the mess. Donna@gather.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that farmer got his cotton harvested. As for Trump, well, the whole world is such a nightmare right now.
ReplyDeleteThe garden is getting its deserved attention and I wish you every success with the display. I cut the evening primrose after flowering and it behaves, sort of. My problem is comfrey which has loved this summer's (and ongoing) drought, spreading and flowering all over. It's all very well but there's a alimit even to blue blossoms.
ReplyDeleteAs for that hideous one, as I read in the wapo interview, "record clean" air and water? "oceans are very small"? A toddler could understand it better.