Unusual? Unusual??!! "Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans Balk at Trump’s Unusual $1.8 Billion Fund" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

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John's Life Springs: Trip to Airport yesterday, to pick up son! Drove back under cloud filed skies. Nasty hot/humid, 89º! Night blossomed with exquisite sunset. Morn' pale blue, overcast. Lilacs, apples blooming. Birds in motion. 52ºF headed to 60. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: Day of clouds an more clouds, then evening, the skies parted to light up in warm colors. Morning arrived after cool night in place pastels, bluebell blue canvas. Green world! Warblers, Hummingbirds, an Goslings! 47ºF headed to 70. Ya'll be careful out there!

John,s Life Springs: Fast moving clouds traversed the skies, Bay's waters driven into a chop! Morn' high tissue paper heavens. Warming and filling canopy make the day feel like real spring. Time stood still! Goslings filled the Pond. 53ºF headed to 61. Y'all be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: After day of warm breezes stunning blue skies, plus lazy clouds an warm night, the air has smell of burgeoning life. Night sky were stark, dark hilites orange sunset. High birds! New day, clear warm, bright. 54ºF headed to 75. Y'all be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: After dark skies, off and on drenching, quick flash of sunset, night came quickly. Evening so ominous, dark broody, but morning began, gently pastels, scattered white on field of blue. Woods filled with song! 50ºF headed to 65. Y'all be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: After yesterday's overcast Morning Skies held color an light, but soon with fast moving clouds, quick periods of day an dusk, the overcast won out. Birds aplenty, but blurred in the dark. Feeder is active again! 46ºF headed to 52. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: From overcast morning till dark clouded dusk, day filled with skies dancing under Spring sun. Morning touched in pale color, high Cirrus. Young out an about!Woods dancing in migrating color. Abandoned feeder. 39ºf headed to 52. Ya'll be careful out there.

Epstein Survivor hearing happening in West Palm Beach now. We stand with survivors.

John's Life Springs! Mostly overcast yesterday with armadas of clouds, but the evening sunset, exquisite in shades of yellows metamorphing into dark pinks, just kept changing. Incredible variety of birds! Morning just clear blue! 42ºF headed to 54. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: Yesterday's clouds opened scattered blue, portent of rain, finalized last night. Wet start. Woke early to orange sunrise. Sky Gods confused, can't make up mind. Greening in earnest. Birds active. Hummer arrived. 44ºF headed to 56. ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: Off Island yesterday, day of dark streaming clouds, choppy water! Ferry ride to start! As day wore on, clouds darkened. Frosted last night. Cleared to baby blue. Woods seemed to be moving. Feeders empty quickly. 35ºF headed to 53. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: Clouds hung close to the ground, as day passed mid afternoon, rains began in ernest. Morning, standing water, an crashing over pond's dam. Lots of activity high up. Sunrise pale streamers, then blue skies. 46ºF headed to 54. Ya'll be careful out there!

Yet states that went rogue and refused to sign the NPT and then developed nuclear weapons, India, Pakistan, and Israel, all are US allies. North Korea signed the NPT but withdrew before testing its first weapon in 2006, and Trump ignores news like this from 2 weeks ago. Make it make sense.

John's Life Springs: After yesterday's hard wind till evening, calm with high thin stratus was more than welcome! Bay was choppy, seals on the rocks. Bit of an eerie sunset. Woods filled today with high motion, Warblers on the move! 49ºF headed to 55. Ya'll be careful out there!

MTG is spilling it all about Felon Trump & the Epstein Files. In a recent speech, MTG made it clear Trump didn't want them released & tried to keep them hidden. My latest on her revelations & why we should take GOP allies who want transparency on the Epstein Files. youtu.be/sM0DP9VdxZQ?...

John's Life Springs: Yesterday was a mixed bag! Swirling clouds on a blue background, afternoon clouds, as day progressed, clouded over and the rains came, once again. Evening skies opened to a gentle fading sunset. Active feeders. 46ºF headed to 55. Y'all be careful out there!

56 years ago today

Soo…the guy who, in the last week, called 3 Black Americans he doesn’t agree with “low IQ,” insulted the Pope, insulted our allies around the world, and insulted leaders in the opposing party, is trying to lecture us on hate??

No American taxpayers ever approved of ice extermination camps, how did they come about? I mean "We the People", are the boss here. Is he dead yet? Asking for "we the people".

Thanks John! #Spring, a most marvelous season! From #Maine to #Georgia

John's Life Springs! A day of drenching rain, heavy overcast followed by a stunning pale sunset that made up for the soaking. Morning arrived to calm blue skies, quickly clouds returned. Warblers, Nuthatches, Woodpeckers at feeder! 37ºF headed to 57. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs! After 2 days of drenching rains, gray overcast, Blue skies filled with building clouds was delightful. Light breeze just added to day. Morning sunrise of pale pastels. Overcast returned. Ahh the birds again! 39ºF headed to 48. Y'all be careful out there!

Nope. Trump is the worst president in U.S. history - a record unlikely to be beat in a thousand years.

Louisa Anne Meredith, English- Australian (1812-1895), Kangaroo Apple, Pl. VI from the series Bush Friends in Tasmania, 1891, colored lithographic print, State Library, Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this morning signed into law a bill (SB 1296) that will make it harder for most public sector employees to form or keep their union representation, coinciding with International Workers' Day. Story to come for @orlandoweekly.bsky.social

As of March 31, 2026, the U.S. national debt held by the public reached $31.27 trillion, surpassing 100% of the GDP ($31.22 trillion). The higher we allow our debt to grow, the more we erode our own prosperity and that of future generations. fortune.com/2026/04/30/n...

Great Northern Mountain was showing off today during patrol of the reservoir.

Today on our early morning morning walkies on the Towans I saw a Little Egret.. It rose into the air from the grasses a few yards to the right of me and slowly flew away before I could take a photograph so not my photo but no doubt as to what I saw..Never seen one here before..

John's Life Springs: Exquisite day bright with sunshine, puffy clouds on deep blue background. Morning arrived, mist on the pond, sparkling frost on meadows. Forest filled with feathered activity, songsters fill air, morning music! 34ºF headed to 51. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs! Yesterday filled with cloud banks, warmer temps, and calm seas. Evening arrived, streams of yellow/orange fading into brilliant night! woods quieter this day, but for Pileated, Thrush, Phoebe! Loons glide bay! 35ºF headed to 55. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: Blue skies, marching clouds in staggered lines, bright water, Seals basking on warm day! Red tipped, opening leaves! Striated skies this morning, turning to feather wisps. Spring songs, wood Thrush/Winter Wren. 38ºF headed to 54. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: Evening came, filled with dark broody skies, Morning, layers of clouds dissipating as sun rose earlier! Woods so much quieter, but feeders filled, Warblers, Nuthatches, hitting suet hard. Wind dying, sunny day! 35ºF headed to 53. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs! After long rains, thick clouds an long drive, morning broke, North cloud band. Last night's sky just stunning, dark masses and lava glows. Day's clouds in then out, woods filled to bursting with winged hunters. 34ºF headed to 45. Ya'll be careful out there!

A reminder...most of these people are not dealing with the consequences of their actions. The Files need to become Trials.

John's Life Springs: Stunning day yesterday, clouds rolled in all fluffy ships! later sky filled w/stratus. As evening closed cracks opened spreading colors/contrasts. Migration in full swing, trees all aflutter! Frost last night. 27 ºF headed to 40. Ya'll be careful out there!

John's Life Springs: After the deluge yesterday, not to mention gray skies, wind! The clear blue of crisp sun shiny morning, Most welcome. Mist rising! World is sparkling clean, fresh smell! Trees filled with passing migrants! 31ºF headed to 46! Ya'll be careful out there.

The NYT revealed that the Supreme Court majority appears to be completely skewed in favor of Republican Presidents and corporate interests, as if Citizens United wasn’t a big enough clue. In 2010.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of a fabricated Bible verse has sparked controversy, potentially impacting the Republican Party's public perception.

Trump is openly stealing from the American people. The GOP enabling him & enriching themselves along the way. When will this country tire of these thieves & hold them to account? We need to clean house in November. I know I’m done with their bs. I hope you are too. #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1

Iran believes (probably accurately) that the US is using negotiation as deception and planning for another round of attacks

A fatuous electorate getting what they voted for. If they even bothered to vote.

Migrants deported from the United States by Trump "routinely disappear into El Salvador's prisons the moment they land or in the weeks that follow. Many are held incommunicado, cut off from family and lawyers for months, even years."