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Yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of the Iraq invation. Happy Birthday Iraq! Hope you are enjoying operation Enduring Fuck Up.

Today is the first day of Spring? Is that right? Here in California, spring starts the day after New Years, when all the spring plant-y things start showing up. Before you know it, there are daffodils all over the place. Of course, it never stops here does it? Something is always waving colourful petals around, attention seeking. Plants which are decent summer bloomers in other parts of the continent are planted here as winter annuals. Winter annuals! What a concept. There is no relief from yellows, reds, oranges, pinks, greens. When I first moved here I got weary in the late winter months, craving a nice monochromatic grey colour scheme for my outdoor life, so my eyes could rest, before the really intense flowering season started. Now, I think I'm getting used to it. Luckily it has rained like crazy for the last month, so my eyes have enjoyed some desaturation, even as the reservoirs fill up to water the next year of floral madness.

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[Jo]

It's relentless. I can't blame my own bad mood on anything but myself. Gah!