Red bleeding hearts

I have more bluebells this year than ever before. I have hellebores. I have red bleeding hearts. I have grape hyacinths. Yay!. 


Tonight I took my neighbor to the show. Tomorrow afternoon I’m taking off work so I can docent for the city of Rockville employees. 


Russia’s natural gas giant Gasprom’s profit fell 40% in 2023. Lots of the people suffering from "Sudden Russian Death Syndrome," (credit for the term to Elaine Godfrey) work in the Russian energy industry. 


Ukraine said Russia doesn’t use the Crimea bridge - the bridge Ukraine has repeatedly attacked - for moving military supplies anymore. 


Poland is doubling its contribution to Czech’s ammunition plan.