Marco Rubio sent me a letter today! He's worried about losing Florida. Have a look:

PEGGY,

This is difficult for me to write.

I just can’t believe that there is more support for a Trump Impeachment Manager than for a strong Conservative leader.

Even after extending my Mid-Month deadline, we are still not on track to reach our goal. To be honest, we are about 3,000 donations behind our target.

My entire team is calling, texting, emailing and writing as many patriots as possible in an effort to activate 3,000 donors in the next 48 hours, but I’m afraid it won’t be enough.

PEGGY, these goals aren’t arbitrary. These are REAL goals and REAL numbers that we REALLY need to hit in order to have a shot at competing with the Democratic movement in Florida.

I’m pleading with you, even if it is $8…will you donate today? Maybe people think they need to write huge checks in order to make a difference but that’s just not true. I need people who can donate $8, $10, $12.55 or even $17 TODAY in order to reach my goal.

I know you hear from my team and me a lot, but this is critical. We are on the brink of losing Trump’s home state to someone who votes with the Socialist Squad 94% of the time. I hope you understand how deeply concerning that is.

Here is a special link my team put together for you. I hope to see your name on the donor list:

https://secure.winred.com/link-for XXXXX

With urgency,
Marco

Tonight's Full Moon

In The Forest

**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2022!**

We have had a very successful second year with the practice of asking VOLUNTEERS to HOST the photo contests.

Thanks go to
Mira, Soph0571, Callalily, Dyedinthewoolliberal, CaliforniaPeggy, and urbanhermit for volunteering. Some have volunteered to do two months!

Now it's time to think about organizing VOLUNTEERS to host in 2022! Please, if you are a frequent visitor, member, or devotee of the Photography Group, think about signing up to HOST a monthly contest. There's a thread which is helpful if you've never hosted.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103649550

and there is usually someone around you can ask if you have questions.

Here are the months. If you would like to host, please respond and identify which month you would like to host. The SEASONAL Contests run in March, June, September, and December. All other months are theme oriented contests where the winner will be awarded the prize of choosing the theme for the contest in the next theme oriented month. As in the past, the winner--because of selecting the theme--does not get to participate in the next contest, but hosts are allowed to participate (unless by chance the person who is scheduled to host also happens to win the previous month and selects the theme!) As an example, the winner of this November's Contest (2020) will choose the theme for the January 2021 contest because the contest for December 2020 will be a Seasonal Contest (AUTUMN)

It would be really wonderful if some of the winners from this past year would VOLUNTEER to HOST!

As people respond with the months they would like to host, I will put the names together with the months so that we can refer back to this thread to see who has volunteered for hosting any particular month in 2021. Just indicate in a response to this thread which month you'd like to VOLUNTEER to host, and I will match your name to the month. I have already picked out the two that I will run this coming year.

2022

JANUARY --Callalily

FEBRUARY--Mira

MARCH (Seasonal Contest for WINTER)--CaliforniaPeggy

APRIL--Grumpy Old Guy

MAY--Soph0571

JUNE (Seasonal Contest for SPRING)-- mnhtnbb

JULY--LakeArenal

AUGUST--Grumpy Old Guy

SEPTEMBER (Seasonal Contest for SUMMER)--CaliforniaPeggy

OCTOBER--AndyS

NOVEMBER--Soph0571

DECEMBER (Seasonal Contest for AUTUMN)--urbanhermit

Things Liberals Believe:

Comparison between last night's moon and tonight's:

Moon shots tonight: one in B&W and one in color:

Tonight's Moon--with earthshine

Backlit Wildflowers

Since we've been talking about Facebook......here's one person's take on it: