Juggling As Fast As I Can

As noted yesterday, the Chaos Times are upon me. (Also, many thanks to @wcroth55 for the spot on comment with the Kipling quote!)

So you may consider this a tiny, friendly heads up that you may just be getting random photos with minimal verbage or prose for the next couple of weeks. Think of them as my personal version of “proof of live” messages.

While dealing with yesterday’s plumbing issues I was down under this hibiscus (there’s a cleanout buried under there) and there were no flowers on it at all. I would have noticed! Today, a handful of full blooms with more getting ready to pop.

For my effort in getting these pictures I almost got a hummingbird in the ear. Apparently they’ve already laid claim to them and the fact that I was standing there upset them. They didn’t recognize me as the one who feeds them in the back yard. Not surprising – they’re incredible flyers, but that’s despite the fact that their brains are thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis 🤏🏻 small (at best).

As I’ve no doubt commented before, while beautiful, these things remind me of Triffids, and that book (and movie) made it tough to sleep for a few nights, so having them right outside the house isn’t necessarily comforting.

Another day survived. Pressing on. I hope y’all are doing well also!