Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 551 After 4 cool days of weeding and tending the garden, I am sore and covered in bug bites. But happy. The weeds are named after felon's criminals: Miller, Vance, Rubio, Hegseth. All pulled out and composting.

Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 550 Corgi sploot. McGee is relaxing after a day.

Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 548 Lately I feel like I am watching king felon sink us into the quicksand of impulsive bad decisions. Nobody but us to rescue ourselves. 😭Cool here again which makes me happy. Fireflies are back.

Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 547 It has cooled off here, so my lawnmower awaits. It will be a day to catch up on yard work, dog walking and chores. King felon’s looks desperate these days. Counting down his days…the resistance remains!

Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 542 Smoke haze floating south from our beautiful Boundary Waters NP. Which is on fire. What is King felon’s policy about wildfires??? Silence is smoky too.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 541

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 539 Phew. What a weekend! The Grim Reaper visited one of three assigned projects. But who thought Lindsay would be first? Midsummer garden is blooming. Makes me happy.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 537. Today I spent the morning as a guide on a local Master Gardener garden tour. It was beautiful and hundreds of people came out. I didn’t give King felon a single thought.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 534 Blah day here. Blah, blah, blah. McGee says he is bored.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 527 Last night I attended a gathering of friends. We shared fantasies felon’s loss of power: spending the night, homeless outdoors, losing his crypto money, having no one show up to his Fourth of July speech.🙃

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 518 Sour cherry tree is producing fruit beautifully. These will become jam, pie and cherry bump. 😋. Waaay better than green slimy pool!

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 515 Gorgeous day here! I will be out and about in the sunshine taking husband and family to Father's Day Brunch.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 513 McGee had a spa day yesterday. He had his first bath and a nail trim. So handsome! The felon will be turning green with envy over Obama Center opening today.😉

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 503 Raining here! The local JazzFest was rained out last night. McGee attended for the first time. Felon melt down on the news was predictable. Clematis are gorgeous.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 501 Just weeded another garden, naming weeds after admin officials. Hegseth, Rubio and Miller had to be dug out--they wanted to stay put. Garden looks tended now and I feel powerful!

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 500 A favorite cousin died last night which makes me sad. RIP Curtiss. You were so kind as a young man. Orange ruffles in my garden.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 497 Mowing day again! I watched primary results with interest, especially my home state of Iowa. Looking good for Blue take back. The farmers are mad about those tariffs! Peonies are gorgeous.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 496 Time to start weeding. Every weed I will name after a felon staff member and yank it out of the garden. McGee will help by digging holes.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 495 Watching DC photos of the White House is demoralizing. WH looks like a meth lab site. 🤬. My garden helps me cope-- at least there I have some control.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 492 My flower garden is blooming joyfully—it gives me so much satisfaction and distracts me from thinking about you know who😬.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 491 Here is what my garden is doing right now. These irises are such stars. The peonies will bloom next week. Think of that barren former Rose Garden--cement and grass. Pity.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 489. I hope the felon enjoys his "medical check up and dental appointment" today. Whatever is really going on I predict it involves bruised hands 🔮. McGee enjoyed his first pup cup from PumpHouse!

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 488 The beautiful Municipal Cemetery in Nevada, Ia where my late family members reside. Charles Jackson (Great, great Grandfather, served in the Civil War.)

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 485 I finished planting and seeding. Today I will not do much at all except attend to a certain puppy who is feeling neglected. A walk and a trip to the dog park are on today's list. Felon looks worse each day!

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 483 I am almost finished with spring garden work--just a few more flowers....inspiration from last year.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 480 It is cold here today! McGee and I walked this morning so now he is cuddled up to me, the little sweetie. He is not thinking about our unhealthy president.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 479 What a busy weekend. We made a quick trip to Iowa for a family celebration. We learned that a giant sea scorpion fossil was found in Decorah, Iowa in the driftless geology of the place. So interesting!

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 474 Still planting--I will grow extra veggies this summer. There could be food shortages with this war🙁. We are back at the Dog Park with McGee.

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 473 There is garden progress. Getting plants in the pots and the ground. Mothers' Day scenes at the Arboretum

#SANITY2025-2029 Goal: stay sane while effectively pushing back one day at a time. Day 464 Garden season is here! Rhubarb is up and growing, tulips bloomed, Prairie anemones are lush, and I am happy. Who can think of felonious one while making things grow.