04-03-2026 — Nice Weather we’re having

Howdy all. The last couple of days saw the temperature go from like low-30s Wednesday morning, to the 60s late yesterday and around 60 at 3:30 today (Thursday). And the rain expected both days, hasn’t really been too bad. We did get some more 30-40 mph wind gusts. And the electric company has still not gotten the outage total under 1000. But my place, and my brother’s, have stayed up since they recovered our areas.

Weaver’s Lawn Service came to the house yesterday to do the Spring Cleanup. And they did a wonderful job. They removed all the old leaves that accumulated over winter, and picked up all of the twigs and branches from the piles I made, and the hundreds of other spots across the yard. Jessica trimmed back my rose bushes down to the live wood. There wasn’t much left of them. She says that’s what she is seeing this year at most homes. The winter really rotted them away. But I have fertilizer down on top of the mulch for the roses. That’s my way of doing slow feeding. The rains will slowly dissolve the fertilizer, and it will seep through the mulch, feeding the roses for months.

While they were doing that, I got out and did add a few more artificial flowers to the various planters and pots in the front yard. And I even replace the bird feeders with new ones, and filled them up. The birds are starting to notice the food today. The one feeder out back, was also refilled, and the red-winged black birds have managed to tilt it and open it up enough to have lots of seeds hit the ground. The gray doves are on ground duty removing the fallings as soon as they can.

Mowing will likely start in the next few weeks.

Oh, and Bob Weaver clipped the hedges that were touching the house walls, and the crap trees behind the shed. I’m sure the Orkin guy will still add these as “entry” points in his write-up each visit. They need to have an out if bugs actually do make it indoors.

Each year, Weaver’s does my yard, and the neighbor to the south, at the same time. The debris in my yard is 90% from the trees in their yard, so Weaver’s just blows it back there and picks it up.

Not much is happening around here. I am having some success sleeping, but, with the way the world is going, I am having horrible dreams. And, I seem to have stress headaches almost every day. — Like right now!!

I was mentioning to someone, I remember the stress from the 1960s and the “Cuba Crisis”, and doing Atom Bomb drills, hiding under our school desks. (Like that would actually have any positive effect at all..) But this is the most stressful time I recall, in the 65 years, or so, of me being cognizant of the world situation, ever.

I have had many dreams of ICE breaking into my house for me or others. Hey, my mother’s parents ancestors were in the states since before the revolutionary war, and were high ups in the armies for generations. While my father’s paternal side is still mostly a question, many of his ancestors were also “big” surnames then. Adams and such. His maternal side was a mix of early and later immigrants. With that, you’d think I wouldn’t have worries. Duh, I think everybody should have worries with the way this is going.

I was watching DareDevil Born Again, the last few days, and sure do see the mirroring of ICE in the “fictional” AVTF “Anti-Vigilante Task Force“. Maybe that is the trigger for the dreams. The AVTF is supposed to bring Legal justice to those that are Vigilantes in New York. But in fictional reality, they are thugs being directed by a legally elected Mayor Fisk (also known as KingPin), to do his bidding against anyone that opposes him and his thoughts.

I am also concerned and worried that, while we are being told that Iran has no military capability left, nor any nuclear capability left, they somehow can shoot down an Air Force Jet, do military strikes in countries hosting US bases – Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait – and US-allied Oman and Saudi Arabia, and that they have 1000 pounds of Uranium somewhere. The concern is so much what Iran may do next (but that is concerning), but that we are being told a set of incorrect statements as to the real status.

And as another worry, for a retired person that really does depend upon the Social Security and Medicare Benefits, THAT I PAID FOR, I keep reading crap like, the administration may cut these things completely, so they can use the money for more war.

“““““““““““On April 1, 2026, President Trump stated that it is "not possible" for the federal government to continue funding Medicare, Medicaid, and day care while focusing on "military protection". He suggested these programs should instead be managed and funded by individual states.““““““““““““““

I am not trying to turn this into a Political View blog. It is very much a day in the life type blog. But these fears are hitting me hard right now in my life.

The world, and this country specifically, needs some stability. As do I, if I hope to Enjoy Life