Heinous! They are Gestapo-like.

as she blazes on hillsides, punctuates farmhouses along the roadside, and stands majestic in churchyards and town squares throughout the small villages of New England.

with layered branches arching out and up, she quietly graces the landscape, winter, spring and summer.

But when the chill of autumn arrives, she dresses in her brilliant, fiery and fluorescent orange mantle, without doubt the queen of all other trees,

#ShenandoahNationalPark #MonarchButterflymigration

All together they’re unmistakable, pulsating electric streamers on a real-life mission. They must be on spring migration. We stare in silent wonder for several minutes until they disappear into the distance.
Hawksbill Mountain Shenandoah National Park, this day in 1974

Just like he promised, "you won't ever have to vote again."
And his lackey in congress are afraid to stand up to him.