Richmond comes out to Maggie Walker Plaza on a soggy Saturday to say with one voice, "Fuck ICE!" America is not going to stand for neighbors getting abducted and murdered in the streets.

And now a few words from SecDef Wasted Raccoon:

Go VCU students

I saw this unusual bird a week or so ago in Forest Hill Park. At first I thought it was a bluebird, but then it flew below me (I was on the footbridge over the creek) and I noticed the patch of color on its back. It turns out to be a northern parula -- this is the southern tip of its range. #RVA

Some scenes from this evening's May Day rally and march in Richmond, VA -- no better way to honor International Worker's Day than by fighting fascism and oligarchy. #RVA #50501

The deer are getting their antlers in! This is from Sunday in Forest Hill Park when I was walking along a deer run looking for a goldfinch. Instead I woke up this napping deer, who let me take a few shots. #RVA

Bluebird on the wing -- today at Forest Hill Park, where I sat for a while in a little clearing and watched bluebirds and flycatchers catch insects. This one was taking its catch back to a nest in a tree by the pond, so it crossed the field quite often going one way or the other. #RVA #bluebird

Some dwarf bearded iris from under the magnolia. Last year they flowered in a mound where I had planted them, but this year they're coming up in a ring around that original mound.

#HandsOff rally crowd today at the Capitol. #RVA

Hands Off! protest in #RVA today. #HandsOff

The grass Is the world We walk through -- The grass Is the world We live in #RVA substack.com/profile/1560...

Seen on the Southside Floodwall today. It's opposite downtown, so will be pretty visible from many buildings across the river. #RVA

Shadowbox -- Old City Hall and a piece of the Capitol backed by the new Children's Hospital, shot from the Southside Floodwall. #RVA

Assmouth Signs Executive Order Creating Strategic Fraud Reserve #Bitcoin #Fraud #Trump sayitwithwookies.substack.com/p/assmouth-s...

From a few days ago at Forest Hill Park -- this kingfisher skimmed low over the water down the length of the pond, and then a few minutes later, while I was still watching it, took off back the other way. I was able to snap a few shots, and this one was in focus.

Your bluebird for the day -- here's another shot of the bluebirds I ambushed on Friday by sitting still and letting them fly all around me before taking a few photos. Enjoy! #RVA #bluebird

Here's a cardinal from yesterday's snow, standing out as only a cardinal can. #rva

A rough estimate: 243,489 (73k+ veterans if we assume 30%) people are unemployed, counting those who took the buyout. Yes, EPA should be listed twice, but there may be an overlap between the two groups. One was probationary employees; the other was a climate-focused group.

Photos from the protest today in Richmond Virginia:

Here's a Substack photoessay of my walk through the park this past Tuesday at the peak of our little snowshower. sayitwithwookies.substack.com/p/while-the-...

There's something cathartic about going to the WH contact page, entering any name and address you want, and in the body of the text, typing "GULF OF MEXICO, M***f****!" Just saying. www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

A cardinal in my neighbor's elderberry tree yesterday during the snowfall.

Alright 2025 -- I'm ready!