It's a bit early for rudbeckia to be blooming. There are no birds I know that will eat unopened flower buds like that. They might go after the seeds after the plant is done blooming. I'm almost certain it's rabbits, even if you aren't seeing droppings right there. Once they find a bunch of plants and get going, they will keep after that patch and potentially eat everything to the ground. I have a bunch in a raised bed that's a foot tall and once they found it they climbed into the bed and started chowing down. You really are down to a choice between an ugly fence or no flowers.

@Axtremus said: they have to make the tuner crack safes. Ok but I watched the trailer and now I want to see it!!

I hate whataboutism. Why not just admit that the current administration is doing some really bad stuff without trying to blunt it with "well the other guys did it first"? It is so sad that we have given up expecting that our politicians and government could do better than the previous lot.

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That’s pretty high if it’s generic. I usually pay like $13.

I live at 9000 ft for a reason.

@Bernard said: But won't this be better for Talarico? Yea, Dems were hoping for Paxton. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/27/talarico-exclusive-interview-paxton-fundraising-texas-00937600

I noticed there is also a trend of renaming things after our current president. I think this now may become “in depends” day…

This story made me tear up when I read it yesterday. I don’t mind dogs shooting people, but I really miss the gas prices listed in that picture…

Just finished listening to this: [image: 1779881614216-img_2591.jpeg] I really enjoyed it. Hearing about how he grew up poor in the projects and made it to Harvard than HLS and then how he stumbled into Goldman through the back door was interesting. And his inside take on the great financial crisis was interesting and brought back a lot of my own memories.

This is another one that I saw a few days ago. https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/scammers-offering-help-with-pumping-gas-charge-victims-cards-after-theyre-gone/4372049/ Anyone walking over and offering to help me with pumping the gas would raise red flags for me immediately, so I don’t think I’d fall for it. But it amazes me that these crooks are so ingenious.

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I think you'll find that bias pretty common here.

@Mik said: This smacks of an architecture issue. Indeed it does.

We plant the Nonstop begonias in our deck corner planters every year. Bright color all summer long and no maintenance