Finally Rain

 It was a fairly substantial rain at last. More chances today and temperatures continue to moderate and rain chances, though slight, remain in the forecast. This is an August pattern I am familiar with, but it's been absent in the last few years. I used to speak of such events as bringing a "hint of Fall". Nice to have that again.

 I don't isolate myself from everyone, not at all. Just the nut cases and they are usually obvious after an exchange of only a few words. They can go their way and I'll go mine. 

On the road is the theme for the day. I don't see the point of being on the road anymore. 

Maybe Rain

 I thought of more things Republicans hate: charity, common human decency, compassion, selflessness, honesty, and integrity. That about covers it, I think. Meanwhile, maybe rain! It just might happen. 

This day begins with temps in the low seventies and substantial cloud cover. Until it actually does rain I will water as I usually do. I'll believe it only when I see it, and that's a good principle in most cases. 

Pretty Cloudy This Morning

 Therefore, we start the day on the warm side, at 79 F but rain chances are almost non-trivial today, tomorrow, and the day after. And the forecast has the temperatures moderating quite a lot for those few days. One can hope. One can dream. And with extreme weather becoming the norm, you can't ever be sure of what you are going to get. Flooding rains in Death Valley! Would that Lake Mead would fill up. There's another monkeypox case in Lubbock. I haven't been keeping track of stats because for me this is a very low risk disease, shunning people as I do. And I knew Republicans hate intelligent and independent women and nonwhites, but apparently they hate diabetics as well. Let's see, they hate the poor, they hate smart women, they hate people of color, they hate gays, they hate the sick, they hate knowledge, they hate science, they hate reason-- is there anything left? Oh, they hate seniors if those seniors happen to be getting social security benefits and Medicare. They seem to hate everyone who isn't rich and white and protestant and healthy. I think they hate veterans, too. 

Oops! I forgot truth. They hate that too. 

Moderating Temperatures

 Getting tolerable, at least for a few days. Nice. 

I've still got the sunflowers. 

Polio Making A Comeback?

 Cases are starting to appear again, all over the country, and you can thank the anti-vaccination nut jobs and various religious half-wits who oppose vaccination. Where is Emperor Nero when we need him? Can smallpox be far behind? 

76 F this morning. Not so bad in the early morning so I'm up before sunrise. Early to bed and early to rise, etc. 

I'm quite happy with my photography, at least. I photograph what I like. Note the absence of people.