The waiting has been torturous. To measure it, right after the 2016 election I installed a countdown clock in the right column of Mixed
Meters. It listed the number of years, months and days until we the
people could turn Donald Trump into a loser. Wouldn't that be nice.
As the election date loomed closer and closer, it has become clear that the
counter widget is a few days off. Hey, this is just a blog. At
Mixed Meters close is good enough.
Almost every day this year I've been obsessively reading news articles about
the election. If you're in the U.S. I think you know what those articles
are about:
- Trump wants to suppress the vote,
- Trump told a bunch of lies,
- Trump has a chance of winning,
- Trump might steal the election,
- Trump will ruin the country even more in a second term.
By this time next week maybe we'll know who the winner is. I sure hope
we will. The waiting might be over after four endless years. I
find it hard to stop thinking about it.
Today I needed an escape. So I took my camera outside into our
backyard and driveway and shot some pictures of whatever I happened to find
out there. It was sunny and warm, but not too sunny and not too
warm. Just right.
To start, here are some close-ups of a fence.
We built this fence 13 years ago when
Chowderhead came to
live with us. It has deteriorated quite a bit. Time does
that.
I took pictures of Leslie's carnivorous plants.
I took pictures of Leslie's carnivorous plants.
This fly actually flew into the pitcher plant while I watched it. Pitcher plants are designed so flies can't escape from them. It flew down about an inch before it realized the danger it was in. "Holy shit," I heard it scream, "I better get the fuck out of this dangerous place." and it flew away. Maybe it was actually talking about politics in the United States in the year 2020.
I took some
pictures of plants
which don't eat insects.
The last one - the curly cactus - is one of my favorites among all of
Leslie's plants.
And I took some
selfies. You'd have done the same, I bet. I kept seeing my
reflection in windows. I look pretty unhappy in the first one
because I was thinking about Donald Trump. It's hard not to think
about Donald Trump these days. Not thinking about him was the whole
idea behind this post. I'm not doing too well.
The lines on my forehead are reflections from something inside the house -
possibly our microwave. Also, can you say 'double chin'? I
thought so.
The last three selfies also show more pitcher plants. Leslie
has a lot of them.
I even took one picture of Leslie looking out at me through a
window. Yes, I got her permission before I uploaded it.
Tomorrow is our 28th wedding anniversary. Love you, honey.
There is one more shot. Our two ceramic backyard icons, another
happily married couple, Irving (he's on the left) and Happy. We
bought them in 2004 in Los Olivos so they've been together for 16
years. Irving appeared in Mixed Meters previously
here.
Only a couple days to go before the election. Irving and Happy
can't vote. I hope you voted. If not, do it now. Right
now.
If Donald Trump loses I will reset the counter to show the number of
days until the inauguration on January 20, 2021. After that Mixed
Meters may not need a counter. That will make me happy.
If the devil is victorious and Donald Trump gets re-elected, I will
reset the counter until election day in 2024. And we can all just
cross our fingers that the nation survives until then. Good luck,
America. We're gonna need it.
Here are a links to political news sites which I have found useful this year:
