I should have known when the threat of Santa Ana winds entered the forecast it would not be a good week. Instead of blowing off the ocean, these winds barrel down from the inland mountains like out of control freight trains. They’re generally hot and dry and can blow the flames from a grass fire hundreds of miles in only seconds. Not to mention the damage they can do to a power line.
Listening to the pundits jabber on about what went wrong in the US Election is like raking leaves in a wind storm. Basically, we had two old guys running for president. One of them had the gig before and kept the world in knots and stitches for all the wrong reasons. The other had the more somber task of getting the country running again after a pandemic nearly upended the world’s economy. But it, and the vicious attacks on his only son, the war in Ukraine, the Gaza situation, etc., slowed him down and made him seem not as sharp. So, he had to go. Considering Biden’s long service to the country, pushing him out was a shitty thing to do. It made the Democratic party look disloyal to one of their most faithful. Perception is everything in the world of fake news, especially given the GOP’s lapdogish loyalty to their own.
But it’s done and we are once again the pariah/laughing stock of the world. I hope that those in the MAGA movement will tone down the rhetoric about hanging people, take off their garbage bags and their diapers and the bandages taped to their ears and get a life. But I doubt that will happen. They were having too much fun.
And that is my last word on the subject.
Guess who sprouted up from the ground? When it blooms this plant is gorgeous. But it’s so damn unpredictable.
Saying nothing in particular 
I could say a lot about the election but it wouldn’t do any good. Am really hoping we survive these next four years and get rid of MAGA forever. What a scourge it is on the world.
That flower is an unstoppable force.
It’s on its own schedule, that’s for sure!
Amazing photos, especially the one with the bee.
Other than the wind, it was a lovely fall day!
Yes indeed beautiful photos!
I have said all I have to say on the US election.. The repercussions of which are felt here in the UK and the rest of the world…we are all teetering on the edge. 💜💜
Horrifying isn’t it? I’m still in shock.
I am still reeling from the outcome… Just hoping things don’t get too bad too quick. 💜😳😳
I’m not good as foreseeing the future but many MAGA folks are violent, angry people who feel entitled. Many believe Trump is going to have his opponents hanged and any one who protests, shot. And that they’ll get to watch. I can’t see that happening but if it does, things will get real ugly, real fast.
I am just speachless!
I have a number of MAGA friends who are full of the ‘get over it, you lost’ platitudes on FB. Ironic since they’re the people who brought us the January insurrection.
Whatever. I’m disappointed, disgusted and to be honest a bit ashamed of country. But yes, this too shall pass. Eventually…
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I wonder what MAGA is going to do now that they have no excuse for being angry. Even in counties in CA than lean MAGA there were people intimidating voters outside polling booths. Methinks they were looking forward to lynching people – which is the sick state of affairs we find ourselves in.
He’s a con man and they were conned. He won’t be solving the border crisis or high grocery prices… though he will do a lot of damage to our government. RFK for secretary of health?
We’re doomed.
If he deports as many people as he’s threatened, prices for food and construction will skyrocket. I’m in California and without migrant labor, no picking gets done and no packing gets done, no houses get built … His last attempt caused a lot of pain and was so unnecessary.
I love your bee picture. 🙂 Take care and keep California warm for us. We will be there in a week.
love the analysis and pretty pictures! The red leaves are gorgeous!
Thanks!
Interestingly, all my American friends said the same. I’m done.
Sad thing is I can’t stand talking to the members of my family who think it’s all gonna be just fine (justifying their vote for him). I’m so tired of their justifications – they’ve never lived outside the US. Or known people who escaped dictatorships. In their gated communities they feel immune.
Oh I feel you, J. You have no idea.
Beautiful nature shots Jan. Thank you!
OH, the plant with the thick green pointy eaves, please post a pic of its bloom(s) when it happens! Unpredictable, but I can wait.
Usually it flowers in late August ever other year but we’ll see!
Okay!