Nice No Kings crowd in our little Houston hood today - we had fun, chanted, whistled, hollered and watched the blowup critters bounce around 😂 Got lots of supportive honks and waves from drivers…plus a bonus of a police-escorted stream of cheering motorcycle riders that went on for several minutes 👍

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I’ve signed up to attend the visibility event with No Kings on Saturday, Jun 14, 2025. Are you free to join me? Stand up for our democracy and let the White House know that Americans do not tolerate tyranny. Use this link to sign up: mobilize.us/s/K0SZo7

Huge hibiscus bloom in the yard 😮👍🩵

Freshly hatched baby cardinal, Houston, TX

Texas cacti are in bloom 👍

Need a lift?

Natural beauties...Dragonfruit blossom and ... don't know the official name of the purple flower. I call it the "Horton Hears A Who" flower 😂

Termite swarm??

Bluebonnets and primroses and rain lilies, oh my!

Why am I seeing Mother’s Day posts when it’s not til May 11th? Is there a “root” to the day that is relevant today, that I don’t know about?🤷🏼‍♀️

Garden beauty.

Happy wildflowers after 2 days of light, steady rain 👍

Spring is springing in Central Texas 👍

I wonder where the circus of bullshit happening at the White House is taking us?? But then again, I think I’d rather not know. 🙄

Morning friend after night rains…

Love the Orchid House at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens👍

San Antonio Botanical Gardens never disappoint. Great company, gorgeous day, and beauty all around 💜

Fun at Wild Basin in Austin 🌤️

I love these Texas wildflowers that come in white and evolve to lavender, deep purple, and blue over time💜

A little pine cone action today

View from a plane before dawn in Europe.

Not in my wildest imaginings did I ever consider I would live to see the day when the goings on at the US White House was a reality TV show with the person we call our President the agent in charge of it 😂 What a deal.

Chill...like a Maximillian Sunflower in the wind... drive.google.com/file/d/1PGAC...

Yes indeed...WTF? bsky.app/profile/davi...

The wisdom of MLK never carried more truth than now: "I never intend to adjust myself to the evils of segregation or the madness of militarism… My friends, I call upon you to be maladjusted to all these things. It may be that the salvation of the world lies in the hands of the maladjusted."

I just never get enough of the beauty of this river at different times of day.💜

A nice escape from disturbing renovation noise in an apartment above my Airbnb rental in Braga👍

Cappuccinos are the best in Braga👍💜

A female falcon was equipped with a GPS tracker during her journey from South Africa to Finland. She covered approximately 230 km per day, flying in a straight line across African lands until she reached the desert in the north. Full story: t.e2ma.net/message/k07r... [Credit to SoulCall Global]

This whole administration is "a pig in a poke" thanks to many Americans...

These eNewsletters share US history we can all learn from in the wake of what's currently taking place in our Nation's capitol. One relevant point: economic independence is crucial for political freedom. mailchi.mp/28daysofblac...

Perhaps the agreement is Trump sits idly by while Musk & DOGE do his dirty work bidding in hopes Trump cannot be held accountable for any of it as part of his “official duties while in office”?

Happy Love You Day. ❤️ Breathe and relax. Remember that ultimately love rules the day because there is no other reality in which life can survive and flourish than the one gifted us by our Maker and upheld by a core of unadulterated Love. Life itself has no choice but to abide by this principle. 💜

Compassion. Love. Joy. Equanimity. These are the immeasurables. Life suffers without them. They are the uplifting, unifying principles of humanity with the rest of Life. Disregarding these means Life suffers - all of it, excluding none of it. Immeasurables. Tibetan Bön Buddhism.

"...it’s not clear if the plan will clear a key committee vote Thursday, let alone a floor vote by month’s end." [CNN Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Ali Main, CNN February 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM] And yet, Republicans continue to clear every plan despite being massively dangerous.

Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk

Trashing our Garden of Eden Earth given us by our Maker for an imagined life on the desert planet of Mars is like chopping off your arms, legs, and head and imagining you can build lego ones to keep you alive. Pure arrogance, narcissism, and insanity.

Doing the right thing instead of the convenient one saves us all a lot of trouble in the long run.

Yes...this. Spot on! @profgalloway.com bsky.app/profile/prof...

I would vote for this gentleman for President of the US any day👍 Senator Angus King (I-ME). Never were truer words spoken as his the other day in the Senate. Apparently Republicans remain either callously unconcerned, fearfully restrained, or happily bribed to button their lips and fall in line...😐

"If Donald Trump in the White House were to set out to lead the country down a path toward authoritarian Executive Branch leadership, then either the existing constitutional order will work to restrain that impulse, or the country will be on its way toward self-destruction.” Na.Constitution Ctr ‘16

Sunset river

Precious kitty on the spiral staircase.

Does anyone have anything hopeful to share in light of the decimation of the democratic republic formerly known as The United States of America in less then 2 weeks by tech oligarchs, MAGA criminals, and ultra-conservatives at The Heritage Foundation? Anything? I need something...

Straight out of the mouth of one liar about another who gives "the finger" to every law he encounters... GABBARD: "I don't believe for a second President Trump would ask me to do something that breaks the law."

My heart goes out to the huge loss of life in the plane-chopper crash last night...all blood on Project 2025 and Trump's hands. Reality strikes back hard. I don't want to consider how far to pieces the US is gonna tumble before redemption comes 🙄

I love how brave these gulls are, fishing the raging river waters after the rain…

Ha! Do you think it could be true that the Trumpty Dumpty nursery rhyme is coming true? 😂

New Moon inspiration [Pachamama Alliance]: "The new moon marks a time of quiet introspection and renewal. As the Moon retreats into darkness, it invites us to pause, reminding us that growth often begins in stillness. From shadow, light emerges—a reflection of life’s potential for transformation."