25th Anniversary of the 9-11 attacks

53 Days until the Midterms

Be My Guest! 🥳

54 Days until the Midterms!

Grace Roses

 

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NH Primary Today

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Happy Labor Day!

57 Days until the Midterms!

Honey Bee on Autumn Joy Sedum

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Shhhh...secret painting!

This is a painting reminiscent of the back yard at Youngest's first house. 

(It's secret because I haven't gifted it yet.) ~ listener

59 Days until the Midterms!

Looks like the comments problem has been fixed--Renee

Rescue coleus thriving

I've gone back and forth on whether this is worth posting. Mainly, our  front deck has seen better days and I'm not sure it's something that I want to draw attention to. But it's kind of a sweet little story, and we need more of those right now.  ~ Renee

We were at the grocery store--one of those bigger stores that seems to sell everything.  When we looked inside our cart,  we noticed that a stem and some leaves had broken off of a coleus plant.  My husband took the sprig home and put it in some water.  Once it rooted up he put it in a pot on our front deck.

I smile every time I see it.  It was destined to be trash, but here it is thriving. :)

 60 Days until the Midterms!

Note from listener:
Currently, I am able to see the blog and write on the blog,
but for some reason nothing will post...from phone or computer.
If anyone else is experiencing this, email me:  jschulte at together dot net

Map Apps (Thanks to Renee)

 On Google Maps they've renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. users

 

As of September 2, Apple Maps has also made the change.

 
Mapquest has declared "We're not changing it", leading to Mapquest skyrocketing in popularity in app stores.

61 Days until the Midterms!
(Turns out I was off by one day.  We're a day CLOSER than I counted! Yay!)
~ listener

How other countries view the American flag currently

                                                                                            ~ via Meanwhile in Canada

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Suddenly September!

                   

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As August Exits...

 Younger*Grandson keeping lookout during the sailing race

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Miniature Circus (every piece was hand carved!)

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Butterflies at the Kankakee Welcome Center

On a visit to see family in Chicago we stopped at the Kankakee Welcome Center and I thought the inside was pretty cool looking.  Here is the view when you look up.

67 Days until the Midterms! 

Lunar Eclipse

68 Days until the Midterms!

This cat might be a jerk

This image is from a "decodable reader" I used one day when I was volunteering as a Reading Buddy at the library.  I think I had a reaction to the red cap before even questioning how the cat was managing to hold a bowling ball and pin.  My head canon is that the cat is on the red hat bowling team and is preparing to play against a blue or yellow hat team.

 Just one of those reminders that red caps have been ruined since the mid 2010s.

 

 68 Days until the Midterms!

Field Flowers 🌻

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Incoming!

At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026.

Posted by Rachel Maddow

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The Day

      

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See the Dime? See the newly hatched Monarch Caterpillar next to its white egg? Tiny, aren't they?!

 

72 Days until the Midterms!