Y’all know I try to avoid politics here. And today is no different. I just want to say, before we go any further, WHERE AND WHEN will we stop the school shootings? Two generations ago, school shootings were rare. My generation, we tended to have a bomb threat or two during finals, but very, VERY rarely anything came of it. We used to practice nuclear drills in school (how futile), then we (especially in the midwest) shifted to tornado drills (trust me, not much better). Now our kids and the younger parents who graduated around Y2K have the memory of active shooter drills. WHY? I’m not going into policy changes here etc. Too political for the blog. Not today at least. But here’s a thought. How about we teach our kids how to DEescalate, how to think critically and logically, and how to negotiate? Let’s give our kids coping tools, methods to de-stress. And remember those little educational programs on tv? Let’s have a new set – broadcast all over – radio, tv, ads on the internet – little blurbs to remind and teach ALL of us to calm down. The CatDaddy and I are BOTH stubborn and hard-headed with a tendency to sometimes flip from hard to hot. But 20 years ago when we got together, we made a conscious decision that we would up the Trekkiness that we are to another level: we approach everything with Vulcan logic. If our emotions started clouding our judgement or we started to argue, we walk away, cool off, and come back with Vulcan logic. Yes, it’s hard sometimes. But it’s gotten us through a LOT. Through the decades we’ve been together I can count our big arguments on ONE hand, though I couldn’t tell you when or what they were about, because we cooled off and figured our way through it logically later, putting the issue to bed. That old saying about never going to bed angry? There’s a medical reason for that. You’re going to at LEAST wake up with an upset gut in as bad of a mood as you were the night before if not worse, and more than likely work yourself into an ulcer or an early deadly heart attack. Please folks, stop using violence to solve your problems and conflicts. PLEASE.
Alright, onto other things here…. lol
So, as many of you know, I have a nice little set of woods alongside where I live, that runs along the creek as well. There’s a wooded “fence” so to speak splitting the vacant empty space behind us from the neighbors. At any given time, I’ve seen deer, a fox, and, on the front side, possums, a duck trio, and other wildlife. Well, as I was finishing work yesterday, Alex was in the back window right behind me chattering away. There had been a LOT of birds out lately, so I thought it was just his bird chatter. Ohhhh no, far from it – and even cuter!

BUN ALERT! BUN ALERT! Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I see them all the time when I’m out and about, and sometimes close to home, but this was the first time I spotted one right outside my window!!! Oh if there hadn’t been a screen up… LOL (And no, I have no idea what’s living or what made the holes in that stump.)







So yes, as you can well imagine. I was squishy squeeing all day yesterday. I’m still on baby birdie watch. As of less than an hour ago, still no baby birdies. The brown speckled eggs, I’ve not even seen parents around. The robin nest though? Oh yeah. That mama is not so easily spooked. She’s even getting used to me peeking in on her. LOL.
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone. Let’s not forget all those who have gone before us, especially those who gave their lives defending freedom and those continuing to do so especially in Ukraine.
TSB and Alex
(and RB ❤ from Angels Curzon, Jadzia, Nimbus, Snowflake, Obnoxio and Angel aka Ninja. And Sharon and Brian, Sniffie and Zoe send extra love from your furry family OTRB to you guys. Sniffie and Nimbus have been having slight disagreements lately who has/had the better CatDaddy, but I reminded them BOTH that they’re the luckiest cats alive to have had CatDaddies at all, especially one *cough* Sniffie *cough* that watches over MULTIPLE families’ kitties until THEIR humans join them… – Curzon)