OK, before anyone tries to poop on this diary...I DO REALIZE that not all the news this week has been good. The VRA was gutted; I get that.
But as progressives/Dems/whatever, we need to try to sometimes - JUST SOMETIMES - stop and celebrate when things are not as bad as usual.
Among the good newses just in the past 24+ hours-
* Today's dual win for marriage equality.
* After over 32 years without them, the White House will be getting solar panels
* Wendy Davis saved Texas from draconian new anti-choice laws.
* After 32 years without them, the White House will be getting its solar panels back.
* Progressive Ed Markey won a Senate seat.
* A sitting President gave a speech addressing climate change (49 minutes worth!) for the 1st time and he seemed to reject the Keystone XL pipeline in the process.
I could go on, but you get the point.
(Add stuff I neglected in the comments)
Anyhoo, I am merely glad to have the time to sit back and appreciate the fact that good days do sometimes happen, and we should try to enjoy them when they do.
As a result of my Flickr page having 10 times as many photos available to access as it did before I left the country in December, I am going to post some of the archives therein.
Tulips, Mt. Vernon, Washington
All photos by LaughingPlanet except where watermarked or stated otherwise.
Yazgel Glacier, Pakistan
Na Pali coast, Kauai
Yes, we can all get along!
Zion National Park
Bee Eater, Hampi, India
Dahlia, Vancouver Island
Floating market, Kashmir
"Eschersketch"?
Pre-3 gorges dam banks of the Yangtze River, China
Sunset over SF, CA
Jain pilgrims entering the Taj Mahal
(photoshop artist unknown)
Point Reyes, CA
Fitting for the day...
Prop 8 protest, November 2008, Sacramento, CA
(photoshop artist unknown)
Baby Orangutan and mother, Sumatra, Indonesia
Mahayana Buddhists under the Bodhi Tree, Bodhgaya, India
Creative electricity transmission
(location/photographer unknown)
Mt. Kailash, Tibet
From NN 2010
Monkey, Vientianne, Laos
Yosemite in the spring
Ta Phrom, Angkor Wat
Mantis, South Korea
General Sherman, Sequoia National Park
Baby, Bac Ha, Vietnam
Hindu woman, Nepal
Poppies, Mt. Diablo State Park, CA
Gulls and Hoan Bridge, Milwaukee, WI
Moon over Oakland, CA