Last fall we pruned (heavily) the apricot tree. We have never gotten fruit; the few that have been produced have been eaten by the birds, and the tree was way too tall and wild. We had no idea if the pruning would kill the tree, but it would be no loss. It has come back, and on May 1 we saw a cardinal in the tree.
Moving forward, this blog will be for more personal postings, particularly with photos.
Posts on DEMs will be at Musings on DEMs (dem-musings.blogspot.com). If you don't know what a DEM is, that blog might not be for you.
We are trying the "Blazing Hot Blend" of bird seed, and the squirrels have gotten the message very soon. Right after trying the mix, they rub their cheeks on the deck railing, and vamoose.
There was a parade today to mark the first celebration of the new national holiday, on the date of a proclamation issued by a West Point general in occupied Texas (the state that wants to emphasize their glorious history in 1836, and how welcoming they were to equality and diversity, although their politicians today probably don't really understand that history, only a revisionist version of it).
Main Street has been reformed since the start of the pandemic, and people watched the parade from the restaurant seating that has replaced parking. The parade was stop and go, to let the music and dancers perform, and when they stopped, the restaurant patrons could share food and beverages with the parade participants they came to see.
There were lots of politicians, corvettes and vintage cars, police and firefolk, bands and dancers, all led by a colonial town crier (complaining about having to walk up the hill).
The mood in the crowd reminded me of the first time President Obama delivered graduation remarks in town; a lot of ordinary people came out to see history in the making.
