Last week I mentioned seeing an early start to “acorn fall” from the oaks, it starting about a month earlier than I’m used to seeing. It turns out it isn’t just acorns were seeing (or hearing), but a lot of sap from those same oaks. Seeing ‘dotting’ of sap on our windshields isn’t unusual at all. We see it in late spring and through the summer, thought it isn’t constant. However, I’ve noticed it has been heavier than I’ve ever seen.
A neighbor taking a walk around the neighborhood mentioned to me that our road feels ‘sticky’ and a quick test showed he was right. I’ve even see a sap ‘shadow’ under one of the oaks that overhangs a part of our road and what I thought might have been some condensation on the road under those branches turned out to be a layer of tree sap. I’ve also noticed that some of the leaves on the oaks in The Gulch’s back yard look like someone came by with a water hose and soaked them, but it wasn’t water.
It was tree sap.
I don’t recall ever seeing it like this.
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I have been thinking the same thing, too.
As the Instaprof brings forth via X:
Why is almost every Washington DC liberal protestor out this weekend white? 90%+.It seems the only people against Trump bringing in the National Guard to bring law and order back into D.C. are people who don’t live there. As Eric Daugherty asks “Who brought them in?”
DC is 50% black or brown and Hispanic.
Who indeed?
Notice who isn’t protesting against safe communities?
Ironically, it seems that people in D.C. are feeling safer and have been praising President Trump for his crime-fighting efforts.
We know Chuck Schumer thinks Washington doesn’t need help because he feels safe walking the streets. I would feel safe too if I had the security detail he has surrounding him.
UPDATE: Now Black residents of Chicago are asking Trump to send National Guard troops there to help stop the killing and violence.
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So when is he going to move to Italy?
TDS Drives Jimmy Kimmel to Get Italian Citizenship.
Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland because of her TDS...and no one here in the US noticed or cared. Will anyone miss Jimmy Kimmel if he moves to Italy?
Probably not.
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Why doesn’t this surprise me in the least?
It turns out that California, the Pyrite State, has the highest unemployment rate in the nation.
I know. Shocking, right? Who’da thunk it?
KRON reports that the Golden State’s unemployment rate has edged up to 5.5 percent. In June, South Dakota had the nation’s lowest unemployment rate at 1.8 percent.It appears some of that job loss can be attributed to layoffs in the tech sector, with about 12,400 jobs lost since July 2024, with some of those job losses being driven by AI. I also have to wonder if one of the other areas seeing large job losses are the hospitality industry as the state has given workers in that industry a heck of a pay raise which has led to some layoffs. It’s the same thing that happened in the fast food industry when the minimum wage was boosted to $20 – lots of people working in fast food saw their jobs disappear.
California’s current governor, Gavin Newsom, is term-limited. He cannot run again. Newsom desperately wants to be President and is aiming toward a 2028 run. But, as California’s two-term governor, he has no record to run on. His state is a basket case. Hence, his emphasis on these stunts like redistricting and opposing ICE.
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After watching all the hoopla about the meeting between Putin and Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, I have to wonder if it may be a step to end the war in Ukraine or whether Putin will use this and subsequent meetings will be nothing more than yet another episode of maskirovka.
I get the impression that Putin’s plans to “get the old gang back together” has not changed and if he gets his way in Ukraine that Moldova will be next. There are already Russian troops in the Transnistria region of Moldova and have been for a few years. This will be just another way to achieve his goal.
I know Trump is smart enough not to trust Putin, particularly since Putin has lied to him once already.
I’ll admit I don’t like the idea of a cease fire for one reason: The Russians will use it to move more men, weapons, armor, ammo, and aircraft to the front and build or repair fortifications in preparation for a new offensive once the cease fire ends.
If plans do go forward for peace, great. But I will add a warning from Ronaldus Magnus:
Trust, but verify.
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And that’s the news from Lake Winnipesaukee, where the weather is getting cooler, the traffic is still very heavy on the weekends, and where the kids will soon be starting school again.