Good and busy day for the last day of spring. It only got up to 65 degrees and that’s hot enough for me. Thanks to Diane’s green thumb, the yard is a riot of colors already ..

After work I had a rush maker job to create some electrically lit fuses for Chris’s burn tomorrow night (Helios.. the sun g-d)   > I took apart an old soldering iron and took out the nichrome wire..    hooked it to copper wire annd taped them to paper..

Then I measured out 180g of Potassium nitrate and 120 grams of sugar and melted them in a pan on the grill outside.. I did it outside because I once almost burnt down my friend Jeff’s house doing this

I then spread the melted KNO3/Sugar mix over the nichrome res , wraped them up and let them harden. I did a est and they worked GREAT.. sorry.. forgot to take a picture !

After than .. Gabe. Jack and Luke decided they would go camp on one of the Islands in the Winooski tonight. They packed up the canoe

and headed down the river.. Diane and I managed to see them go buy while we were out walking the dogs by the river.. We’re standing about 300 yeards from our house.. we  feel lucky to live in such a  beautiful place !

OK.. gonna try to watch some TV tonight. haven’t done that in many weeks. wish me luck..

nite all. nite sam

-me