Thursday Trees

Mike's blog is still down until his computer woes are over, and so here's our next temporary Thursday Trees post to tide you over until he's back on line ...

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That's it for today's fill-in edition of Thursday Trees - I hope it gave you a lift while we wait for Mike to get back to professional online tree farming.

Have a good day, and be sure to come back tomorrow for the naming of the Right-Cheek Ass Clown for June - more thoughts then.

Bilbo

Poetry Sunday

I found this wonderful short poem posted on Facebook a while back, and loved it. I hope you do, too.

Sometimes the Wolf Cries Girl

by Sian Wilmot (srwpoetry)

Sometimes the hero stumbles 

and falls right off the page. 

Sometimes the princess 

rolls her eyes and says, 

"I don't want to be saved." 

Sometimes the dragon needs rescuing 

and the villain aches to be helped. 

Sometimes, in the darkness, 

the lost boy finds himself. 

Sometimes the prince is cunning

and not at all who he seemed. 

Sometimes the witch's kindness shows 

it's she who deserves to be queen. 

Sometimes we shouldn't define people 

based on somebody else's point of view -

just because it's what we've been told

doesn't make it true.

"Just because it's what we've been told doesn't make it true" ought to be our motto during the time of Der Furor and his hateful regime.

Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. More thoughts coming.

Bilbo

Cartoon Saturday

Good lord, can we just have a single week of something other than lunacy?

Der Furor has named Bill Pulte, an aggressive loyalist with no intelligence background or experience who runs a federal housing agency, to be the Acting Director of National Intelligence; Secretary of Defense (not War) Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions of several Navy officers selected for one-star Admiral rank, targeting minority and women officers and leaving no women on the promotion list; Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused to commit to obeying court orders he believes come from politically-motivated judges; Elias Irizarri, a January 6th rioter who pleaded guilty for several offenses and was pardoned by Der Furor, has been hired for a job in the Pentagon’s sensitive office for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict; and sexually insecure men are engaging in a range of weird techniques called "spermmaxxing" to boost the quality and quantity of their sperm ... as if helping such men improve their breeding would be a good thing.

This week, a collection of cartoons about the unsung heroes of law enforcement - those who draw the chalk outlines at crime scenes.

He probably needs more chalk, too ...

Color-by-numbers isn't always appropriate ...

Officer DaVinci gets reassigned ...

It's a reasonable theory ...

If only ...

An honest mistake ...

As my father used to say, "everybody gotta start someplace" ...

There's training involved? ...

Training exercise ...

It was a nice gesture, if inappropriate ...

And so ends the first Cartoon Saturday for June - I hope you enjoyed the look at the lighter side of law enforcement, which has few lighter sides lately.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when we take the first trip to Poetry Sunday for the new month.

Bilbo

Great Moments in Editing and Signage

The first collection for June! Let's jump right in -

If the contretemps in the Persian Gulf continues, this might end up as a viable alternative energy source ...

It sounds more impressive than "plumber's snake."

Well, they had to put it someplace ...

When you hire the low bidder to paint your signs ...

It looks as if the Navy will be able to buy more Tomahawks if it saves on oranges ...

I'm glad I don't live in Ohio ...

Schroedinger's cell phone ...

I wonder if the health department is aware of this ...

I'll bet they are! ...

If this isn't the most MAGA approach to a dispute, I don't know what is ...

And that wraps up our first collection of Great Moments in Editing and Signage for the new month - I hope it gave you a few chuckles and inspired you to send your Great Moments finds to ol' Bilbo.

Have a good day and be sure to come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday's salute to the unsung heroes of law enforcement - see you then!

Bilbo

Thursday Trees

Since Mike's blog is temporarily down while he deals with computer problems, I thought I'd help out by continuing his Thursday Trees posts until he's back in business. Here we go ...

Here's hoping Mike gets back soon ... until then, I'll try to keep the tree flag waving.

Have a good day, and come back tomorrow for our first Great Moments in Editing and Signage for June - see you then.

Bilbo