US offers peace deal: Leave occupied lands and drop Ukraine’s NATO bid

this agreement is not a peace agreement but a capitulation and therefore unacceptable. i would be very surprised if Ukraine agrees to hand over even one square meter of its territory to the terrorists.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-offers-peace-deal-leave-occupied-lands-1744987581.html

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #April17 #army #update #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни

A 4 foot wide raised bed is a lot bigger than the 3 foot ones. I got the two pepper beds finished. They are each 8 feet long. Just need to open up the poly sheeting and and dig a bit of the good dirt out so it's flat or dished and then stack some sticks in the bottom, or cardboard, or both.

I planted a couple of lettuce stumps too that were regrowing in the lower right bed, and put some stakes next to some peas.

#gardening #RaisedBeds #GrowYourOwn #garden #April17 #peas #beets #radish

I rescued a bumble bee that was stuck in the chicken coop. Looks like a Western Bumble Bee, Bombus occidentalis. I also saw 4 or maybe 5 Ashy Digger bees in one clove currant bush. I'm not sure I ever saw more than one at once last year.

#NativePollinators #bees #BumbleBee #pollinators #BombusOccidentalis #AshyDiggerBee #bombus #bee #bumblebee #April17

April 17

This day in history:

• 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
• 1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
• 1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 1946 – The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.

Births:

• 1964 – Rachel Notley, Canadian politician
• 1277 – Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1320)
• 1961 – Bella Freud, English fashion designer

Deaths:

• 1998 – Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Scott Brazil, American director and producer (b. 1955)
• 1574 – Joachim Camerarius, German scholar and translator (b. 1500)

Holidays:

• World Hemophilia Day
• Flag Day (American Samoa)
• Women's Day (Gabon)

Random Article of the day:

Bartolomea Acciaioli

Hyacinths today. There are Aida (blue), Amsterdam (pink), Apricot Passion (peach), and Royal Navy Double (navy). No Yellowstone (yellow) blooming yet.

#BloomScrolling #flowers #hyacinths #SpringFlowers #FlowersOfMastodon #BlueFlowers #PinkFlowers #PurpleFlowers #hyacinth #April17 #florespondence #gif #FlowerGarden

I'm seeing some honey bees on the hyacinths today. Not sure this is one of my bees, it looks a little different to what I see at the hives. One I saw yesterday getting goose water looked similar and behaved a little hotter than my bees. Lots of movement, maybe bee hand waving. 👋 Maybe Italians? 🤔

#BloomScrollingWithBee #hyacinth #bee #bees #HoneyBee #ItalianBee #April17 #FlowerWithBee #beekeeping

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of April 17

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-ukraine-war-frontline-update-as-of-1744873552.html

#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #April17 #army #update #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни