A friend, Dick Wilson, came over Friday morning to help put up the screened porch ceiling.  As always, measuring and cutting is the most critical part.   Lifting the panel into place and holding during nailing is where it becomes a two-man job.  So now the ceiling is up, waiting for paint touch-up of the nails and seems.
    Some cardinal flowers are growing on the bank of the brook.

Feature for the day:  Matter falling into a massive black hole at the core of galaxy M87 is emitting a jet of electrons and other sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light.

Quote for the day:  "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." - Mark Twain