It's the Final Friday of 2018.

Willy Nilly Friday.

1. They call it the Full Cold Moon. I stopped by the lake and took a few pictures of it on December 22. This one isn't the best technically but I like it the most.

Sharing with Skywatch and Weekend Reflection.

2. This is an old black and white picture that I took of Lynn when she was about ten. If I'd known how much better black and white prints would hold up compared to color, I would have used it more.

3. Today is Frank's birthday. We had dinner at Outback Steakhouse.

4. At a few grocery stores (like Whole Foods), I can get a salad to go in a cardboard carton. Unfortunately, most salad bars only offer plastic containers. I do wash them and recycle them, but not all recycling centers accept plastic that's not bottles. I hate to clog the landfill with unnecessary plastic. Plus we have to take recycling to the transfer station ourselves, so the more we have, the more times we have to drive there. Since I'm burning gas to recycle, I'm concerned about the carbon footprint of doing this. But what can you do?

5. The last picture shows a globe (from Wikipedia commons).  Look how much coastline we have! Look how much coastline Mexico and Central America have. Think about it.

Two words: boat people. A wall won't keep them out.

I'm not saying that we need to keep people out. We do need to continue vetting everyone who wants to come in. Security is important. But there are tunnels, planes, drones, boats, plus all sorts of inside threats that need attention, and that takes money.

And there's recent history. I'm old enough to remember the Mariel boatlift. In 1980, over 125,000 people came to our shores from Cuba in over 1,700 boats. The Coast Guard was overwhelmed.

I don't hear people talking about this.