Here are a few of the plants that are currently flowering in front yard: Starting off with Shrubby Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruticosa)

Lavender #flowers in front yard

California Poppy #flowers are also in full bloom

Cat planning to deal with you while Dog is aware of plot. #CoSoCats #CoSoDogs #Caturday https://counter.social/media/zf4tzU2OLIdtAZY7akQ

Good morning from the Soft Hershey plant. https://counter.social/media/eO8GlUrWyC29DUunH78

Bird flu in US cows: is the milk supply safe? #birdflu #avianflu #zoonosis #disease #health https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01221-2

This ups the ante for the US to hurriedly set up Moon base: China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of #China and other countries. #Space #NASA https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01223-0

The U.S. Secret Service has dismissed an agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris after showing "distressing behavior," https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/04/25/bcus-ASecret-Service-removes-Harris-detail-agent/2741714101129/

DNA from ancient graves reveals the culture of a mysterious nomadic people Hundreds of genomes shed light on the marriage habits and social norms of the Avar people of central Europe.#archeology #history https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01165-7

European ruling linking #climatechange to human rights:The case was brought by Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection (Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz), a group of more than 2,500 Swiss women aged 64 or over. They argued that they are at greater risk of heat-related illness or death than most people https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01177-3?

Watch this Google Shorts until the end. You'll thank me. #OSHA #safety #work https://youtube.com/shorts/nc9EjQjhY_k?si=mduKF3bd2k36ZnJK

The USDA has issued a Federal Order requiring lactating dairy cattle to test negative for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza prior to interstate movement. #birdflu #avianflu #zoonosis #health #disease https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-issues-order-requiring-testing-before-dairy-cattle-can-move-interstate/

#Innewsoftheabsurd Dallas named as nation's third most walkable city according to Preply. #Texas https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/state/dallas-named-the-third-most-walkable-city-in-the-nation

#Innewsoftheabsurd #Netfilx new series source. Authorities say Anton Iagounov impersonated multiple law enforcement agencies and sought to investigate his own crimes. Iagounov is said to have made bomb threats, spoofed elected official's phone. #security #LEOs #police Look at his LInkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniagounov/ https://www.courtwatch.news/p/fake-badges-bomb-threats-phony-search

A virulent strain of the #monkeypox virus has gained the ability to spread through sexual contact, new data suggest. Evidence from past outbreaks indicates that this strain, clade I, is more lethal than the 1 that sparked the 2022 global outbreak. #zoonosis #health #nature #disease https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01167-5

U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to #Ukraine Ukrainian forces for the first time used a longer-range version of weapons known as ATACMS, striking an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine. #Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/us-ukraine-russia-missiles.html

#Innewsoftheabsurd More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income. #income #retirement https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/24/study-more-than-25-of-americans-expect-to-never-retire/

Google Maps and #AI Did not use AI component of Google Maps as I, quite often, do not wholeheartedly follow Google Maps on trips because of a number of instances where Google Maps was leading me in a circuitous and wrong direction.

Finally, Mojave Max comes out of his burrow to get Spring started. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/a-little-slow-mojave-max-emerges-from-historic-slumber-2767060/