It’s 104 degrees outside (feels like 117)…and dear husband brings me a large Dr. Pepper ice cream float…he’s a keeper!

Birds in my neighborhood this morning, per the Merlin bird app…

Old photo—our dog Rosco and cat Cali…miss both of them.

I’m a 71 year old woman. I wear no makeup. I am also a Texas Democrat—some folks might say I’m “antifa”. I’m don’t think I’m deformed or abnormal. I wear jeans and t-shirts like other women my age. I walk upright. I shouldn’t be mistaken for a feral animal, as Stephen Miller and others claim.

I live in Denton TX. Turns out that Texas AG Ken Paxton committed voter fraud by voting in Collin County when he was actually residing in Denton County. Denton County Democrats are asking our DA to file charges against Paxton and are calling for his second impeachment.

There are a lot of cat lovers here, and I know you know more than I do about cat breeds. This is my Luna. She is 1.5 years old, and I’m trying to figure what kind of cat she is. She is predominantly white with a multicolor tail, and with almost black and tan spots. Is she a certain breed or type?

Sorry—here is the screenshot…

We haven’t been to a large concert venue in years. Too expensive and not worth the hassle for older fans. Check out what concert tickets used to cost in the good old days…hubby kept his ticket stubs…

Birds in my neighborhood this morning…

My 1 yr 8 mo old Luna. She can be a holy terror but behind that is a super sweet kitty.

Y’all have probably seen this by now…. This is the bridge too far for me.

I’ve been saying that the “ballroom” is not a ballroom.

Sunday breakfast by my husband—aka The King of Breakfast. Sourdough French toast and hash browns.

Mark is packing for a kayak trip. Luna thinks she is going too…

So…I went looking for the photo of Major Kong riding the bomb…and found this…

Hubby saved some concert ticket stubs..

There are many slipcovers out there. Ours was specifically made to fit the IKEA Ektorp sofa—it’s not velvet but velvet-like (microfiber?). Machine washable. They will still periodically scratch their claws on the cover but no damage so far. Kitties like to sleep on the couch…

Love Torties. I’ve had 2 over the years—1 currently (6 years old dilute tortie) and one who died from a cancer several years ago. The kitty on the left is my current tortie Pearl. On the left is Pearl playing with my deceased tortie Cali.

My neighborhood in Denton TX:

It’s very chirpy outside this morning!

We’re in our 70s. There are a couple of smaller venues we stick to in Dallas TX. Affordable and we can uber. No more stadiums for us. The attached photo is of ticket stubs from concerts my husband went to in the 1970s. Those were the days…

The author of the below opinion piece is a veterinarian, rancher, and former member of the Texas state house. He and I are from the same neck of the woods—small town almost-West Texas. He is a Republican. Click on the photo to see it. The tide IS turning, folks…