My freind Kasey came over and we made more progress on his vauum tube tesla coiil. .. it’s now makign 3-4 : sparks. note huge, but its progress !

 

really fun hacking aroudn with this.. we have lots more tuning to do !

nite all. noite sam
-me

pretty quiet day.. only thing interesting was running into my hackclub friends  at home depot.. It was good to see them out in in the world 

nite all. nite sam
-me

Chilly out again.. DIane a, Oaklee and I took a quick hike up to the window

When we got we found that most of Diane’s freshly planted vegetables had been dug up… They hadn’t been eaten so whatever dug them up was after something underneath the plants… It was pretty crazy. Diane was able to replant almost all of them… But we can’t figure out what kind of animal it was… I looked it up, and it suggested it might even be crows. !

nite all, nite sam
-me

Today our wonderful Sam would have celebrated his 34th birthday..  “Would have” sounds so strange when I say it. .. or even think it as im doing now. 

I think of that boy all the time.. his kindness, his love.. and his mischievous sense of fun. He’s still vey present in all of our lives 

 

We market the day as we usually do , with a jike. Diane and I went up to the fire tower with our neighbors dog Oaklee…. it was a beutiful day.. Having Oklee with us, meant we had to go up the tower one at a time.

We brought one of Sam’s red bull cans that we’d made into an ornament. DIane found a great place to hang it on teh way up the tower 

diane foudn a great place to hang one of Sam’s redbull ornements on the way up the tower

I worked at hoem the rest of the day.. My old freinds Paul and Paul came by whcih was great. I dont see them much .. but love it whe I do. Paul and Paul went with me on my freist shoppping trip in vermont.. I was tryign to buy a bed, and ended up with a ‘Wate and Fate” scale that told your fortune and your weight when you put in a penny.. I still have it !

Around 6, some freinds showed up for a Sam dinner. Hannah and Nate braught some foraged moreels.. we cooked them up. and at them.. yum !

then a nice low key dinner 

And Dianes amazing Carrot cake.. which was Sam’s favorite .. for desert 

Happy birthday my son.. we miss you and will always love you !

nite all. nite sam

-me