AT THE RITZ....

...MEANWHILE....

This hummingboid got good taste!

Sometimes a company and humans can surprise me and not very often. This story was too nice to not share. At the Ritz Carlton Rancho Mirage, an extraordinary moment unfolds when a tiny hummingboid picked an unexpected place to build its little nest-right on a door handle in the main entrance of doors. Rather than move it or knock it down, the Ritz chose a different path; they closed off the entire front set of entrance doors, across the front on the main side of the building and redirected guests into a secondary door on the side, putting the bird and it's two young, safety above the convenience of getting in the building. A great story and it spread fast, capturing attention as a rare example of a luxury brand choosing compassion and respect for nature even at the cost of disrupting daily operations and people bitching about walking the whole way around to use the secondary door. A billion-dollar a year hotel...doing right by a creature small enough to fit in the hand of a baby. I have read stories of other places knocking nest down once built, or even after eggs are in it...but this is nice to read... 

CHUCKLES

 

And back in my high school years, friends could never understand why I and the jocks got along so well.

I'd say, " Hey boys, forget about the match."

BRAVO PRESIDENTE SHEINBAUM

Bravo President Sheinbaum!

Yet another country gets it right, takes care of its own and stops spending billions on war. This is what it looks like when your government cares more about you then serving its financier donors. In the US only progressives want to regulate banks so that loans are less predatory. Yet progressives within the Democrat party seldom do anything they ran on, let alone the Republicans do any good for anyone. Mexico's President Sheinbaum says "We are removing all unpayable debts. The credits were designed as a business for a few." 5 million predatory mortgage loans issued during neoliberal period to be restructured or eliminate.

Heavens forbid our politicians did such a thing here to help the less fortunate in these hard times. It seems if we stay on track we will have no benefits to living in this country soon. Look how the party in charge is gutting the voting rights act and moving or cancelled primaries. Yet people don't seem to see it or even in states where We the People have spoken, that state is totally disregarding what the people want. It's time me thinks to vote and remove 90% of sitting politicians. We should be more than mad as hell.

RESIST, INSIST, PERSIST, ENLIST! 

ORGANIZE!  MOBILIZE!

MOOD BOARD

How can it be Monday again...I would swear the weekend jar must have a leak in it. Meanwhile another great weekend, weather wise, and one spent in the garden, finishing up with some annuals being planted, now being safe from frost, and a lunch and dinner out with different friends. My next-door neighbors moved out this weekend, their house sold within three days. They told me they listed me as a feature as one of the houses selling points, lol!!!!! They were a swell couple and he was hot...a dead ringer for Travis Kelsie. Not sure who bought it yet but I'm hoping for a hot gay bachelor!!! Who is at least 6"5", waist 33" and brings a sausage factory, tanned skin, mischievous looking and happens to be a fitness instructor and hails from South America with a name like Miguel. Too much to ask for? All told not a bad weekend, except for the carnage. Sophie Lucille is still in confinement awaiting judgement.

Hope everyone is having a great Monday so far!

And it is true, a wet weiner does wiggle better.