So...the 🍊🤡 is going on "patrol" tonight with the NG to "get some bad guys"..Is this just another photo op but with a gun instead of a bible..hmmm..

Just read where Homeland Insecurity has lowered the age for applicants to 18.As anyone who has ever taught high school can tell you..this is a bad idea.Their brains aren't done cooking yet..especially males. God knows I loved my students but putting them in these positions is not smart.

I have just fired off an email to my bootlicking, spineless Senator regarding the cowardly removal of funding to public broadcasting. I expect no reply(unless it's more bull) but I will not remain silent on this or many other issues. Now I need to sit quietly for a few minutes and look at a river...

A winter sunset picture...because I'm so over summer...

I perused the news on several social sites this morning...I now need this small island of calm..

I have noticed that I take a lot of pictures..so I thot I'd share them. Enjoy them or not..your choice..they just remind me that taking a moment away from the dumpster fire that is our current situation is a good thing.

Whiskers Wednesday and the Late Great Mittens the Kitten...forever loved..forever missed..

@itsflanoy.bsky.social ! It came! It came! R magnut iz here...Short Hoomun puttted it in da plasce ob honur by her faborit piktor..(we tink dat she wuz an hippie bak in da olden daze coz dis makes her laff a lot😹)..Tanks u berry muches..Da Wild Bunch

My Lump that opens cans is ranting again...something about the "idiots are going to kill people" and muttering alphabet letters like "HHS" and "RFK"..and other unprintable things..I will do my best to comfort her...Mr Chester..

So let me get this straight...the 🍊🤡 wants to celebrate a guy who never set foot in America but not Indigenous people who were already here and suffered because of people like Colombus...yeah..you go for it hoomons...🙄

One of the sweetest,funniest and most lovable furry people went over the Rainbow Bridge today. Mr Cuddles was an orphan who found me when he was about 2 months old. Sat on my foot until I took him inside. He had the heart of a lion and today it just gave out. Thanks for 12 wonderful years buddy..💔💔💔

Nowhere on my 2025 Dumpster Fire bingo card did I have the 🍊🤡selling electric cars in front of the White House to prop up the failing business of a major political donor.. but the ya go....

The look Gizmo gives me when I attempt to explain what is going on here in the U.S. and that we're not all crazy or cruel and most of us love Canada and don't want to annex it.

Altho Mr Scrappy hopes that by covering his face all the nonsense the 🍊🤡 spouts will just go away...the much wiser Spot knows that we must stand up to him(and the real powers behind him) and make our voice heard...let's be like Spot...Ok?

Oh Canada! Great job! From an American who was rooting for you all the way!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Mood is slightly less cloudy today(as in "I refuse to let the bastards get me down")so here is a picture of an adorable Chipmunk who lives in my friends backyard..and why is autocorrect constantly capitalizing Chipmunk..another mystery to ponder...

After perusing social media today, this is the cloud that I chose as the "Cloud that represents my mood" cloud...will work on doing better tomorrow...

OK...I realize this may upset some people and douse my chances to climb the journalism ladder, but...IT'S THE GULF OF MEXICO PEOPLE!!! I mean..I'm a cat and I know that..geez...I remain, Gizmo the Great...

For those of you who don't really care about some football game or who are anxious about..umm things...here is a nice cloud...you're welcome(I have a lot of great cloud shots...you may count on them to assuage your fears in the future..)

It was very windy here today...it took 3 of us to hold down this cat bed...

I felt the need to post something uplifting...I chose this moose..let's not let him down...

On a cold day, it's good to have family around..

It's 1°F...and I prefer to think back to a vacation in PR...it was much warmer...

Hmmm....I seem to be unable to "like" a skeet(or whatever it's called) or open one to read comments..have I inadvertently offended Bluesky? Any thots?

Mr Snuggles continues to perfect his judgemental look....

Cat pictures have resumed as promised..A baby picture of Mr Snuggles...

Here is a sunset picture to begin your year(a few days late)...cat pictures to resume tomorrow..

I,Mr Cuddles,have taken on the difficult task of keeping the blanket of my people safe and to keep it from falling on the floor....you're welcome...

Happy Spot-in-the-box Thursday to all who celebrate..

The king of the judgemental looks...I give you Mr Snuggles.. #Cats

For those of you following along, here's two dead trees..because of the Chester incident yesterday...

I was going to post a really neat picture of a dead tree but then I found this one of Mr Chester...sorry dead tree..maybe tomorrow..

This is my Dad. He taught me many things..to drive a tractor,to stand up for what was right,to treat people kindly and help those who needed it. He made me believe that above all,I should be who I was..not who everyone else thought I should be.It's been 35 years today since you went home.Miss you..

Nothing like sunshine on a frosty morning...

If only Mr Cuddles could learn to relax and trust us...

Temps are dropping so it's time to cuddle up..Mr Scrappy loves this...Spot not so much..

Spot's daily wisdom: There are obviously days when you need to look at the world from a different point of view...or as the great George Carlin once said "let's look at it this way"...

The lady in the black tie is my Mom.She was 17 & this was her first teaching job in a one room school in the timber behind where she lived.Two of her students were her younger brothers. She went back to high school the next year & taught for 43 more years.Today is her birthday.Miss you Mom❤️

Mr Cuddles tip of the day: Hydration is always important...as is having a well trained Lump to provide fresh water in a colorful container in an easily accessible place.

Mile 88 on the Illinois river....cat pics to resume tomorrow..

A giant puffball for your late nite viewing pleasure...

Thumbing thru the pics on my phone, this one stood out today..make of it what you will..

It is important to do a quarterly inventory of your toys...sometimes you have too much help..

That time when Chester informed me that until his allowance was raised, he would no longer help with any housework...especially doing dishes..

This is the late,great Mr Fuzzbunny..We opened the door one morning and a 4month old kitten strolled in..We had 13 wonderful years of fun,laughter and love..I felt my small world here deserved to know him..

Swans on the Yellowstone River...it was a peaceful evening a long time ago...I needed that peace then..I need it again now..

I am a small blue dot in a VERY red state..so why do I stay? Because to leave would mean that it would become that much redder. I am not ready to give up. There are good people here and we will stay and fight..besides..this place needs more "life experienced" hippies..someone has to teach the young.

Here is a bird...I don't know what kind of bird or why he was having lunch on my porch..but I named him Fred. He must not have been a Fred because he never returned...

I am Arlo("life experienced" person named me after some guy who sings songs)..When I was a kitten I cried and cried until they found me and brought me in..now I am aloof except for needs..it took a few slaps with my murder mittens for the humans to get that but once they did, life is good..

The human is confused (of course that's not exactly a new flash..happens a lot)....she has seen "invalid handle " on accounts she's pretty sure are valid type people...can anyone explain this to her? Spot thanks you...