Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

I don’t recall signing up for living in a dystopian sci-fi novel.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

“woke” is the new caravan.

We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.

Come on, man.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

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All pictures from Winter Lights at NC Arboretum outside Asheville, NC

Looking forward to visiting again this week!

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A welcoming gnome

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This tree  changes into such wonderful colors

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The main tree that changes with the music

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Welcome to Winter Lights

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The tree colors were so atmospheric

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    Raven

    We’re in Asheville now. We’re going out for coffee and to look at the arts district or what is left of it. Artie is terrified of the floors where we are staying, poor little girl.

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    Geminid

    The North Carolina Arboretum is a nice place to visit. I think I saw most of it in 3 hours the time I was there. The Arboretum is right off the Blue Ridge Parkway on the western edge of town.

    The Parkway continues west from Asheville for sbout 60 miles and ends at the Eastern Cherokee Reservation, near the eastern entrance to Great Smokies National Park.. That stretch is the highest on the Parkway. At one point crossing the Balsam Mountains it hits 6.000 feet in altitude.

    Thats some twisty driving with plenty of curves and steep grades. By contrast, the stretch from Roanoke, Virginia southwest into North Carolina is very easy and pleasing to drive. The best way for me to get from Central Virginia to Blowing Rock is to take I-81 to Roanoke and then the Parkway to Blowing Rock, which is right off of the Parkway.

    Both Blowing Rock and Asheville are in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. The climate there fosters large stands of rhododendron and other mountain trees and plants. Blowing Rock is an old mountain resort town and well worth a visit; a lot easier to get to than Asheville which is very far west.

    There are some nice campgrounds along the Parkway. Mount Pisgah Campground, about 25 miles west of Asheville, is one of my favorite camping places anywhere.

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    HinTN

    @Geminid: I have cousins who live in Blowing Rock. It’s a lovely place. We were up there one year and I was jonesing to see Turk’s Cap Lily. The last morning I went out for coffee and took a detour on the Parkway. There they were!

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    trollhattan

    We went through Reynolda Gardens (yup, those Reynolds) in Winston-Salem last month and it’s a very nice spot, in all. The greenhouses are packed with orchids and the like, many of which I’d never seen anywhere else (not that I’m an expert). Rose fans should consider a spring visit, there are hundreds.

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