Today's earworm. "Starry Night" - Don McClean

CSN - "As I Come Of Age" (live)

One of my favorite tunes. Bonnie Raitt, "Love Has No Pride"

Not only will Trump award Kirk the Medal of Freedom posthumously,

now Vance will fly his casket to Arizona on Air Force One.

They are making a martyr out of Kirk. It gives them a spectacular distraction from the Epstein files.

My son just sent me pictures of caterpillars on the dill plants in his herb garden.

They're Monarchs! We planted a bunch of wildflower seeds this spring, but none of the milkweed plants grew. Next spring we'll try milkweed again and increase the number of dill plants.

BTW, he doesn't use any pesticides around the garden or flower beds, so no worries there.

It seems the neighborhood birds have had a good season, so far.

In the last couple of weeks I've seen the following fledglings in my front yard:

House Sparrow
House Finch
White Winged Dove
Blue Jay
Cardinal
Brown Thrasher
Downy Woodpecker
Robin

The birds (and squirrels) have learned the sound of the cover being removed from the metal pail where I store bird seed. They hear that and within minutes I have a yard full of birds (and squirrels).

I have an overgrown corner in my backyard. I've been seeing Brown Thrashers

flying in and out so I suspected they were nesting in there. Sure enough, two adult birds visited the front yard this afternoon and they had two fledglings with them. While I was watching, they even fed the young ones before they flew off.

I think I'll wait til this fall to clean up that corner.

Question about citizenship and deportation.

One of my daughters in law is from Vietnam. She and my son have 2 children who were born in the US while my dil was a permanent resident, but before she became a naturalized citizen.

Since then, they have adopted 2 children from Vietnam, a niece and nephew of my dil. Everything was done legally with all the i's dotted and t's crossed.

Should I be worried about their status and possible deportation or is Trump only going after Hispanic individuals?

"Brickyard Blues" - Three Dog Night

I just went to the NWS website to check the event forecast for my area

When I zoomed out on the radar, I saw that the map still shows The Gulf of Mexico. Ya reckon that's why Trump and Musk want it shut down?