First blossom on our peonies. A lot of other buds on the verge, but this one is opened wide. Also, first orange hawkweed on my morning walk. But Ms. Stripe Nose missed her appointment for supplemental petting.
If you think I am expendable by being over 70, white, and male, I think that *you* are expendable. One lesson from Philo 101 back in college, any valid system of ethics must be reciprocal . . .