House, Yard, Stupid

The back yard and the house continue to provide entertainment.  Saturday we went out, intending to do some grooming on a patch of really ugly aloe.  A few minutes of that convinced us that was a terrible idea.  So we removed it.  It's a lot like digging up day lilies, which we did at the Spokane house.  Lots of roots, they're close together and they're a pain to get out.  The first photo is mid-massacre.  I didn't get a good before photo.

Now they are gone.  Doesn't that look better?  We were able to cannibalize enough rocks from th e back of the yard to fill in the hole left by the departed aloes.  There was a lot of crispy dead vegetation to clean up.



Yesterday we rode from Christopher Columbus park.  Tucson is in the process to naming it something else, but it seems to have stalled.  These things take time.

Today started with plugging yet another free flowing drip line.  It was putting water up in the air, so that had to be done.  Then it was time for my favorite thing in the whole world to do.  Painting.  I hate painting.  I especially hate painting over my head, trying not to get paint on my yard work hat.  Yes, I know my shorts are a little big, but they're comfortable.

You can see where I cut in the edges if you look over Jim's head.  There was rotten wood that was replaced this summer when the roof was replaced.  The primer is done, now to get two coats of paint on the new wood.

 This morning was over cast, much better for taking photos.  This is the wooly cactus in the front yard.

So, what's fearless leader doing these days?  He went to the Super Bowl yesterday, got booed bigly, and then left early.  International coverage had the booing, US coverage used canned applause.  That's what I read, since I didn't watch it, I'm not a reliable source.  He left early, after spending millions of taxpayer dollars ($15M to $20M) to get there & back.  His team lost.

Tariffs on aluminum and steel are back, 25%, only this time it's on all exporting countries.  In several interviews, 47 has said "Gaza will be mine."  So, is that like his personal property?  Where did the residents go? He's not helping the cease fire and return of hostages with this stupid rhetoric.

This is an interesting read.  Here is a piece of the article.

Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "Big Delete," according to an NSA source and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information, is creating unintended consequences. Although the websites and other content are purportedly being deleted to comply with President Trump's executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion, or "DEI," the dragnet is taking down "mission-related" work. According to the NSA source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media, the process is "very chaotic," but is plowing ahead anyway.

Italics are mine.  They're going through a list of words and deleting the web site that used them, to satisfy the no DEI requirement put forth.  This is so stupid it makes my stomach hurt.

So, that's all I have to say about things.