“Stop and Smell the Flowers”

A small fly visits a Shasta Daisy

Just heard that the current NASA administrator is planning monthly lunar landings starting next year.

I’m generally a big fan of space exploration, but that doesn’t sound even remotely possible to me. Hope I’m wrong. Even better if I’m wrong because someone other than Elon Musk manages to deliver.

Not sure whether the tall iris are even going to bloom this year, but they still offer light and shadow when the sun comes out.

#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon

“Shooting Star”

Another of my favorite spring flowers.

Henderson's Shooting Star flowers

One improvement under Trump: it’s now much faster to put $20 worth of gas in my car than it was under Biden.

“Longhorn”

I can’t tell one longhorn beetle species from another, but this little guy was out enjoying the buttercups yesterday.

bug on a flower

“Northern Flicker”

A visitor to our back patio.

bird on a patio

“Chandelier”

bigleaf maple flower in light rain

“Bud and Web”

new leaf with tiny web and water droplets

Trump’s Forest Service Upheaval Sows Confusion and Concern

With the Forest Service already unable to keep up with maintenance and services, headcount already slashed, and morale in the shitter…this latest round of “reorganization” is an obvious attempt to just turn it into a lumber sales organization, full stop.

As someone who depends on Forest Service land for recreation, this makes me very sad.