Readers, Welcome to my blog (formerly Birds, Blooms, Books, etc). I'm entering a new decade taking on the challenge of moving from Maryland after living there 46 years and learning about my new home here in New England in the Live Free or Die state - New Hampshire. Join me as a write this new chapter of my life.

Saturday, April 26, 2025

The view from here.

Spring comes to NH. 


Two trees in Maple bed with white ribbons. Have you tied any on your trees?


And look how green our grass is. 

A rainy day this Saturday but much needed.

And on the hummingbird migration map the birds are almost here.  I’ll be hanging the feeders this week.


 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

White Ribbon

 Tie a white ribbon for immigrants jailed without due process and foreign students whose 1st amendment rights have not been honored.  

"Until the crisis is over, white ribbons tied around trees across America will mark our hope for freedom for all and an end to this dark period of lawlessness and the inhumane violation of due process." Prof. Lila Berman


                                    I used remnant cloth to make a white ribbon. 

This is the only tree it would reach around.

Must get some ribbon.

Share your white ribbons, please!


Wordless Wednesday

 







Monday, April 21, 2025

White Ribbons!

Professor Lila Berman 

(https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/lila-corwin-berman.html)

is starting a campaign to tie white ribbons on trees to protest Trump’s abductions/deportations. In Lila’s words:

“In the late 1970s, during the Iranian hostage crisis, Americans tied yellow ribbons around trees until the hostages were brought home. Today, the Trump administration is perpetrating its own massive hostage crisis—holding people, ideas, institutions, and freedom itself hostage. Until the crisis is over, white ribbons tied around trees across America will mark our hope for freedom for all and an end to this dark period of lawlessness and the inhumane violation of due process.”

We are seeking ways to reach folks with major platforms. If you’re interested, please get some ribbons and spread the word far and wide! 

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Now I need to find white ribbon that can withstand being outside and tie them on my trees.

Will you do it too?

If you have FaceBook, can you spread the word?