Why would intuition automatically think that life was "designed" by a grand creator? The problem is that in our little snapshot of time we find it hard to intuit anything about our creation. That leaves us susceptible to mythical stories, magic, make-believe, cults, volcano gods wanting a sacrifice, etc. I prefer a scientific explanation.

Regardless of the pros and cons of open carry, if chaos breaks out, anyone not I uniform with a weapon drawn may be shot by the police. Could be a scary situation.

Beautiful photo.

Beautiful! Well done!

Very nice set. (Your photos, I mean! )

Ahhhhh Beautiful photos of a beautiful spot!

Excellent photos! What a happy gator!

What a nice photo! Hopefully you shared a field mouse with him!

Reminds me of some dates I have had.... (Oh - maybe those were dreams....! )

Given that the cheapest health insurance for an older adult (don't know how old you are) will run about $1000 per month, that is worth about $5 per hour worth of "pay".

Can you get along without insurance? Certainly - you can find basic health care "fairly" cheaply unless you end up in the ER, where you will have to pay them whatever they want to charge (which in many cases will be 6 to 10 times what they accept from Medicare and private insurance companies). I have dealt with patients who were a year shy of Medicare and sadly decided not to have health insurance. One such patient I diagnosed with lung cancer. It was very difficult to find good care for her - no one wanted to take her on as a patient, and they had to take a second mortgage on their house to pay for her care. This patient didn't make it, and her husband, who at one time was retired, ended up working into his 70's at Walmart just to make payments on his mortgage.

Very nice. Hopefully it will learn to be afraid.

Echo this. Most feeders have a red or red and yellow feeder tubes or fake flowers which will attract the hummingbirds. I have always used the 4 to 1 ratio, not 3 to 1. I read somewhere that the 3 to 1 might attract them at first but that they need the extra water in the 4 to 1 mix, especially when it is hot. Interestingly, hummers like all animals need protein - they catch and eat many small insects like gnats and mosquitoes, even though they never seem obvious about that!

They both suck. Period.

Do those little things make a difference? When I was growing up, our public school lunches never included meat on Fridays. I guess now we are all Catholic.

Very nice!