My Home: Orangevale, California - New Roof, Front Yard and Back Deck - In the Distance a Field and a Daycare Center... Our Creek and an Abandoned Vineyard... Palm Trees Out Front...


My Home in Orangevale, CA - Door on the Left is My Room
Door on the Left is My Room.

New roof on my House


New Roof on my House under Construction
New Roof on my House under 
Construction today 3/22/2022

Giant Truck with Crane to put Shingles on the Roof EffortlesslyGiant Truck with a Crane for putting the Shingles on the NEW ROOF Effortlessly... Observe the Shadow of the Arm That's holding a Pallet full of Shingles... No need for a Construction worker climbing a ladder with a bag of shingles on his shoulder... Like they did in the olden days... there is a man wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt... standing near the rear of the truck... he looks tiny!


A View of the Front of the House thru the Palm Trees
A View of the Front of the House
thru the Palm Trees

Inside my Room Looking Out at the World.
Inside My Room Looking Out at
the Parking Lot and The House Next door...
and Our Palm Trees, The Redwoods...

I spend Most of My Life Observing this View
Because I Rest the Laptop Computer on the 
Chair in the Foreground of this Picture.
I'm on the Computer a LOT... and
I Like to Listen to New Age Music on the TV. 
It Plays 24 Hours a Day and Blocks the Noise
from the Rest of the House...
TV Sets Blaring, Employees Talking on
their Phones... Etc, Etc, Etc

one step out my door - trees, lawn
One Step Out My Door - Trees, Lawn
In the Summer, there are Roses 
and a Crepe Myrtle tree in Bloom.

Our Creek. Stagnant Water & The Abandoned Vineyard
Our Creek. Stagnant Water & 
The Abandoned Vineyard...

It hasn't rained for two months but 
the water is still there... 
Breeding Mosquitoes... 
I Squirted Some Liquid Hand Soap 
on the water. That's supposed to prevent 
Mosquito Larva from Hatching... 
We Shall SEE!

Lawnmower Man:
Here He Comes... 
Lawnmower Man - 1

Lawnmower Man 2

Lawnmower Man 3
There He Goes!

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Back Deck: I spend a lot of time observing nature here... That's one of the Great Advantages of Retirement... I Can sit here in the Sunshine and Listen to the Little Birds and the Children Playing far away... Not Reading a Book, Not Writing a Blog Post... Just Observing the Wonders of Nature... 

Deck - Looking Left
Looking All the Way Left

Deck - Looking Middle Left
Looking Middle Left

Deck - Looking Middle Right
Looking Middle Right

Deck - Looking Right
Looking All the Way Right

Today I saw Seven Turkeys Walking across that Field.

We have a Creek & Abandoned Vineyard
Vineyard and Creek Left
Creek: All the Way Left

Vineyard and Creek Middle Left
Creek: Middle Left

Vineyard and Creek Middle Right
Creek: Middle Right

Vineyard and Creek Right
Creek: All the Way Right

The Neighbor's Yard - With Table and Chairs.
The Neighbor's Back Yard
With Table and Chairs

Our Back Deck with Tables and Chairs and Shadows

Our Back Deck with Tables 
and Chairs and Shadows.
Photos taken on March 4th
When the Trees have No Leaves.

Palm Tree Out Front - Leaves All Year Round
Palm Tree Out Front - Leaves All Year Round

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Remember: The GOP's Fake "Voter Fraud" is all about preventing Democrats from Voting... Because the Majority of Voters are Young, Women, Minorities or College Graduates and ALL Those Groups Vote Democratic.

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DEFUND tRUMP's SPACE FARCE. It's Really Unlikely that we will be Invaded by Aliens in Flying Saucers... and if we do, we ought to be friendly... because they would have better technology... better weapons! It's Obvious that tRUMP Started the Space Farce because he believed that Little Green Men from Uranus were Likely to Attack Him... Clinically, That's Paranoid Schizophrenia... Police Code 5150... 

Putin's Puppet - Mad King Donald the Loser
Putin's Puppet - Mad King Donald the Loser

and then I read on Faceborg:
Thank you my friend Fred Hamill 👏
Moscow Mitch had a plan on a takeover of the U S Senate and House in the 2022 midterm elections just 8 months from now.
It was a simple plan and definitely the smartest route to take.
His plan was to say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the Republican radical right agenda once the Republicans actually seized power.
But now his plan has been completely sabotaged by Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida.
Last week Rick Scott laid out a frightening, Orwellian 11 point agenda once Republicans regain power.
It is a comprehensive right wing wish list for a theocratic, kleptocratic, plutocratic, apartheid based United States where the poor are further impoverished and power and resources are concentrated even further into the hands of corporate elites.
The Rick Scott, Republican agenda proposes the following:
The total phase out of Social Security retirement benefits for ALL Americans!!
A declaration of war on the transgender community by claiming there are JUST two genders. This will enable Republicans to impose harsh punishments against transgender people.
Eliminating the federal Department of Education while introducing prayer in public schools. This has been a longtime desire by the theocratic right.
The mandatory phase out of ALL federal programs including every environmental protection law unless specifically reauthorized by a Republican controlled government.
A massive gutting of federal workers including regulators who protect our health, environment, food safety, and IRS workers so the richest non paying plutocrats and corporate criminals pay nothing in taxes.
And while the Rick Scott agenda says noting about the rich paying their fair share of taxes he goes out of his way to impose new taxes on the poorest people in this country. Or as Rick Scott phrased it "everyone should have skin in the game"
It does not matter to Rick Scott and Republicans how impoverished Americans are. They must pay taxes to allow billionaires and corporate criminals to pay none!
The Scott/Republican agenda calls for draconian nationwide voter ID laws to suppress minority and student voters and to lock in permanent Republican advantages in all elections.
The Scott/Republican agenda will spend billions of dollars to build the fantasy wall envisioned by Trump and to even name the wall after the TWICE impeached Trump.
The Scott/Republican agenda calls for a FIFTY STATE BAN on abortions. This plan would not just make abortion a state by state decision but would impose a national ban on abortions.
In some respects Democrats owe Rick Scott a huge thank you.
He has exposed the Republican agenda for the anti democratic, fascist roadmap that it is.
It is a plan that economist Paul Krugman has called "zombie economics".


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