This is the first opened bloom on my newest hibiscus, purchased to replace my 23 year old one that was killed when a pipe burst, flooding its roots with boiling hot water. R.I.P. old friend, and hello, new one. The bud was closed when I purchased it so I had no idea how beautiful it would be. It is still in its pot in the garage, waiting to be planted tomorrow and when I came out this afternoon, it had opened fully. What a treasure!!! (You can see my car in the background.)
 September 12, 2024 |
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By Eliza Barclay
Climate Editor, Opinion |
It may be a subtle point in a wild election cycle, but in fact, the contributing writer Robinson Meyer argued in a guest essay published Wednesday, Trump bears significant responsibility for China’s ascension in hybrid and electric vehicles (as well as other industries including solar, wind and battery production) and for G.M. and Ford’s struggles to keep up. “America has fallen behind China in large part because Trump killed our climate policies,” Meyer writes.
And it’s not just automakers that are lagging China. We are now facing, as Meyer puts it, “chronic trade and security concerns” because we don’t yet have a viable battery industry to support our military in future crises. The way America can create that industry is first by developing a viable electric vehicle sector. Harris seems to understand that, but Trump appears poised to weaken or suspend all of the policies and subsidies that are currently helping American-made electric vehicles along. “With him once again in the Oval Office, America would be at risk of falling even further behind,” Meyer writes.
This Black-Eyed-Susan Thunbergia loves to go visiting. It has travelled all the way from the wall in front of my house to a few feet away from the back wall to give this tradescantia a hug.
For Cee’s FOTD
Floating
The tide comes in each morning,
bringing us new gifts;
transforming everything to sand
it sifts and sifts and sifts.
The frigate birds sail over all:
the headland and the town.
I don’t know what they’re looking for.
They never venture down.
A string of pelicans fly north.
Seconds later, they fly south.
I guess the reason is not one
has fish within its mouth.
The beach cat sits here looking
out to the open sea,
willing all the fisherman
to “Bring a fish to me!”
The tide comes within feet of me
when it is at its height.
Tucked away here, in the shade,
I do not feel its bite.
When tide goes out, I go with it
to float beyond its curl.
It does not know if I am fish
or shell or boat or girl.
You will not be disappointed if you go to THIS website and listen to the unique concert presented. Then come back and tell me what you think! Do listen to it all the way through. It keeps increasing in intensity. And thanks, Bluebird, for sharing it.
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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #38”. Today’s number is 159. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find under that number and include a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title.
This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Below are my contributions to the album:
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 