Looking Closely At Sunflowers

 Interest rates going up at last! They've been too low for too darned long. I'd love to see rates stabilize at 6%. Back in the day, when inflation got out of hand, interest rates at 10% cured that problem. This was during the Ford administration, if memory serves. It was a great time to be a saver! Rates on a car loan ran around 14%. Bonds were earning around 11%. Think rule of 72. It was a great time to be heavily invested in the bond market! And I was. Back in the DAY! 

BACK in the day! But TODAY I added another excellent link in the Site List.

Zooming In On Sunflowers

 Oh, yes, don't underestimate those sunflowers.

As I stroll down that old Memory Lane, I recall stirring phrases from the past, like: "Death to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people!" That one was associated with the Symbionese Liberation Army, and I have no idea who came up with that, the name of that weird group or that catch phrase or whatever it was. Symbionese?? And I think their symbol was a seven-headed cobra?? What did that mean? It all had a certain frisson, but it was also very strange. Did Abby Hoffman commit suicide or was it a simple drug overdose? If suicide he might have had a vision of the future-- THIS future. That would be enough to drive an idealist of those times over the brink, for sure. Fortunately, I was never an idealist.

Sunflowers Again

 Yes, I continue with closer looks, at the sunflowers of the past. 

It's cool today but soon we will be hitting 100 F! I'm happy to have completed all of my outdoor projects. Thunder and lightening a few days ago but only a few drops of rain. It was a lot of noise but it signified nothing. That sounds familiar.

Sunflowers, Closer Looks

 Trying to zoom in here...

Meanwhile, death to Vladimir Putin, and all who support/admire/enable him. I think it's OK to say that. If wishes were wings, etc. And I only named one name. The rest is a matter of conjecture, isn't it? Surely, we can ALL agree that Putin deserves a firing squad. Or a noose. 

Closer Looks 28

 So, now, after some delay, these closer looks, into the past, continue.

And more!

One searches for the hidden meaning, that MUST be concealed in such things.