The United States is now producing enough domestic solar to cover nearly all annual deployment. That's what policy can do, folks! And a majority of these jobs are in Republican districts.

Unsurprising, fun fact: orchid plants with the same DNA and grown in the same conditions tend to bloom together. These pink cattleyas are divisions from my first plant 40 years ago.

After many years spent restricting my outdoor flower gardening to plants that tolerate shade or partial sun, I had two mature, troubled trees near my house removed yesterday. Sad, of course, but there is literally a bright side. #bluesky

To illustrate two of my hobbies, here is an orchid full of flowers surrounded by some of my woodworking projects (rocker, side table, entertainment cabinet, plant stand, picture frame).