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Photo test

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Note: This is a report to blogger about how the new interface imports photos differently than the old one. Or I haven't figured out how to use it correctly. This post is an example. It explains why when you click on some of the photos in my "Twin Oaks in May" post some photos display larger (in their original import size) than others (which now shrink in size.) Old interface. Click to see. New interface. Click to see the difference.

Twin Oaks in May

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A mighty oak rises in my woods, given more sun light with the demise of the tree to the right.  This photo strikes me as possessing some sort of power. April and May are two of my favorite months of the year.  This May began windy and rainy, like April.  But, toward the middle of the month, it became more like May, only faster.  Everything seems to be blooming and maturing 3-4 weeks early so far this year. The sweet intoxication of honeysuckle and privet dominated most of the month.  Usually the honeysuckle comes first, followed by the privet toward the later part of the month.  This year they put forth simultaneously to create an intoxicating, sometimes overpowering sweetness.  Jennifer felt like it was burning her nose. May is the month for daisies .  We did not have as many this year as in the past but they were still glorious. Flowers of all kinds keep coming in abundance, as the woods fill in completely and the lush growth prepares for the heat of summer. My woods

Parsing Out Dystopia: Passing 100,000 Dead

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May 27. The United States passed 100,000 COVID-19 deaths today .  It took us 20 days to reach this milestone after 75,000.  The daily average death rate on May 7 was about 1,900.  Now it is about 1,250.  Slowly, the virus is winding down.   The consensus seems to be that a second wave will come in the fall when cooler weather returns.  But no one knows for sure.  Dr. Anthony Fauci reads the data and changes his opinion as the data changes.  In April he warned of a second wave.  Now, he says it is " not inevitable ."  We'll see which version of himself is correct. The World Health Organization firmly believes this is only the "first wave."   Whether it is or isn't, we are likely going to have to learn to live with it to some extent.  I can't imagine what this Christmas is going to be like (or even the November election) if a second wave of this thing hits us. Some 5.6 million people have caught the virus out of 7 billion on the planet.  Tha