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Welcome to Friday Night Photos everyone. Your once a week break from the daily madness of the crazy world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music, or whatever else you find of interest that helps you escape the madness.

I didn't get out with the camera this week so I dug into my archives for tonight's FNP.
In winters when we get a lot of rain the desert will come alive this time of year with wildflowers. It's referred to as a super bloom. Unfortunately we haven't had much rain this winter and the wildflower bloom at Anza-Borrego has been sparse, so tonight's photos are from the 2019 super bloom.

Anybody who believes Trump is "antiwar" is a fool. pic.twitter.com/atABStKU5x

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) March 7, 2025

Clever stupidity generally takes this form:

Spring has arrived here in Southeast Texas and the grass is getting green and it's growing. I've never before had to access the battery under the seat on our zero turn lawn mower until now. I went out to start it yesterday and the battery was dead. I pushed the lever that locks the seat in place and went to lift the seat but it was a no go. After much angst and effort I finally checked the mechanics of the seat latch and it turns out that two hooks that lock the seat into place aren't clearing the bracket which should release it. To fix it I'll have to file the points of the hooks back to where they will clear the bar. This zero turn is a Gravely, a higher end model, one would think that quality control would have caught this defect upon manufacturing, but that wasn't the case. So much for quality control. I guess it's make 'em and sell 'em in the corporate world and let the buyer beware, even on the higher end products.

The grass isn't going to wait so fixing the mower is on my agenda for today. Because of that my open thread today will be a bit truncated with just a couple of quick thoughts.

What more can one say about the brilliance of The Onion?

Four Layers of Reality

Lee Camp wrote an article a month ago about the 4 layers of reality, political and cultural reality basically, and what they are and mean.

The first layer is one we all see and participate in, I think, and one the media discusses constantly. It's the surface layer: who's running, who's going to win and so on. It's an important layer, but it is just a start.

These layers look good to me! Image from 600 acres.

It's hard to not see the irony of Trump hurting the well-being his own voting base much worse than Democratic voters. It's almost as if he simply doesn't care about poor people.