Walking around with my camera + macro lens looking for small stuff has been a great way to discover species I had never even heard of. This long-horned bee is a great example! Super big and hairy (look at those hind legs!), covered in pollen, it was slowly moving from one flower to next and spent just enough time near me to capture a few shots.
@minervakoenig i am so sorry to hear, from you and others, that it is so hot again, and so early in the year, too. Last year I kept on reading and worrying about #Texas and #Arizona. Just now i saw in this article that indeed there has been a 1000 % increase in #Heatwave mortalities! 290 homeless people in/around Phoenix last year. Just awful. I hope you are able to take good care of yourself.
“The Remnant Alliance is just the latest version of an ongoing effort to politicize evangelical pastors and their congregations by the radical right wing of the Republican Party.”
If you've lost a pet in the Valley View storm, All American Dogs Shelter has been out to the area and has picked up several pets.
They will be diligently searching for and picking up loose/stray animals and taking them back to the shelter in Pilot Point.
Please contact the shelter or (better) go out there and see if your furry family member has been captured and is waiting for you.
If you haven't had a chance to do so yet, and your pet is microchipped, please contact your microchip company to be sure the contact info is up to date.
The arguments against casinos are strong and empirical. They will be ignored.
A bad gamble for Texas
"[G]ambling exacerbates existing inequalities, that an enormous amount of the profits of such “gaming” are made upon the ill-placed hopes and bad math skills of the socially and financially disadvantaged, leading to the sort of credit and debt crises that can devastate families."