Thursday June 21

Welcome to summer and happy solstice.

It rained overnight and we expect more today. I won't complain. I finished what needed to be done in the gardens yesterday. I have flowers that need to be dead-headed and some I plan to move but neither are urgent cores.

The main secret to magic tricks is distraction. This government has learned that well. So--is the humanitarian crisis (Of 45's and the Repthuglican's own making) a diversion from the budget priorities or is it the other way around. Or is it a whipsaw strategy that focuses first on one and then the other to get both, each acting as diversion for the other?

Well we are getting rain--a nice, steady, soaking rain. The kind about which the little ditty "April showers bring the flowers that bloom in May" was all about. For the last few years our April showers have been monsoonal cloud burst that wash away the May flowers before they sprout. I think all the plants are enjoying the rain and the respite from the heat.