Honoring Dad

My Dad was very active in the Civil Rights Movement.

If he was still alive he would have been on the street for No Kings Day yesterday. I'm honoring him by carrying on his legacy of standing up for the rights of others.

Here's the news from No Kings Day organizers.

No Kings Activists,

 

What an incredible day!

 

We knew No Kings Day would be huge, but we never imagined just how big it would be. We turned out over five million people (and still counting) across 2169 events in countries all around the globe.

 

This is what real democracy looks like. 

 

The people drive the policy, not the other way around. And when the wealthy try to buy their way into unchecked power, we stand up and loudly remind them who runs this country. 

 

The over 200,000 people who turned out in NYC.

The over 100,000 in Philadelphia.

The 400 people who showed up in a town with a population of only 800 in Michigan. 

These people are the true backbone of America.

No Kings Day Signs

 The demonstration was a success. Only a very small handful of dissenters that I experienced. 

There were many more signs than I could capture but here are the ones I did. 

Some scenes of the crowd. 

Here I am with the above sign. 

My oldest brother and older sister attended demonstrations in Pittsburg and Chambersburg, PA respectively and youngest daughter took her family to one in a suburb of Buffalo.

Where did you demonstrate?

June 14th

When I first wrote this I thought I'd have no transportation to this March/demonstration.  Then I remembered a friend who had said she'd be happy to go with us anytime.  I emailed her and she's going and driving.  

Hope you find a demonstration to attend. 

Morning Garden Walk Around

 

I stepped out on the deck this morning to check some herbs I transplanted last evening before dark, and was taken by the lushness of the deck flowers.  Some are passing their prime and others are preparing to be in the spotlight.  Time passing.  

The garden gets me away from the news of the day, the hour, the minute.

I can delight in seeing the buds on my two peony plants in competition to open first.

Soon there will be lily blooms.

Iris are not spent yet and the lupine is sending up new blossom stems.

We have a blue sky day ahead of us here.  That's good news to celebrate.

My first vegetable patch in this house is overloaded but I don't care.

Snow peas are showing up.

Tomatoes are flowering.

A cayenne pepper that was left as a giveaway at the library has joined the other vegetables just last evening.

Heads of lettuce that need picking.  All is good news there too.

I couldn't find the Siberian bugloss plant that Tom recommended after I saw it in one of his garden photos.  Gardeners Supply nursery had them but they're all gone.  I spied this hosta, Heart of Gold (I think) and decided to add it instead.

In the rock garden

buds are showing,

and grass is growing along the edge. I need to roll the rocks back and edge the bed to keep the grass at bay. For Barbara, the rocks are there because I call it a rock garden.  I figure they add interest.

At least while working in my gardens I feel like I can make a difference unlike how I feel about our country's mess.  Sure I'll show up at the demonstration, I'll continue to post news to enlighten us but making a difference?  I just don't see it like I do in the garden.