Another super hot day.. I think it hit 99 at work.    Friend bilL (he says ‘Capital L bill’) came by with popsicles !

Cool surprise tonight . A few months ago Diane came across these genetically engineered petunias that were designed to glow in the dark !

We’d heard that it was pretty subtle.. but tonight this happened !  Nothing subtle about it !

Here’s what they look like in normal light

and here’s what they look like at night !

even though they are called firefly petunias, they actually don’t have anything related to fireflies in them. Scientists were able to splice in some DNA from a type of mushroom, which actually makes them glow.

Very cool… But at the same time a little scary

As Gabe says.. “what could possibly go wrong” ?!

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today it got hot.. really hot.. high 90’s.. last year we didn’t even hit 90.. this is our second 90+ degree this summer !

 

it was a good day to stand in the river.. 

we have 3 days at least of this heat.. .. even though I grew up in Texas, I never got used to this kind of heat 

-nite all, nite sam

-me

Its beginning to feel very much like summer.. Firefly’s are out.. and we see our friend the beaver most nights now on the river

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today is fathers day.. .. its one of those days we don’t mark much ..  I am am so glad that I’m a dad.. it is one of the greatest pleasures of my life..  People ask me if fathers day is hard for me.. .. its not really.. I miss sam every day.. nothing special about this one. 

I do want to do a shout out to our dads.. Hugh and Gabe.. bot h wonderful men.. and great dads ! We miss you guys every day too

We did mark the day by doing the two things I really wanted to do.. Take a bike ride.. and weed wack the lawn. Both were fun and satisfying. Diane and I got to survey the progress on the new dam at Gillette pond.. Great progress !

We did one other fathers day thing.. We got to see Keven and Marges new baby James.. nice to have a baby fix on fathers day !

Happy fathers day to all you dads out there ,
I’m definitely glad to be a dad !

night all, night sam

-me