Monday, March 24, 2025

Incompetence. The Reason For Treason?


Today was pot-swap day. Which reminds me of a sign on a little bitty old house that used to be near FSU. The hand-painted sign said, "Pot Plants".
There is no doubt in my mind that the whoever lived there sold potted plants but oh, we did laugh whenever we saw it. 

So, no, of course I wasn't swapping cannabis with cannabis enthusiasts but rather shifting and repotting plants from their too-small pots to larger ones. For instance- the plant on the right up there was in the pot to the left and it was really getting way too big for it. The blue pot it's in now is one that Mr. Moon gave me for Christmas. The Swiss cheese plant was in a rectangular pot but I decided to move it to the Talavera pot. I hope I do not regret this. That Swiss cheese plant seems to thrive on neglect and I'm not sure we even need to put the modifier "benign" in there. 

The rectangular pot now has some rooted Rex begonias in it.


I have that one in the laundry room so I can watch and tend to it. 

I let most of my Swedish ivy die over the winter (bad plant mama, BAD plant mama) but I have some I had rooted and a little piece that did not die but was cheerfully living it's nice green life. So they are all now repotted in their same-old pot. 


That too is in the laundry room baby plant nursery. I repotted a very small jade plant and I desperately want it to grow bigger but I am and am not holding my breath on that. I used to have a giant jade plant and then it died and I still feel like a murderess. 

I cleaned up the porch a little and swept it, and haven't done a whole lot else. I did call the urologist's office early this morning and did the whole dance where you press three if you want to make an appointment and then are told that you're going to be waiting a long time so you should leave a message and your date of birth and someone would call back within 24 business hours or, if you want to just stay on the line, press two...
Okay. So that went on quite awhile until I finally reached a human and in my interaction with her I was transferred to a number which gave me no choice but to leave a message and so I did and they called me back this afternoon and I will go see the doctor on Wednesday morning. 
Got that? 
The stone is still hanging out, taunting me with its presence but of course by Wednesday, it will have retreated into temporary surrender and my urine will be as "pristine" as it was last time I was there but I'll be damned if I don't walk out of there with an order for some sort of scan. 

Here's a strange thing that happened today- I was on the back porch and heard a cat making the "I have killed game" call and I thought it was Maurice but no, she was right there beside me. So a few minutes later I heard the flap-flap sound of a vulture's wings and looked out into the yard and there was the other orange cat, Maurice's almost-doppleganger with a least a dozen buzzards all facing her/him. I think that she/he did kill some very small animal and the buzzards wanted it. They got it too. I saw one of them run in and snatch something and the cat ran away. Brave cat though, to face down a wake of buzzards. The birds stuck around for awhile, roosting in trees and then I guess they decided that was going to be it and took off with those distinctive wing sounds they have. 

I see that some of D.T.'s top officials accidentally texted secret war plans to the editor of the Atlantic. This is not a joke. This is not a test. This is the actual and factual truth and for this and this alone I think that the orange one should be tried for treason. 
Oh, you can go ahead and throw in a lot of other treasonous stuff he and his Trumpettes have done. I wouldn't mind that. But at the very least this is a perfect example of how absolutely unqualified officials can screw up things so badly that they are literally threatening the lives of thousands. Or more. 
There is no excuse for this. None. 

I guess I've had my say. I need to go cook our supper. Spicy mustard shrimp and rice. And other things. 

Love...Ms. Moon

P.S. Jessie told me that last night Levon made up his bed with his new blanket and was so proud he went and got her to come see. 
I could not be happier about that. I really could not.

35 comments:

  1. I hope you get that #*#*#* stone dealt with one way or another.
    And I love how Levon really likes his personal quilt. I bet he keeps it forever.

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  2. you know that when we are all dead and gone your grandchildren will have reunions at the lake and everyone will bring their Mer blankets! ----M&Ms and chicken and dumplings for dinner!

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  3. I once had a cat who thought he would get one of a flock of quail. He didn't count on the look out bird who eventually hollered "Now, boys!" and the quail literally beat him into the several feet of snow on the ground.

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  4. Two more days... may you feel better until then.
    The tangerine toddler has not one, not a single one surrounding him that has a clue what their job is supposed to be. Treason charges should be just the start.

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    1. You're right, Deb. But just one good conviction of treason would make me happy.

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  5. I think the Orange Bastard needs to be charged with treason simply for breathing!

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    1. I love this-my sentiment exactly!

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    2. I do honestly believe that with every breath he takes he is plotting the takedown of the US.

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  6. The fucking incompetence is mind boggling.
    It sounds like hermit crabs, each plant going up one pot size. I'm still waiting for the orchid pot that I made at pottery class. It had to be fired but I so badly want to see how it turned out.
    I hope you get some relief with your kidney stone. I've got something weird going on with my collarbone and I'll see the doc tomorrow. Yay.

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    1. Your collarbone? Might as well get it checked out. I heard a podcast the other day with a woman doctor who is specializing in menopause and they have found that many women in menopause experience something called "frozen shoulder" or adhesive capsulitis. There may be no connection between that and your collarbone but it made me think of the podcast.
      Please give us a picture of your orchid pot when it comes out of the kiln.
      I thought of the hermit crabs as I potted and repotted yesterday.

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  7. Hegseth, Vance, Waltz, and the rest of them are a bunch of fucking incompetent clowns. Full stop.

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    1. Uh- I think you may have forgotten "evil" in there.

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  8. My heart sang when I heard Levon made his bed with your blanket and had to show Jessie. My poor jade hedge no longer has glossy green and plump leaves, there simply hasn't been enough rain and half the garden is dying of thirst, the jades have thin yellowish leaves, but I can't stand out there watering as they are so big I'd be there all day trying to give them enough and that resulting water bill would send me to the poorhouse. They still have fat trunks though and will survive somehow.
    I agree with what you said about Trump, treasonous bastard is killing your country.

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    1. You have a jade hedge? Oh my but things are different where you live. Okay. I just googled "jade hedge" and it's a different sort of jade plant. Similar though.
      Trump is planning on stomping on the ashes of our country.

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    2. I think it's the same jade (crassula) but I planted a whole row of cuttings and they grew close so I call it a hedge. Gets pale pink star flowers twice a year.

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  9. I wish you'd gotten a picture of the cat with the buzzards. That sounds very WEIRD! I would love to have seen the standoff.

    I've discovered that not only do I like writing about repotting all my plants, I like reading about other people's repotting! LOL!

    So great that Levon is getting such joy out of his blanket. (And you are too!)

    I have a feeling these Trump-related mishaps are going to be regular occurrences for the next four years. Should be a real roller-coaster. Hopefully it won't kill us all.

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    1. I was afraid to open the porch door to get a shot because I thought the buzzards would all fly away. They might not have though. Buzzards are pretty brave.
      Glad you enjoyed my planting stories! I hope you approved.
      I don't think I'll ever think of Levon again without remembering him holding that blanket. He has a big heart, that one. He's the one who always wanted me to read "Amos & Boris" which is the tenderest story.
      Believe you're right about Trump. I just read a great quote. "When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus."

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  10. You make me miss those kinds of plants we used to have, also the collection of Talavera pots we had before we left California. So nice that all your hard work and especially your love is appreciated by Levon.

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    1. I love Talavera pottery. The colors are so rich and pleasing.
      This last cold winter really did cut down the number of plants I have. I suppose that's a good thing but part of me just thinks, "Oh goody! I can't get more plants for these pots."
      I think that Levon does appreciate the love I put into his blanket.

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  11. I don't blame Levon for loving his blanket. It's beautiful and all his.

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  12. Thanks for plant update, and the stone situation. Pot plants! Great sign. As a potter, sometimes I just say pots. And then people get confused and think pots and pans. I will be doing new spring flowers soon...and repotting a few old ones that survived.

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  13. Your newly repotted plants are doing well, no wilt says perfection.
    Heads should roll for the latest mishap. Will it happen?
    Sweet Levon will always and forever love his personalized blanket. When everyone sleeps over at the new Moon waterfront lodge, they'll bring their blankets.

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    1. I've seen a reporter asked Trump what he thought about the incredible breech of security and he just said, "What? I know nothing about this. I'm just learning about it this minute from you."
      And if that was true? That would be pretty fucking bad.

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  14. I love that Levon loves his blanket. And everytime he looks at that blanket, he will remember that his grandma made, especially for him. Even when he has gray hair on his own head.

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  15. Like I commented on Steve's post, this was not an accident. The only mistake, again not an accident, was adding the reporter which happened because they are all supremely unqualified and inappropriate idiots who don't know what the fuck they are doing. They are purposely using Signal instead of the secure government server because they want to hide what they're doing and Signal is set to delete conversations after a week or three weeks. The secure gov't server keeps all communications intact. And they are all either too stupid to understand or just don't care that they are endangering the security of this country. So yeah, treason.

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    1. I just found it too suspicious that they somehow included, out of all the people in the world, an editor at a National magazine. THAT is the part that I suspect someone on the inside did as a sort of leaking-to-the-press thing. I know the assholes chose a non-secure messaging service on purpose.

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  16. Glad you got an appointment with your doctor soon. Hope you have relief from that goofy stone.
    Of course, Levon loves his blanket - it's wonderful!
    My volunteer group is called the "Weed Ladies" because we use dried weeds and flowers in floral arrangements. We always get people laughing about our group name. ;)

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    1. Oh, the Weed Ladies! I love it! If you believe all the Rom Coms about what goes on in retirement communities, there are many weed ladies. Men too.

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