Everything's coming up roses at my house

I spend my mornings these days out on my back patio and I’m often rewarded with the extended song of a mockingbird along with the cooler but sunny days. Recently, some pruning I did on the rose bush paid off with these buds, further enhancing the beauty in my back yard that greets me as I drink my morning coffee and watch Sinatra playing predator in the still tall and still green grass. Every morning, I count my blessings and try to express my gratitude for the abundance in my life.

Politics confuses and confounds me still. I read that the Republicans are somewhat likely to pick up more than 50 seats in the House of Representatives and anywhere upwards of six U.S. Senate seats. Meanwhile, their candidates just get more whacky. Today’s news is that a GOP candidate in Ohio has an unusual hobby: he likes to dress up as a Nazi and is interested in the military history of a WWII Nazi unit that was singled out for the war crime of murdering 700 Ukrainian Jews while in Russia. His especial hero in this unit? Why, a medic by the name of Josef Mengele, of course. Yes, THAT Dr. Mengele, the Dr. Death of the camps who fled to Argentina. In Arizona, state Republican legislative leaders are endorsing Sen. Harry Reid over Sharron Angle because she was an “ineffective” legislator. Also, she went “all in” on the whole “commies are polluting our precious bodily fluids with flouride in our water” John Birch conspiracy theory. Don’t forget that Christine O’Donnell is not a witch and Rand Paul doesn’t really propose a $2,000 Medicare deductible, the videotapes nonwithstanding. Since I gave up on understanding politics this year, it’s really become a lot more entertaining.

Plazafest and MestaFesta this weekend on top of football game days. What a great time of the year!

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