Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) is one of the most strikingly beautiful birds in the North American forest. With their vibrant red plumage and jet-black wings, they stand out like beacons against the green foliage.

These migratory birds are a common sight in the eastern United States during the summer breeding season.

Breeding Male

Male Scarlet Tanagers have intense crimson-red plumage with black tails and wings. During the non-breeding season, they will molt to more modest colors and resemble a female bird, although they will retain the black wings and tail. They have black eyes and gray bills.

Female

Female Scarlet Tanagers are completely different from their male counterparts and sport dull olive-yellow and olive-green colors. Their wings and tails are darker. Females also have black eyes and gray bills.

Juvenile

Immature and juvenile Scarlet Tanagers are similar to females and are also olive-green above and yellowish below. They leave the nest around 9-15 days after hatching and the parents take care of them for only 2 more weeks after that.

Overall, birds from either sex grow to be about the same size and measure 6.3-6.7 inches in length, weigh around 0.8-1.3 ounces, and have a wingspan of 9.8-11.4 inches.

Habitat

Scarlet Tanagers mostly inhabit mature deciduous or mixed forests but you can also meet them in young successional woodlands, parks, and suburban areas that have a lot of shade trees. For successful breeding, they require at least 10-12 hectares of unfragmented forest.

They build their nest 50 feet or more above the ground on a branch that is shaded by leaves or branches and is away from the trunk. They prefer deciduous trees, especially oak. The nest itself is a flimsy cup made of small twigs, plant stalks, grasses, and other fine plant material.

Diet

Scarlet Tanagers are omnivores, although they prefer to eat insects. In summer, their diet primarily consists of various insects and invertebrates, such as moths, bees, beetles, caterpillars, ants, butterflies, flies, plant lice, termites, grasshoppers, snails, earthworms, spiders, and dragonflies.

You might see them walking along high branches, and on rare occasions on the ground, or clinging to tree trunks and probing the bark, snatching up insects as they go.

They snap up insects from leaves and flowers while hovering or perching, swallowing smaller ones whole but killing larger ones by pressing them against the tree. The birds catch flying insects from mid-air.

The other, but a smaller part of their diet consists of plant matter, specifically fruit, berries, and buds. Some of their preferred food items from this category are mulberries, sumac, huckleberries, blackberries, raspberries, and others. They resort to eating berries and other plant matter when insect populations are low.

Behavior

Scarlet Tanagers are social, but also territorial when it comes to their territories and nests during the breeding season. Males sing to defend their territories, including nests and foraging areas, which can sometimes end in confrontations and chasing.

They are monogamous birds that take care of their younglings, although they switch partners every season, and their parental care lasts for only two weeks after their offspring leave the nest. Males feed their females during nesting season.

Scarlet Tanagers are a prey item to many predators, both aerial and terrestrial. They respond differently to different threats. Tanagers swoop, mob, chase, and call at most predators, but in the case of crows and Merlins, they become quiet and alert, trying to remain unseen.

Range (and seasonal changes)

Scarlet Tanagers range in the eastern part of North America and northern and western South America. They can be seen in eastern Central America during migration.

These birds are not year-round residents and migrate based on the season. They breed in the eastern part of North America, from the southernmost reaches of Canada to northern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, western Carolinas, and Arkansas as far as the deciduous forests go. They migrate mostly at night across the Gulf of Mexico to South America.

Wing shape

Scarlet Tanagers are quite stocky and have short and broad tails, and short but strong wings proportionate to their body. They fly straight with rapid wingbeats to catch insects from the air or hover near branches, trunks, and leaf clusters to snatch up insects.

Fun Facts

When Scarlet Tanagers catch a bee, wasp, or hornet, they scrape it against the tree to remove their stinger.

Scarlet Tanagers face many threats caused by exposure, lack of food, predation, forest fragmentation, and parasitism. For example, Cowbirds lay eggs in their nests if the tanagers don’t notice, and the tanagers can’t tell the difference and raise the Cowbird’s offspring along with their own.

Many cultures and beliefs hold Scarlet Tanagers and tanagers overall in high regard. They’re believed to be sacred birds, a symbol of good luck, hope, and new beginnings.

The oldest known Scarlet Tanager lived to be at least 11 years and 11 months old. However, in the wild, their life expectancy is usually lower.

Vocalization

Scarlet Tanager’s song is a beautiful series of 4-5 chirruping phrases that have a warbling quality to them. Males sing from a higher perch to defend their territory and whereas females sing as well, then their song is softer and has fewer syllables.

Scarlet Tanagers have many different calls for different purposes. The most common and distinctive one is a higher-pitched chick followed by a lower burr sound. They screech when intruders are near and give more indistinctive chips and twitters when nesting, feeding, and communicating.

Source: Birdzilla

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  1. Morning All
    see what today brings…temps are still at about 30*.
    we have to make a full on banana run later this afternoon.
    see if we have any trees down on the driveway–we haven’t been out since the last storm.

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    1. Morning, Pat! I may make my Norfolk run today, too – we’ll see what the day brings! Daughn visited yesterday and left a comment for me to call her since she lost her old phone. We had a nice chat. She is soooo good with all that finance stuff and planning for years down the road. Gunner is doing well, too.

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  6. Feisty Hayseed
    February 1, 2024 1:09 am

    Outrage as Massachusetts Dem’ governor closes cherished sports center in majority-black Boston suburb for FOUR MONTHS so it can be used to house migrants

    A deprived Boston community has been left ‘on fire’ after the governor of Massachusetts requisitioned a vital rec center to house the surge of migrants arriving in the city.

    Democrat Maura Healey was accused of treating the Roxbury neighborhood ‘like garbage’ after she locked residents out of the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex with less than 48 hours notice.

    She insisted it was needed to house the new arrivals, dozens of whom have been sleeping rough in the city’s airport for months.

    But residents in the majority-black neighborhood demanded she explain why their cherished facilities had been chosen to take the hit.

    ‘You’re really putting us in a bad, bad situation,’ resident Rodney Singleton told her at a public meeting, ‘and it’s not fair.’

    Migrants are expected to start moving in on Wednesday to the Roxbury site as it becomes the state’s fourth ‘safety-net site’ for those waiting for a place in Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/outrage-as-massachusetts-dem-governor-closes-cherished-sports-center-in-majority-black-boston-suburb-for-four-months-so-it-can-be-used-to-house-migrants/ar-BB1hxxqy

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    1. NEW — I got an exclusive first look at @jenvanlaar’s new report on the RNC’s lavish spending on limos, consultants, flowers, and office supplies while skimping on GOTV, data, and state parties:

      Floral Arrangements:
      RNC – $70,328.00
      DNC – $795

      Consultants:
      RNC – $1,078,279.47
      DNC – $114,000

      Office Supplies:
      RNC – $297,717.64
      DNC – $45,005

      Limousines:
      RNC – $263,127.25
      DNC – $7,000

      Voter File Maintenance:
      RNC – $39,233.50
      DNC – $235,865.88

      GOTV Texts:
      RNC – $86,019
      DNC -$1,676,923.29

      State Outlays:
      RNC – $13,800,200
      DNC – $23,835,437

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  8. Stephen Miller
    @StephenM
    UPDATE: 155 HOUSE DEMOCRATS — 75% OF THEIR CONFERENCE — JUST VOTED AGAINST DEPORTING CRIMINAL MIGRANTS WHO COMMIT SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD AND ROB OUR SENIORS.

    VOTE THEM ALL OUT!

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  9. i think you’d have to have arrested them right there and then asswipe

    Troublemaker10
    Troublemaker10
    February 1, 2024 1:58 am

    D’oh! That’s a no brainer…

    —

    NY Gov. Kathy Hochul suggests deporting mob of migrants who pounded on cops in caught-on-camera attack near Times Square

    https://nypost.com/2024/01/31/metro/hochul-suggests-deporting-migrants-who-attacked-cops-near-times-square/?&utm_campaign=nypevening&utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20240131&lctg=607d8f6170302947037f76d3&utm_term=NYP – Evening Update

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  11. Oversight Committee
    @GOPoversight
    🚨 BREAKING 🚨

    The White House is REFUSING to hand over early drafts of President Biden’s 2015 Ukraine speech where he called for the firing of the Ukrainian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin.

    These drafts are important as it is believed, based on public reporting, that the then-VP “called an audible” and changed U.S. policy toward Ukraine to benefit his son on the plane ride to Ukraine.

    Joe Biden later bragged about withholding a U.S. loan guarantee if Ukraine did not fire the prosecutor.

    If the White House does not permit the production of these documents, our committee will consider the use of compulsory process.

    Read our letter to the White House Counsel 👇

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        1. we can only see about half the driveway from the house, then it makes a hairpin turn and we can’t see the other half. always a mystery what awaits down there…LOL

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  14. video in tweet

    MJTruthUltra
    @MJTruthUltra
    Homeless Massachusetts Man Lashes out at Police Guarding Roxbury Recreation Center, after Governor Healy shut it down to house illegal aliens

    “I’m f*cking angry!….. ya’ll don’t give a f*ck about the people that was born and raised here…

    Can’t afford to live here, but y’all gonna bring some other motherf*ckers here?…

    I’m f*cking homeless. I work a full-time job. 40 hours! And I can’t pay to live here. How the f*ck y’all gonna bring someone else here.”

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  16. man, i can’t even begin to understand what this natural and protective hairstyles stuff is and why it needs to be in a bill. a formal apology? was Newscum a slave owner??? this is such bullshit

    FTA
    Other proposals include protections for “natural and protective” hairstyles in all competitive sports, and a formal apology by the governor and Legislature for the state’s role in human rights violations and crimes against humanity on African slaves and their descendants.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/california-black-reparations-bills-00138854

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  18. they just can’t help themselves? or they didn’t think anyone would DARE check them out?
    FTA
    Weeks after the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay over a plagiarism scandal, the university’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, Sherri Ann Charleston, has been accused of doing the same.
    According to a Monday complaint filed with the university, as well as an analysis by the Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium, large portions of Charleston’s work very clearly appears to have been lifted from others without so much as quotation marks. She even took credit for her own husband’s work, according to the report.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/entirely-counterfeit-harvards-chief-diversity-officer-plagiarized-least-40-times

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  19. Reading Badlands News Brief about the guy who videotaped himself with his dead Father’s severed head, going on a rant against the Federal government, declaring himself the new President, etc., etc. The video was removed over it’s “graphic violence.” Another example: the grilling the tech biggies are getting in Congress now over allowing this “graphic violence” on their programs.

    Well, riddle me this – how is THAT any different than the violent video games, like Mortal Kombat, Splatterhouse, Condemned, Grand Theft Auto, ad nauseum – there are 100’s of them??!!?? WTF makes ANY sense about that? These games are WORSE than real life and they are some of the most popular video games out there!!!

    THE PROBLEM ISN’T THE TOOL BEING USED – IT’S THE PARENTS WHO ALLOW IT!!!!

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    1. long time ago i read a story about a young man who killed a man with a knife. he stuck it in the guy’s stomach…he said at the trial he was amazed at how easily it went in. from the video games he had no idea what it would be like.
      that’s what we’re fighting–that culture–stealing cars is cool–GTA–has been around for how long? and now everyone’s amazed at the car theft gangs???

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      1. Never look in the mirror, always blame someone or something else! No-one takes responsibility for their own choices any more and the government fosters that as much as possible.

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        1. yup. we’ve forgotten how to take responsibility–even for little things.
          a real apology starts I’m sorry I…
          not I’m sorry you…(as in i’m sorry you were hurt.) nope. own it. I’m sorry I hurt you.
          people don’t do that anymore.

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          1. I always try, if I’m given the chance. But, given my natural tendency towards taking on the responsibility of the elephant in the room – huh…reminds me of a card my ex’s Mom gave me once….pictured an elephant on one end of the teeter-tot and mice on the other end. And the one time I had my astrological chart done it showed the same thing – always feeling responsible to fix things. That’s always my first reaction: how can I fix this…..hmmmm, maybe that’s where my GS get’s his Sir Galahad tendencies….swooping in to save the day for some woman while he destroys his own future!

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  20. NF: Recall the brouhaha over Trump’s taxes and him making use of such “loopholes?” Also recall he said that he agreed they should be eliminated but this was a problem for Congress to solve since THEY were the ones who made them legal! They’re doing it again!!

    “Biden Classifies Martha’s Vineyard And Other Wealthy Areas As “Low Income”
    By Milt Harris ——Bio and Archives–February 1, 2024

    EXCERPT: “Within his Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which is itself an oxymoron, there is an electric vehicle (EV) charger tax credit program. The idea was to subsidize EV charger stations in “low income” and “non-urban” areas of the country.

    This was the Biden’s administration’s way of placating people, “on paper” at least, that can’t afford an EV in the first place. This administration is great at giving lip service and spending money on projects that have no chance of working, but of course always affords them the fall-back built-in excuse of “they were doing it for the environment.”

    “This tax credit provides up to 30% off the cost of the charger to individuals and businesses in low-income communities and non-urban areas, making it more affordable to install EV charging infrastructure and increasing access to EV charging in underserved communities,” the White House stated on Jan. 19.

    However, according to the Daily Caller News Foundation, their analysis of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) interactive eligibility map, that explanation doesn’t hold up. Areas such as Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts, Montauk and Fishers Island in New York, areas known as wealthy established locations, are classified as “low income” which means they are eligible for the subsidies.

    In order to meet the definition of “low income” a Census tract must have a poverty rate of 20% or more. However, an area can qualify if the median family income is below 80% of the median family income in the wider metropolitan area or in its state if a given Census tract is not part of any particular metropolitan area, according to section 45D(e) of the Internal Revenue Code.

    Large pockets of Cape Cod are also eligible for “low income” EV subsidies: In reality, the latter definition definitely skews the concept of “low income.” According to the DOE’s interactive map, over half of the landmass of Nantucket Island qualifies as low income, which one could argue is a deliberate loophole that allows the wealthy to benefit from the discounts.

    The Vineyard Haven area of Martha’s Vineyard, which is another destination frequented by New England’s wealthiest citizens, is also unbelievably eligible as a “low-income” area. Many of the homes in the covered area are worth well over $1 million, with several properties valued between about $2 million and $5 million. Barack Obama owns a massive $11.7 million estate on the island, yet it is somehow a “low income area.”

    Large pockets of Cape Cod are also eligible for “low income” EV subsidies. This includes Hyannis port, which everyone knows is the longtime home base of the Kennedy family, and Great Island, which features numerous multi-million-dollar homes.

    The “old money” hub of Fischer Island, New York is classified as low income as well, which according to The Wall Street Journal is “an exclusive enclave where generations of iconic families gather to golf and sail.” Historically, such well known American families like the Roosevelts, Rockefellers and DuPonts have traveled to Fishers Island to vacation, according to the New York Post….”

    https://canadafreepress.com/article/biden-classifies-marthas-vineyard-and-other-wealthy-areas-as-low-income

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  21. “To The Outside World, Canada Now Irrelevant”
    By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives–February 1, 2024

    EXCERPT: “It’s no longer just a Canadian complaint. “Canada’s decline into irrelevance” is now recognized by the outside world. ‘Philip Cross: From swaggering to staggering: Canada’s decline into irrelevance’-headline, Financial Post, Jan 31, 2024. No one articulates Canada’s decline better than Cross, a senior fellow at the highly respected Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

    “It is remarkable how much attitudes about Canada have shifted, both here and abroad, over the past 10 years. A decade ago, riding the wave of a booming economy, Canada was widely admired for a banking system that had got through the 2008-2009 global financial crisis without government bailouts. Today the country’s global stature is much diminished and Canadians are rapidly losing confidence in their economic prospects. (Financial Post, Jan 31, 2024)

    “In the years leading up to 2016 Canadians grew accustomed to global accolades. In a 2003 cover story, The Economist touted the prospects for “cool Canada,” following up in 2006 that Canada’s relative economic performance made it a “superstar” as the “only country running both current-account and budget surpluses.” Steve Poloz, then chief economist at EDC, said in 2005 the stars were aligned for Canadian firms to achieve the “productivity miracle” already realized in the U.S.

    In 2012, the OECD secretariat forecast Canada’s economic growth would lead the G7 nations over the next 50 years. Our AAA credit rating, stable economy and resource riches prompted the IMF in 2012 to recommend central banks hold more currency reserves in Canadian dollars, leading to headlines about “loonie set to join global currency elite” as a safe haven in turbulent times.”

    But all of Canada’s star shine as a nation was back in the days when Stephen Harper was Canadian Prime Minister, where he led the Land of the Maple Leaf for almost ten years years, from February 2006, to November 2015. Canada started its deep downward trend with the 2015 election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

    “On the global stage, in 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama told Parliament: “the world needs more Canada.” (Financial Post)

    It was a year before that when Obama sent top members of his campaign team to Ottawa to get Trudeau elected as Canada’s Prime Minister—a move generally ignored by the Canadian media….”

    https://canadafreepress.com/article/to-the-outside-world-canada-now-irrelevant

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    1. My pragmatic side says there are always slight changes in a person’s appearance based on their health status. I refuse to belief this body-double stuff until someone actually PROVES it to me, thank you.

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        1. The shape of the ears stays the same – they just appear to be closer to his head now because of his weight gain – that’s what I see. Same with his other features, like his nose – the basic shape is there thru-out.

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        2. Shit! Now with AI, how are we supposed to know ANYTHING is real unless we take the pic/video personally??? There was just a story on Newsmax about a Principal who allegedly went on a rant about dumb black kids, complaining about why the teachers “don’t get it,” how hard is it to get them to grade-level, if he has to take one more call from a Jew, etc…they are claiming it wasn’t him, it was done with AI. How is the public supposed to know any more what’s real and what isn’t???

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  24. Snapped a few pics of the morning fog – all gone now – once the sun comes up, it disappears quickly. If I knew this camera better, I could highlight the pink more. Sucks to have a camera that’s smarter than you are!!! LOL

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  25. I put a call in to the dealer where I bought my F150 to start the process of trying to trade for a smaller truck. This kind of deal is way below their usual $ level but, if nothing else, maybe they can direct me to someone else that is trustworthy.

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  28. “Some lumberjack is going to Epstein his ass before he gets there…..”

    “Budweiser horses making return to the Superbowl”

    “Biden gun rule being drafted to effectively ban private sales: ATF whistleblowers”

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  33. i agree. not CIVIL war…fighting an invasion is different.

    Patti R
    February 1, 2024 9:47 am

    Let’s be very clear about the terminology that is consistently embedded in our vocabulary and thrown at us from every single angle.
    Everyone keeps referring to the happenings in Texas as a civil war.
    We are not headed towards a civil war! Or at the very least, we shouldn’t be headed towards a civil war. I have no interest in fighting my fellow countrymen! Civil war is fighting your fellow countrymen, not foreigners trying to invade.
    We need to be very clear that the real term that needs to be used regularly and loudly is called a REVOLUTION!
    They do not want the word REVOLUTION to make it into regular conversation. THAT IS BY DESIGN! Saying Civil war puts that idea in our head to fight each other rather than the REAL enemy: our BS government!
    rev·o·lu·tion
    noun
    1.
    a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
    “the country has had a socialist revolution”
    Similar: rebellion, revolt
    Bring on the REVOLUTION!

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  36. “The city is officially fully booked for private jets over Super Bowl weekend — with San Francisco tech billionaires among those scrambling to beat the lock-out after the 49ers qualified Sunday night to take on the Kansas City Chiefs.

    Slots at Harry Reid Airport in the city for Sunday night take-offs, to let attendees get home after the match have gone. Now one percenters are freaking out.

    People rushed to make reservations for a place to park a private jet during the Super Bowl, and it turns out some of them were bogus reservations. They are now auctioning off the parking slots for private jets at the airport in Vegas. You can’t make this shit up. Where there’s a will to scam, people will find a way…”

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  39. “Defense Secretary Austin apologizes for concealing cancer, says made a ‘mistake.’ Even though Austin was hospitalized Jan. 1, he did not inform Biden of his status until days later.”
    By Madeleine Hubbard, JustTheNews
    Published: February 1, 2024 11:09am
    (Video)
    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday, in his first public remarks following his cancer diagnosis and treatment, apologized for his lack of transparency and communication regarding the matter.

    “I admit that was a mistake,” Austin said at Pentagon press conference about not informing President Biden about his hospitalization last month until days later. “I should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis,” he continued. “I should have also told my team and the American public, and I take full responsibility. I apologize to my teammates and to the American people.”

    Austin also said he did not direct staff to conceal his hospitalization. Austin was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in early-December 2023 and underwent a related procedure Dec. 22. He was hospitalized Jan. 1 as a result of complications, and he did not inform Biden of his status for several days. He remained in the hospital for about two weeks following complications from prostate cancer surgery.

    Austin on Thursday also said he has no intentions of resigning over the matter and that he has some problems with one of his legs as a result of the hospital procedures and as a result is using a golf cart to get around. He said he and his doctors expect the matter to improve.”

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      1. I’m back! Took longer than usual because I had to wait for Glen – he warned me there was no way I’d get up his DW! It’s a muddy mess, just as my road was when I got home! That was as bad as ice, FFS! Slippery mud mixed with snow slush on top of some areas of snowpack! But I coasted and didn’t slip too much. I stocked up good on essentials this time, being careful to check exp dates. I think I’ve finally found a filter for my humidifier, altho I haven’t tried it yet.

        Once again, I didn’t take my camera and I thought of it 10 miles down the road! But I didn’t see any particular noteworthy shots so didn’t think about it again. Until I was headed home…..that was ca-razy! Bright sunshine all the way to the west side of Pierce but, when I looked ahead about 3 miles, there was nothing but white! It would have made a spectacular picture: bright sunshine, clear skies above the fields and slightly ahead, then suddenly nothing but a band of white across the entire horizon ahead! As I got closer, the fog started drifting here and there until I was in the middle of a dense cloud so deep I couldn’t see 50 feet in front of me!

        Thankfully, it didn’t stay that way but it is still quite foggy here now. Soooo much moisture, with the unseasonably warm temps – 44 on my thermometer even with the fog blocking the sun! Now to catch up…..

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  46. “Demi Moore Shares Update on Bruce Willis”

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Demi Moore is offering advice to families whose loved ones have dementia as she shares an update on her ex-husband, Bruce Willis. The “Feud” star spoke about Willis on “Good Morning America” Wednesday after the actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023.

    “I think given the givens, he’s doing very well,” she said. Moore also revealed the advice she has imparted on her kids amid Willis’ dementia battle. She and the “Die Hard” star share three adult children: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. “What I’ll share is what I say to my children, which (is) it’s important to just meet them where they’re at and not hold onto what isn’t, but what is, because there’s great beauty and sweetness and loving and joy out of that,” she said.

    Moore shared a similar message while speaking to Andy Cohen on Sirius XM when asked what she would say to those who are caring for a family member with dementia.

    “When you let go of who they’ve been, or who you think they (are), or who even you would like them to be, you can then really stay in the present and take in the joy and the love that is present and there for all that they are, not all that they’re not,” she said.

    Willis was married to Moore from 1987 to 2000. He is now married to Emma Heming, while Moore wed Ashton Kutcher in 2005 before they separated in 2011. Willis’ family announced in March 2022 that he would step away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, which they said was impacting his cognitive abilities. In February 2023, the family said his condition had “progressed” and that he received the more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.

    “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces,” the family’s statement said. “While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.” Frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, represents a group of brain disorders caused by the degeneration of the frontal and/or temporal lobes of the brain, according to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration.

    In October, Willis’ friend Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of “Moonlighting,” told The New York Post that the actor is “not totally verbal.” But while “language skills are no longer available to him,” Caron said that “when you’re with him you know that he’s Bruce.”

    Willis’ wife, Emma Heming, has previously opened up about caring for the actor, posting on Instagram in 2023 that she has “times of sadness every day, grief every day.”

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  47. “Oregon GOP state senators who staged walkout over abortion can’t run for reelection, high court says”
    By Madeleine Hubbard
    Published: February 1, 2024 12:03pm
    JustTheNews

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that 10 Republican state senators are ineligible to run for reelection after they participated in a quorum-denying walkout for six weeks last year to stall legislation on abortion, transgender treatments and firearms.

    The high court decided in favor of Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who had disqualified the senators from running for office again after voters approved a measure in 2022 to amend the state constitution to ban lawmakers with more than 10 unexcused absences from running again.

    The measure to prevent walkouts passed after GOP lawmakers staged other walkouts from the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Five of the 10 Republican state senators, Tim Knopp, Daniel Bonham, Suzanne Weber, Dennis Linthicum and Lynn Findle, had filed a lawsuit against the secretary of state over the decision.

    The walkout, which was the longest in Oregon’s history, resulted in hundreds of bills being stalled, according to The Associated Press.”

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  48. “In a Zoom call about a mental health proposition, Gov. Gavin Newsom says he was at a Target and saw someone walk out without paying. Yep! Theft is so common in California that it happened right in front of Gavin Newsom! Then he asked a worker why the person steals and they blamed the Governor before looking at him twice and recognizing him.

    And when the cashier said they can’t stop shoplifters due to the California government, Newsom got mad at her and asked to see the manager. “I was like, why I am spending $380 and everyone can walk the hell right out.”

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  49. Jan. 9, 2024 | A wild horse roams a flooded Danube Island in Krcedinska Ada, Serbia. After being trapped for days by high waters on the river, island people are evacuating cows and wild horses.

    Jan. 4, 2024 | A man walks through the ruins of a shopping district in Wajima, Japan. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region on New Year’s Day.

    Jan. 1, 2024 | The northern lights illuminate the sky beyond a reindeer outside the village of Breivikeidet near Tromso, Norway.

    Jan. 1, 2024 | Children play in the surf as fireworks light up Copacabana Beach during New Year’s celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Jan. 22, 2024 | Boats float on the bay in Tongoy, Chile.

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  50. Jan. 22, 2024 | A car sits along a flooded road during a rainstorm in San Diego, California. Heavy rainfall around the United States prompted first responders in Texas to conduct water rescues and officials in California to issue evacuation warnings over potential mudslides in parts of Los Angeles County.

    Jan. 26, 2024 | The William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bay Bridge, commonly known as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, near Annapolis, Maryland, is shrouded in fog.

    Jan. 26, 2024 | The last light of the day is seen reflecting on the wet concrete slabs of the Holocaust Memorial on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin.

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