Mystery weed. I actually saw a few today but really curious about this viny sample.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

cool!!

Human Nigel

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

LOL! My son in law had cats Charles and Elizabeth when he met my daughter. My daughter's middle name is Elizabeth, and she loves Elizabeth the most. And personally, Elizabeth scares me, she is not a friendly kitty, but she is an efficient mouser, so she has some redeeming qualities.

Would you give someone a 2nd chance?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

It is totally going to depend on the situation and how they intend to make reparations. I have someone who owes me money and broke my heart. I get my money back and I might listen to him.

Tithonia from my 2014 garden.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Love the color! I had to look up Tithonia. Tithonia, also called Mexican Sunflower, is an annual plant that is native to Mexico and Central America. This drought tolerant plant likes warm weather. Tithonia blooms from summer to fall. The daisy-like flowers in orange and yellow, grow 2 1/2" to 3 inches across.I learned something new today! Thank you!

Are Boomers, as a group, responsible for some, any or all of the mess our is in today?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Well yes, but seriously, we didn't get a perfect world to work with either.

Cat Traps pt 31: When single traps become mass traps.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Awwww, sweet kitties!

I have four felines.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Looks like that one wants to go explore! Adorable.

Hey singles, are you comfortable going to a nice restaurant or a movie/play alone?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I don't often go to movies or plays alone, but I have a few times. I go to nice restaurants alone often enough. The problem is I'm cheap. Why go to a movie when I can watch it at home and pause it when I need to.

Most members of my family do not recycle or conserve anything.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I feel your pain. I recycle far more than my kids do. The question being do you want a peaceful visit or to alienate them? Pick your battles wisely.

Does anybody else hate using public bathrooms as well as other people’s bathrooms?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Nope. When I gotta go I go where I am. I spent 6 years in the Army when I was in my early 20s, when you're out in the woods you're just happy for something to wipe with. More recently I had a job where I worked 12 hour shifts, and I often didn't get out of there on time, I did 13.5 hours one day. Yeah, you use the facilities when you can. There is nothing that is going to get you in a public restroom or someone else's. A few germs aren't going to hurt you.

Reddit Gave a Teenager With Autism a Shockingly Helpful Sex Ed Lesson - Tonic

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

People will surprise you sometimes. Heartwarming.

What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t)

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I regard religion as a way of controlling the masses throughout history. The major Abrahamic religions are horrible for controlling and degrading women. I agree with @KKGator they helped create some art, but they have degraded women, delayed progress, enforced genocide, and enslaved millions. Calms whose fears? How many millions of indigenous people had their lives destroyed? The ugly truth is that religion is a way for the powerful to stay in power.

There isn't really a category for this, but the blame surely lies under this category.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUeBMwn_eYc War is war and hell is hell, and of the two war is worse.

Lupetto Bourdain

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Adorable!!

Yummmm.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I am impressed by your industry, and a bit envious too. Looks yummy!

Hi everyone.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

You do get to have a life, and in summer there is so much more to do and all sorts of distractions. Glad you're doing well.

Loss of American Jobs?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I am sure it will. He is setting the US up for disaster.

Have a Happy Sunday Folks

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Well, my Sunday has been HOT so far, however, not the good kind. Typical summer in Nebraska, HO HUM. Hot and humid.

This just crossed my FB page and I thought that I'd share it.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I'd just tell them the profits from their cake were going to Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, PFLAG, and Freedom From Religion Foundation. That would scare them out of the store faster than anything.

My younger brother has schizophrenia.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Glad you had a good day with your brother.

Yep! It's about that time!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I was just thinking that myself!

Drink number 3 and I am feeling good ?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Looks good, what are you having? And I'm impressed. My tolerance has diminished, after the second I'm out, if I can even finish the second.

We all have some flaws.Do you have any of these?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

That sums me up pretty well,

Our mailbox "habitat" garden is attracting hummingbirds.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I love to see hummingbirds!

Hi.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Can you be specific about what kind of help you want?

There's a high of 93 today and a low of me having eaten that whole bag of Oreos.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I used to do that. Oreos were a staple when I was pregnant with #2 and still quite often are my drug of choice.

What to do when you find yourself unexpectedly unemployed? Go explore.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Ice caves. You need to go to the ice caves and take lots of pictures. I loved them, such a really cool phenomena. And I do mean, cool, take a jacket.

I've just realised that I reached my tenth "weekiversary" 20 hours ago. ... and no one baked a cake!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

there ya go!

I'm sick with the flu. Send prayers my way

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I am sorry you're ill, not fun at all. May I suggest a run for analgesics and antipyretics? I think that may do better for you than prayers. IOW aspirin, tylenol, motrin, Naproxy Sodium.

Squash for lunch again?? Yes, please!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I'm hungry. Hmmmmm, I don't feel like cooking.... But no matter how hard I concentrate I can't get your plate to appear. Might as well go scrounge something up....

I don't like Instagram.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I mostly ignore Instagram. And twitter. I don't need ways to get into trouble faster.

As they say, "The Plot Sickens". [bbc.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I hope it sucks them down like a whirlpool.

What to do when you find yourself unexpectedly unemployed? Go explore.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I was concerned I might be sacked, I've been struggling with my job for a long time. Now it is not going to kill me financially to be unemployed. So I made a list of everything I want to do if I end up with some unexpected free time. I keep it in my pocket and pull it out when the stress levels rise. My change of attitude and being able to relax a bit has actually helped me to do my job better. So now I'm thinking I likely won't be let go, and I'm kinda sorta disappointed. OTOH, health insurance so I will stay employed until I have other options for health care.

Life just handed me lemonade. Not sure what to do now.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Drink it all up!

I adopted my calico cat,Nala, about 18 months ago.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Get a second opinion. Remember, half of all vets graduated in the bottom 50% of their class. Goes for MDs too. She is a beautiful cat!

Doppleganger

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Wow! What a find. Beautiful!

My project for the day is to assemble this.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I got it done!! All by myself! With a little distraction from the kitties. I have a kitty that is a thief, she swiped one of the screws and headed down the stairs with it. I'm glad I caught her.

Separating Immigrant Children Compares to Handsmaid Tales and Auschwitz

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

It was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It is a horrible shame that when it happened to the blacks it was ignored, they were property. America's real history is a tale of rampant racism and white privilege.

Columbus and Tainos [scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net]

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Of course history is written from the conqueror's point of view. Not that it is right, and we do need to teach the true history much better. Colombus was a little despot.

Ambush spot

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Awwww, sweet kitty! Nice hosta's too. S/he has good taste.

Dammit, cat! You are supposed to stay inside the fence! I am going to have to buy a taller one.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

LOL!! that tiny fence was barely a hop. You'll need something taller than you are to keep a cat in.

Had a really good burger here today. gooooood cold sweet tea.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Cute place!! But OMG yech sweet tea.

How would you feel about hearing this: You have exceeded expectations in this position for the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Jeebus, they just stabbed you in the back to watch you bleed out. And you're in a "right to work" state which means they have the right to fire you at will. I am so sorry that they did this to you. Here is a resource you might check out: https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/articles/2016-03-28/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-being-fired-but-were-afraid-to-ask

Part of it could be the fact that it's been gray and wet all day, but Tony Bourdain's suicide is ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 9, 2018:

All I can tell you is no one can judge the pain of another. I cannot imagine how much pain he was in to have risked hurting his child so much. Even in my darkest hours when I cried out to the gods that are not there, I remembered my kids and how I I could not inflict that pain on them. That is my story, yours and his are different. But please, in that dark night when you have no more strength to go on, please summon up that last ounce and call someone. I know that storms and dark nights pass eventually, yours will too, but sometimes you need to lean on someone else for a bit.

What are the chances?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

LOL!!

When raising children is it OK to let them go with a friend to a Bible camp?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I sent three kids to bible camps while they were children. Two have grown up to be Atheists, and the youngest wants to stay on her dad's good side. The other activities at camp might make up for the religion. However, let her know what to expect, and it depends on the denomination. Is this a fundamentalist church or a more liberal denomination? The fundamentalists will try to scare god into them. The more liberal churches will make sure they have a good time and encourage them to believe.

5 ways lack of sleep could alter the course of your life - MarketWatch

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I struggle with sleep issues. My job is stressful and I tend to push the envelope with going to bed. I get involved with something and lose track of time. (this site is way too hard to turn off) So, today I had a great day at work, I'm all caught up. Such a relief. I'm actually (in theory) going to bed soon. I'm going to wrestle down the cats and trim their nails (I do it in bed, I wrap them in the blankets.) And then I'm going to take some stuff to relax and hope that I sleep til the sun is full up tomorrow.

Dazzle LOVES his heating pad

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

awwwww

There are times... like TONIGHT, when our two seem to live by this motto:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I dunno about anyone else, but I had a great Friday. I got almost everything done, what wasn't done has to be done Monday cuz it can't be done on the weekend. My inbox is cleaned out, my phone messages are up to date, and Monday's tasks don't look all that cray cray. This is so unusual, I'm not sure how to be without that pressure and worry.

Seafood-lovers have more sex and take less time to get pregnant | New Scientist

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

My 33 year old daughter was shocked that she got pregnant in the first month of trying for a baby. She said no one she knows got pregnant that fast. I will have to ask how much seafood she eats. But then, I also was Fertile Myrtyle, as was my mom. We don't eat that much seafood.

Why are you still single?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I'm single because I won't settle.

So. What do you all think? Stir Fry?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Poor babies.

Flat Earth Society

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

LOL!!

I think Surak was trying to tell me something, today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Adorable! Were you ignoring him/her?

In 'Chilling' Attack on Press Freedom, Trump's DOJ Seizes Phone and Email Records of Reporter:...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Scary times we live in.

Is This a Woman's Logic?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Nah, I got way over that long ago.

Just bought a single ticket to my 40th high school reunion.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I went to one reunion, and I remember thinking "who are all these people..." I don't like crowds, I don't like heat, (outside activities in Nebraska in July) and I saw no reason to ever do it again. I move away from the town right after high school. I skipped my 40th a few years ago. I don't even go to family reunions, I'm not close with most of my cousins and some of them are too religious and way toooooo Republican for me. Good luck with that, I hope you enjoy yourself.

I just simply do not understand how anyone can leave their child in a vehicle, forget he or she is ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I think we just hear about it more,

Does anyone else feel this way?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I constantly walk the line between being informed and being crazy anxious. It is a rough time. You're not a bad citizen, you have to protect your sanity.

To all my gardening friends be carful out there in the hot sun this summer.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Be careful out there!

My cats push their toys under large, heavy furniture.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

One of my cats pushes dry cat food under the stove. Oh vey, if I ever get a new stove....

This evening, I took my cattle doggies for a swim at the boat launch down by the airport.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

How could they not? Dogs are usually very enjoy the moment type of folks.

Have You Ever?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I got $60.

Has anyone ever felt unworthy of love? I can't shake this feeling.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

There is such power in admitting our weaknesses, our failing, our fears. There is great power in knowing we're not alone with those horrible thought. I want everyone to know YOU are worthy, you are loved, you ARE good enough, you are smart enough, you are enough, you ARE enough. @Squirrel you are worthy. I will stand with you and I will remind you, all of you, every last one of you, YOU are worthy. We are not perfect, but we are worthy.

This is what I'm waiting for.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

YES!!

Not sure if there is a sweeter kitty out there. The old boy Romeo:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Romeo is such a good name for a lover boy.

Here’s an easy quiz: if a theist told you “I believe in god because my faith provides me with an...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I'd say I'm happy you have something that gives you comfort. They're not asking for my opinion and I'd hope I could refrain from giving it.

My "baby" boy is turning 7 years old today and I'm feeling like an old lady.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Congratulations!! Watching kids grow is so satisfying, and there are so many adventures left to come!! My baby is 26 and made me a grandmother! It just blows me away to see my little girl so competent with her baby. This is what life is about.

EIGHTH GRADERS IN PENNSYLVANIA ISSUED BULLETPROOF BACKPACK PLATES AS GRADUATION GIFTS.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

That is freaking wrong. Like being shot at is now the norm. Oh my freaking god. Well there ya go, more proof god does not exist and if he does exist just doesn't give a good god damn.

Growth is painful.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

This is meaningful to me because I've been struggling with my job since I started, almost 21 months. I like the job most of the time, I am just not fast enough. Pay and benefits are good. I don't want to change jobs til I've been there two years.

I'm finally on the downhill side folks! 26,000 points, 24,000 to go to reach the elusive level 8! ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Level 8 is a huge slog! Hang in there!

Yesterday, here was hot and a bit muggy - 29 degrees (84 Fahrenheit) and 60% humidity.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I have watched storms come in in various parts of the US. Weather fascinates me.

MY PENSION! I can actually afford to retire.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Wow! That is wonderful! I live in the wrong state, Pete Ricketts (TD Ameritrade family) is our governor. :(

I think I am completely insane, but maybe not?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

My first job, detasseling corn in a Nebraska summer. Hot, dirty, and teenaged crap. That was my first encounter with how really mean teenaged girls were. I was one, I just didn't hang out with them, and no one from my school bothered me.

One of the benefits of volunteering at the Ruth Bancroft Garden (Walnut Creek, CA) is having the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Wow, so cool!

Some more of my Anti Trump creations for ya' all...;)

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Very good, all of them. Thank you!

I just got a rhubarb plant from a friend dug up out of their garden.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Did you know that when rain is on the way the rhubarb leaves will rise up and funnel slightly so the rain will reach the roots of the plant?

Aren't people that are a bit eccentric or a little bit off just a hoot to talk too?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Crazy is the only way to be.

Canada legalizes it All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal From ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Wow!!

What are your top 3 current favorite TV shows?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I turned the cable off during the Iowa primaries. I live close to the Nebraska/Iowa border, so we got all the commercials twice. Anyway, I glanced up one night and saw Ted Cruz's face in my living room. I got a Roku and cut the cable. So I have no clue what is on. I used to watch The Big Bang Theory and Scorpion. I don't know if Scorpion is even on any more. TBBT is still on, I think.

Could you stay isolated for five days in total isolation as an asocial experiment?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Oh hell yes! Give me my books, some music, my projects and I will hole up and get busy. At the end of 5 days I will be refreshed, and needing someone to talk to.

Are You Scared Bro?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

He's soooo hot!

This is my son's cat, she is a Burmese.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

She's adorable!

I just got a rhubarb plant from a friend dug up out of their garden.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I love rhubarb. Always grew some in our yard when I was growing up. Haven't grown it myself, moved too often.

So here I am on agnostic.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Please stay strong. Those attacks were brutal, and wrong. Hopefully Admin will do their thing and remove the most offensive of them. I like your poem, and I'm not much for poetry. Please realize that you did nothing wrong, it is a refection of their issues. You touched something and they went bats**t on you. Hang in there.

Aaron Persky - the moronic judge who felt it fitting to hand Brock Turner a six-month prison ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

We can only hope. I wish he'd go to prison and find out what rape is really like.

Why Octopuses are badasses

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

wow! looks like fun!

Is everyone getting PMs from this member welcoming them to the site?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Nope, should I feel cheated, slighted, ignored? or thankful?

A beautiful forgotten song, remembered. ://youtu.be/ov3SHTHQCNU

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I remember this song! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Bearded Dianthus, full bloom

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

so pretty, so lacy!

I'm a survivor, how about you???

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Oh definitely! It amazes me at times that I'm not more beat up than I am.

How do people feel about people who are childless?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

It comes down to choice. Babies should be wanted, so someone who doesn't want or is ambivalent should not be making babies. Babies are an incredible time and money sponge. I have three daughters, two have babies. The third is the most nurturing of all of them, but doesn't want to have babies. She is the best auntie ever, and she is going to be taking care of her parents as we age. She is busy with her career, she is a volunteer with CASA, she is incredible. But she never wanted to have kids. I support her fully in her choices.

Describes me perfectly, according to my wife:

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

And taking naps!!

Here's what makes me sick and angry today.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Wow, that hurts that instead of being happy you have someone they're trying to box you in. Stay strong.

My daughter and I read each other’s Match .

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

I was on Match, but not for long and long ago. My experience with most dating sites is tons of scammers, and those real people that were on there were not looking for someone like me or we were looking for different things. And yes, don't forget the married guys. On the one hand, how will you find if you don't look, and on the other hand how much BS do you have to put up with. The BS got me down.

An old friend of 50 years has become a person of extreme religiosity in his old age.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Did that work?

A woman at work keeps asking me to come to her church.

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Just tell her you have other plans, and you do. Sleep, or breakfast, or whatever pleases you. You don't have to tell her what the plans are, just that they are long term and a very high priority.

I'm moving next week; another opportunity to rid myself of stuff I haven't used for a significant ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Where are you moving to?

Anybody give blood?

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I can't give blood in the US because I lived for more than 6 months in Germany in the mid 80s. The baby I gave birth to over there can give blood. However her older sister and I can't. We could be carrier's of Mad Cow Disease.

I dont care if you have to pee!

HippieChick58 comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I've seen that face before.