Well, I am finally settling down to write this post, after getting distracted by articles about Cher's new autobiography, rising numbers of alcohol-related deaths and other cheery subjects. (Well, Cher really is cheery, and I might buy that book -- but maybe not right away, having only recently hacked my way through Barbra Streisand's memoirs.)
Blogger was giving me fits yesterday. It wouldn't allow me to answer comments on my own blog. I kept getting error messages that my comments "failed to post." This is a relatively new problem for me but it's been happening more and more, both on my blog and others. It's very annoying, and I don't know whether it's due more to firewalls at work or malfunctions on Blogger's end. Take note, Blogger developers, if you care.
Anyway, that's why all of Thursday's comments remain unanswered. I'll try to get to them later this morning.
My day was relatively sane yesterday -- busy, but manageable. And after I got home, I took the ghostly covering off the avocado so it can benefit from this weekend's expected rainfall and more sunlight.
Here's what the back door looks like -- our makeshift greenhouse, with all the tender plants clustered around it. You can see the plectranthus on the left with the variegated leaves, a couple of geraniums below that, and another geranium behind the Christmas (Thanksgiving?) cacti. The citrus tree is on the right. Everything else lives inside all the time. I may put a few of the outdoor plants back on the patio now that things have warmed up a bit.
What do we think about Pam Bondi? Her appointment interests me mainly because my reporter friend Sue, who lives in Tampa and who I know from college, used to be close friends with Pam. I never met her myself but I heard a lot of stories about their activities together. Certainly neither Sue nor I ever imagined Bondi might become Attorney General of the United States. Sue has since told me that she no longer recognizes the Pam she knew in the uber-conservative woman who is now in the public eye. It appears Bondi went through some life changes over the years that led her to where she is now, and whether these changes were made for the sake of ambition or personal or religious evolution, only Bondi could say.
Anyway, I've been telling people I'm two degrees removed from Pam Bondi. It's good for a joke.
(Top photo: The Alexandra & Ainsworth Estate, on my walk home from work last night.)
Another good night shot.
ReplyDeleteYou are living in a jungle..but pelargoniums please, not geraniums 😄!
I've got my Avocado indoors, but our conditions are rather more severe . I would actually keep the cover on yours.
You'll soon need a machete to get out your back door!
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Did they name the beach in Sydney, Australia after her? Lots of rubbish washes up there. One thing is for sure - if Trump picked her then she must be terribly flawed. She went to a little known university that was named after a hat.
ReplyDeleteSo glad Bondi is an EX-friend of a friend! I’ll just focus on your makeshift green house. Heaven!
ReplyDeleteEach day, I cannot believe we are living in this world of Trump and his sycophants. Kennedy and Hegseth should be insulting to any intelligent, decent person. But Gorka? Oh my god.
ReplyDeleteI love your living in a greenhouse! My house gets such terrible light that come winter, whatever is left (this year, five smashingly beautiful geraniums) come in till they wither. Last year I wintered a few in the basement and I have to look up how to do that. Basically, you ignore them till spring, they say. Which is what I did but it just doesn't feel right!
ReplyDeleteBondi -- who knows? I'm not thrilled, but then I'm not thrilled with anything he suggests. But when you consider her vs. Gaetz, I guess it's a baby step up.