various rockets' red glare

Fingers crossed for the Juno spacecraft.  Jupiter's my favorite planet anyhow.  This mission will take thousands of high-resolution photos of its interesting "surface" -- cloud-tops, anyhow.

As a lad I spent hour after hour trying to draw my low-resolution versions of the same.  It was the most rewarding of all the planets to draw, with a relatively small telescope.

Yesterday we went into Chevy Chase -- or was it Bethesda? -- and treated ourselves to pedicures.  My nails were becoming dangerous weapons!  Careful and serious small Vietnamese woman.

Also picked up a bucket of fried chicken from sister Wendi's favorite place, very yum.  We went to the vegetable market and picked up this and that.  I prepared a pot of greens therefrom, with bacon and onion, likewise yum.

Today being the 4th of July, we'll have to plan carefully to work around celebrations.  In the evening we'll probably just walk to a nearby field with a picnic, and watch the Washington display, which will of course be prodigious.  These old bones don't look forward to reclining on the ground, but I'll manage.

Joe