Friday was a decent riding day. It was warm and the winds were not howling. We had a cross wind in both directions. Saturday was warmer, but with a ferocious wind out of the south. Jim was wearing a jersey from a Tour de France tour we'd done, and a fast rider pulled up to talk to him about it. He ended up riding all the way south with us and then back when we decided to turn around. The wind was just brutal because a storm front was coming in.
This is what we saw this morning. That would be snow on the Catalinas. It was pretty steenking cold. Between the persistent rain, cold and wind, I believe I will be nominating this winter season as the worst winter ever. The previous worst winter ever, and second worst winter ever will be pushed down on the stack by this winter.
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The javelinas are huddling together for warmth. I think they had just arrived at the wallow since they were still on their feet. We saw them later sacked out.
There is a really nice looking house in the neighborhood.
This is his take on desert landscaping. He's creative with the rake, and there is not one single plant in the yard that he did not personally approve.
This has been eventful week in the US for school shootings and police killing Black people because they can with no consequences. Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on an uber-racist rant on his Youtube channel, and as a result he's been dropped from many more newspapers. At this rate, he won't be carried anywhere. He's whining about being cancelled, it's actually him exercising his first amendment rights, and the papers doing the same. Hope he saved his money.
I thought this was a well formed opinion on the part of this young woman.
Finally, a screen scrape from twitter that I thought was pretty. It's the Milky Way over White Sands. It's processed a bunch, but it's still pretty.
That's it! That's all I've got.
This has truly been a horrible winter. Cold and rainy and windy and miserable. The news just gets more depressing. Don't turn it on very often any more.
ReplyDeleteexcept for the arctic blast that came early this year and once again stole any flowers I might have had on my azaleas, it's been a pretty mild winter, too mild. I've missed the last several weeks of guns and politics. I did hear about Scott Adam's particular ugliness. Of course he thinks he's a victim because people like him think 'free speech' means they can say whatever they want and be 'free' of consequences.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, this has been the worst winter; spring cannot come soon enough for me.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to get out for a ride, even with the wind.
Here in Canada, our RW leader of the opposition, has denounced three of his MP's for meeting with a far RW German politician. It has his ardent followers irate because he's moving to a more central position. That's what got the last leader of the party pushed out but is necessary if the party wants to win in the next election. I just laugh at the infighting.
Sorry for your cold winter! May it (eventually) bring a mild spring. (Assuming you're still in AZ by then!)
ReplyDeleteScott Adams has been saying peculiar things for a while. I wonder if he's getting stranger as he gets older, or was he always this nasty and just hid his opinions?
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ReplyDeleteThat is a stunning sentiment from that young gun reform protestor. What are we doing to our children, who must go to school knowing they might not survive the day?
The last photo is beautiful and I love the javelinas.
ReplyDeleteI was sorry to learn that Scott Adams was one of the wingnuts. I used to enjoy his comic, being a geek by profession back in my pre-retirement days.
ReplyDeleteIn contrast to your winter, we have had an unusually warm and typically wet for NC winter. Spring sprung in late February and gives me shivers when I think of what that means for summer bugs, heat, and humidity.