Life in Wait State

Today was good.  Jim finished up the staining/varnishing/painting project.  We are now out of project, that may not be so good.  We got a walk in the desert in the afternoon.  It was a new to us trail and I doubt that we'll do it again.  Too narrow, too boring.

This is the neighbor's lemon tree.  It's interesting, most of the fruit is in the interior of the tree, so you have to stick your head in there and brave the thorns.  Lemon trees have vicious thorns. 

The remaining bougainvillea is starting to bloom.  He survived the cold night without wilting of the bracts.  We are happy about that.

The viga poles.  I had to use the flash to lighten the area under the roof.  You can see the light reflecting on the new, shiny varnish.  Jim painted the tops of the supports this morning.  They're not perfect, but they look much better than they did.

The president had another one of his press conferences today.  He insinuated that New York is selling face masks out the back door.  He told Yamiche Alcindor to "be nice, don't be threatening" when she asked him how his comments about not sending supplies to states whose governors he doesn't like would affect distribution.  She quoted him his exact words on Hannity.  He's trying to walk that back, but hey! he's on tape.  Then he started calling ventilators "generators" interchangeably.  He's terrifyingly unqualified for any of this.

Ms. Alcindor later responded:

She's such a treasure. The Hill has coverage of the exchange here.

In other news many of the cactus are showing flower buds, so we may get a good bloom this spring.  Then I can bore you all to death with mass quantities of cacti in bloom.