I Laughed At This Until I Realized I Was Really Crying. BECAUSE TRUTH :

Meet the closed bottle gentian.

It’s a native wildflower in these parts. These are in one of my garden views. Saw them a couple years back in state forest, so those I could not “rescue”. Not being able to find them anywhere else, I broke down and ordered them from Prairie Nursery.

The cool thing about this bottle neck type is that these are shown in fully blooming. The petals never open. But pollination does occur when a large bumblebee wrestles and forces it’s way inside.

And that’s how it’s done. No muss, no fuss, no life vest, no safety ropes. Just simple competency.

Longing for deep water, following seas, and wooden ships.

Woooo

It does seem like this is the way we’re headed.

SO MUCH FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

Which is the principal that made white peoples come to this continent and write the declaration of independence and then the constitution in the first place.

Just saying.

OMFG !

I’ll just turn this up a bit.

“ NOTHING YOU WORK TO PAY FOR BELONGS TO YOU “

I live this. I hate this !

I fucking hate this I hate that human beings who want to build and create and live life are forced to waste their lives fighting for meaningless timewaster jobs while the positions of artists and actors and musicians and painters are replaced by plagiarism machines and algorithms and nothing you work to pay for belongs to you I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it if a robot can do our jobs then why the FUCK aren't we living

Sailboat obscured

So. EXCELLENT. ,

Inclusion is so messy and requires compromise.

NO DICTATORS OR FAUX KINGS OF ANYTHING

just wanted to share the National Down Syndrome Society’s message for this year’s World Down Syndrome Day (21st March) 💛💙

I go into the woods and trails and DO NOT ! ! ! Want to hear your music. The woods and trails have their own voices. That’s what I want to hear.

I will find you if you are disturbing the trees, critters (fur or feathers) or ME. I will first ask politely for you to stop the noise you are producing. The next steps are to be determined, but that noise should stop.

And that’s the SORRY truth of the matter.

That’s all I will say about the matter.

Yep, we work our entire careers to lie to you

A most unusual lovely “musical” alibet somewhat raucous interlude. Hit it Joe

Bang,

Whole hearted agreement with that sentiment @oni-with-an-iron-club..

Significantly over 60 years. There’s probably at least one more, Hopefully I’m wiser now and it will be in an entirely new setting. Almost looking forward to it. Top five life challenge. Anybody up for that. ?