I can see the way you're writing that much of your past stress is already history. Now you can live a little, maybe build up a cash cushion, have a holiday?

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Beautiful photos everyone! Some of you might remember that I was worried about something eating our black eyed susans before they had the chance to bloom... Well whatever it was decided that they didn't actually like the black eyed susans, so this is what it looks like now. [image: IMG-4770.jpg] [image: IMG-4769.jpg] They are actually trying to take over, so when fall comes, we're going to have to figure out how to rein them in. But for now, they look so cheery, right outside the front door.

6, 2, 4

80 is a good age to reach. RIP

The Spencer ancestry is as clear as day to me when I look at pictures of him.

Actually, all US intelligence services concluded some time ago that it came from the lab in China. Fauci is a psychopath hiding behind the mask of secular saint. Fauci aka as quote "I am science" has a preemptive pardon. He didn't deserve it (is this actually legal?) but certainly needs it. He arranged the funding for this research and then profited after the predictable result of it.

Went to Iowa, another first. Next week going to Erie, PA for a family gathering. All the garden spots.

@AdagioM oooh those are pretty!

His lack of consistency and repetitiveness are not confidence inspiring.

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Fabulous. All it needed was Les Dawson accompanying on piano.

Amazing, beautiful, simply lovely. Artists studio!

This begs the question of why an executive would need to be convinced of reality but moving on...

I saw him at Ravinia in the late 1990s. It was a hot humid day and he was of course performing in the outdoor pavilion. He was sweating profusely and I was worried he would keel over mid-performance but he never missed a beat. Borge played his first major concert in 1926 Holy cow.

@CHAS That can be even more expensive in the long run.

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Thank you @axtremus !