Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Earth Day Musings











40 comments:

Val Ewing said...

I do think all of the destructive Hurricanes should be named after those politicians who deny it. All of these are great!

Parnassus said...

Hi Debra, I couldn't agree more with these. --Jim

Tom said...

...Debra, once again you nailed it.

roentare said...

Your memes afford me the opportunity to reflect upon our existence and the often ordinary endeavours we undertake within society.

Boud said...

I like the idea of naming disasters after politicians. Especially ones denying help.

Moving with Mitchell said...

The first image is a beauty.
I still use that 80-year-old solar dryer. It is SO efficient and costs nothing.
Wouldn’t it be excellent to name the hurricanes after dumb politicians?!?

Bob said...

All so good--naming hurricanes after climate change deniers would be great--and that last one is spot on!

Marie Smith said...

We are using the solar dryer today, first time this season!

Mistress Maddie said...

The two lungs is brilliant!!!!!!! Happy Earth Day! I'm planting some wildflowers when I get back from dropping the Lad off.

Yorkshire Pudding said...

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon planted a tree on the White House South Lawn to recognize the first Earth Day in 1970. Somehow I cannot see the current US President and his Slovenian wife doing something similar - hell, the current moron yells, "Drill Baby Drill!" with zero concern for our planet's future.

Anonymous said...

I like how it's the consumer's burden to save the planet, but the manufacturers don't have to make things to last, the packagers aren't offering reusable or recyclable packaging, and municipalities charge citizenry for recycling but the trucks all go to the landfill or ship it to some underdeveloped country to burn like that toxic cloud won't drift around the world....

Jamie Ghione said...

I have a clothesline. Works great!

Pixie said...

Excellent, especially, "I live there". I've got to remember that, although I've never run across a climate denier.

Cleora Borealis said...

🌎🗺 Happy Earh Day, y'all...let's treat our Big Blue Mama tenderly today and every day!! 🥰
Kudos for the reminder that AI [and bitcoin] will continue to suck up our precious power grids (there's not just one)! We worry about terrorists taking out our power grids in a targeted attack...really?! That's been going on for years because of greed! And, when not sucking up the electricity, these billionaire terrorists will use illegal generators that spew methane directly into the air we have to share...and will kill people in the process!! I'm looking at you, Musk!! Breathe deep while you still can, Memphis!! 🥵🤬

https://www.selc.org/press-release/new-images-reveal-elon-musks-xai-datacenter-has-nearly-doubled-its-number-of-polluting-unpermitted-gas-turbines/

Ellen D. said...

Happy Earth Day!
I like the hurricane meme...

Frank said...

We brought our clothes line and hardware with us to New Mexico but never put it up. I'm still puzzled as to why no one uses clothes lines here. Could be the wind and dust or the fact that no one wants sun-dried shriveled up jeans. Or because electricity is fairly inexpensive.
I love the green and blue lungs.

Frank said...

I think they are going to get rid of the rose garden and pave it if they haven't already.

whkattk said...

"product reliability" LOL. Yep, I still have one of those.

Liz Hinds said...

Where would we be without that plucky band? Love the electricity poster too.

sirkkis said...

The Earth day should be every day...to save earth 🌎

Leanna said...

That last one sounds about right. I had to steal a few of these. I love them. Happy earth day.

Bruce.desertrat said...

I have that '80-year old solar dryer' and love it (here in S. AZ.) but we have HOA's here that ban them because 'they're ugly' and look like 'poor people' live there. This is why we live in a 70-year old house in the middle of tucson.

Barbara said...

Ain't it the truth. So sad.

Mary Kirkland said...

These sure give you something to think about.

e said...

Great memes, all of them. When will the stupid, rapacious 'captains of industry' realize that you can't eat money? Never, apparently.
My solar dryer is in my enclosed sun porch because I live in a rainy climate. During the winter I have a couple of drying racks that stand over heater vents. I expect my electric dryer to last forever since I almost never use it!

Kirk said...

They may make a video game out of that last one.

Lady M said...

Yes it boggles the mind to think all scientist worldwide are involved in some huge conspiracy theory, but the poor widdle billionaires who don't stand to profit at all, are the bastion of truth and sanity.

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Oh, the MAGA dinosaurs! Yes!
And also, AI worries me to no end. Not because it's gonna get my job, but because it's such A WASTE!!!
Poor Mother Earth. We treat her so badly....

XOXO

Bill said...

Love the first image. We've been using the solar dryer every nice day for years. When not outside, clothes are on a rack inside.

Mr. Shife said...

I am scared to see what super disasters are in store for us this summer. In Idaho, it is usually more extreme wildfires and hotter summers. Lauren pretty much summed it up as to how the whole saving the Earth thing is going.

DB Stewart said...

All smart, but I second naming climate disasters after politicians who pretend they don't believe in climate change.

Tundra Bunny said...

Great line-up, especially the lungs. Mother Nature is screaming "I CANT BREATHE" and it's time for humankind to listen and get off her neck before it's too late!

The Happy Whisk said...

The green and blue lungs ..... oh my gosh. Speaks right to my heart, that.

Travel said...

The earth will heal, after the humans go extinct.

Rade said...

These are brilliant!!!

baili said...

Very thoughtful and insightful dear friend Debra 👍♥️

Yes greed did this not God. The system designed by nature is utterly sensitive that every single action is accounted whether good and bad ,we must be smart enough to be careful

Laura said...

these are great! ~*~

ArcticFox said...

i knew it was earth day and then forgot as i typed my blog entry for the day....... just like i forgot today was st george's day.... i spent most of earth day actually with my hands in the earth..... in touch with the elements, which was interesting

ArcticFox said...

what a world we live in......

Busy Bee Suz said...

The solar clothes dryer is an amazing invention!