Last Couple of Days

Weather has been very nice.....

By now I expect you can identify Oklahoma there, north of Dallas and between Amarillo in Texas, and Little Rock in Arkansas.

California is suffering from a very severe drought, I think it is the worst in history, and as they provide - I think it is about 80% - of the fruit and vegetables for the nation, it is a SERIOUS situation,  but you know how - at home - if you get two continuous days of sunshine in a row the government brings in a hose pipe ban, and you can't water your gardens or wash your car.   But UNBELIEVABLY to me, Californians still have all their sprinklers going on their lawns.   Also amazing is the fact that it takes one gallon of water to grow ONE almond.  There are murmurings that they should stop watering almonds.    I should think so too.

I haven't done a lot lately, but I enjoyed a chat on Skype with Jeremy and Tom yesterday, and Jeremy suggested I could perhaps do with some exercise - they'd both been working out at the gym - so I signed up at the YMCA, and will shortly be off there going round the water walkway, then I'll jump in the Jacuzzi.

The Presidential candidates are lining up....

I don't know how Ben Carson can even put himself forward, far less be in the middle of the pack there.  He is a nice guy, but a neurosurgeon who  has NO political experience, he has never even been a Senator, what qualifies him for the Presidency?   I ask myself.  

Scott Walker, on the other hand, is a two time governor of Wisconsin, eminently more qualified, I would have thought.   And I don't know why Rand Paul should be at the bottom of the heap, he is at least a Senator.  Likewise Mike Huckabee, he was Governor of Arkansas for eleven years.   Aren't they better qualified than Ben Carson.

But.........I am just the foreign bystander here, throwing in my two cents worth.  What do I know.