Dragonfly Ian

Keep at it! Lots of people need to know the truth! 👍

Autumn is doing was it always has - introducing Autumn colours!

Monarch Butterfly larva on our milkweed. Our granddaughter is visiting and she loves looking for them. Sometimes I catch a glimpse, but her young hawk eyes zoom in on these little munchers. We are always pleased to see them.

Oregon Coast Bridge. As we travel, I like to take pics of bridges we cross. We travelled from British Columbia, Canada to northern California and back. I find most bridges become landmarks after they are built.

Canada Goose family walked across the fairway today while I sauntered down the fairway chasing a yellow golf ball. It was a pleasant moment with clear blue skies and warm sun.

Our Redbud Trees have leaves that have or are opening. They are heart-shaped and have a brilliant green colour. The new leaves have a soft reddish tinge to them. This is a wonderful tree to have in our garden.

We have poppies growing in our backyard and one popped today!
It reminds me to be grateful to my father and grandfather who served in WW2. Grandpa served in WW1 too.
They both survived to return to their families thankfully.
It doesn't have to be Remembrance Day to be grateful for their service.

So 8 Cinco De Mayo's ago....😅

Volunteers have pulled hundreds of tires from our local Little River. It was hard to believe another tire appeared 22 April, Earth Day! We think the Winter season causes the tires to heave out of the mud at the bottom of the river.

Our Windsor-Essex community planted over 2000 trees and shrubs yesterday to celebrate Earth Day. We saw Canada geese, Mute swans, Red-winged blackbirds and Mallard ducks. A Red-tailed hawk soared high above also. We like to see this wildlife using the natural area while we plant trees and shrubs.

•INSPIRING AMERICA•

A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.

“We know what fascism looks like…

YouTube video by The Atlantic Peter Keisler and the Crises of Due Process | The David Frum Show

Former acting Attorney General Peter Keisler and I discuss the many crises of due process in the Trump presidency. Episode 3 of the David Frum Show on YouTube below - or wherever you get your podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdBQ...

This.

Exactly. Every Democrat and every centrist in the United States who thinks it would be a good idea for Canada to be the 51st state? If it happened, we would never forgive you

"All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden".
~Terri Guillemets

“It may be that when we no longer know which way to go,
we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings”.
~Wendell Berry

Disgusting. 💔

Sandhill Crane chick, Florida. We have also seen chicks in Michigan in the Spring.

April 22, 2025
Happy Earth Day!

Hopewell Cape Rocks Beach, Bay of Fundy, East Coast, Canada. This is low tide. Stick around for high tide and you will be severely underwater!

A small pencil. A single box. And the most powerful act in a democracy.

Vote.

Like our country depends on it. Like we’re honouring those who fought to give us that right. Like we care deeply about democracy. Vote like our voices matter, because they really do.

This is an example of naturalization. Mown grass to woodland 30 years later. Our group planted 100 trees in a grassy area and the City of Windsor Park and Forestry Department agreed to stop cutting the grass. This creates forest habitat that benefits local wildlife in the Detroit River Watershed.

History always has a lesson.

Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.

Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.

They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.

This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.

Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.

"Pope Francis skipped the Vatican’s official meeting with Vice President JD Vance Saturday, instead having his No. 2 give the vice president a lecture on compassion, according to a Vatican statement."

Neil Young and Darryl Hannah protesting in USA