Elizabeth Harper Neeld

Attorney Elias…Mr Democracy! He does so much good.

Leaving you with this for the evening…

Sandy McCleery©
A country sunset in my hometown in Illinois U.S.

…the tie that binds…

YouTube video by MsKINGisQUEEN CAROLE KING first day in august

m.youtube.com/watch?v=xHAn...
Beginning a new month.

A spot of humor (source unknown)

Robert Macfarlane best known for his books on landscape, nature, place, people and language, which include The Old Ways (2012), Landmarks (2015), Lost Words( 2017), Underland (2019) and Is a River Alive? (2025).
“Thinking with place, thinking with land, with river.)

car turning in to Bradlee, car trying to back out of space at the Starbucks entrance vs. pedestrian coming out with frappuccino, oh look here comes DASH I'm remaining v quiet as these interactions go on around me

I feel like Jane Goodall

Kerrygold’s foster parent posted a picture every day until she got her forever home. (28 days) She leaves this week for her forever home. And foster parent is sad to see her go.

And now for something completely different..

Afton" (Evening) 1894.

Eugène Jansson (Sweden, 1862-1915)
Oil on canvas

Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return

Ah, that voice…Connie Francis. RIP

Leonardo da Vinci…such delicate work

Beyond the lace-curtained window, the night sky is streaked with orange, yellow, blue, and countless other hues, reflecting over the open lake. In front of the window stands a dining table, surrounded by high-backed chairs.

Midnight sun in Jyly at 2:18 a.m.
Finland 🇫🇮 Suomi 💙🤍

#photography

Wash Day on the Maine Coast.
N. C. Wyeth 1934 (H/T Amanda Bradley)

A bear taking in the scenery

San Antonio is the 7th largest city in America and soon it will take the 6th spot.
Our weather stations have to comer 5 different zones. We are the largest city before the border and ocean.
Without help from NOAA, we will be devastated.
Kerrville, where the floods happened are in SA’s zones.

Gov. Beshear points out…

Facts identifying weather experts cut by Trump from San Angelo and San Antonio weather stations. These stations help serve the area where the children’s camps are located that experienced the deadly floods.

Wise forebears…

Hard practice to break 😊

Gouldian Finch.

The Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae), also known as the Gould's Finch or the Rainbow Finch, is a colourful passerine bird that is native to Australia.

📷: @tracksbirding

Lest we forget…(correction)

Less we forget…

How very sad…

Happy Summerween

Photograph of high-tension power towers and lines with bars crossing in the middle.

A fun geometric photo of power lines that I took yesterday.

June 29, 2025. Walled Lake, Michigan.

#photography #art #michigan #summertime #summer

Mike Johnson Warned By “Every Major Health System in Louisiana” To Vote Against Senate GOP Bill The CEOs of "every major health system in Louisiana" -- Allegiance Health Management, LCMC Health, FMOL Health, La. Rural Hospital Coalition, Ochsner Health, Woman’s Hospital, and Louisiana Hospita

CEOs of every hospitals and healthcare system in Louisiana write Johnson a letter to warn against the devastation the Senate budget bill will cause.
These cuts would be historic in their devastation.We face the largest cuts in healthcare history.”
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
2paragraphs.com/2025/06/mi

Living in hope

A spot of humor and hope from Rosanne Cash…