May 30, 2007  

    The house is looking beautiful with the gardens developing and the foliage out.  A kingbird came and sat for a minute on top of the barn's weathervane (close-up). 
    On Sunday afternoon the Town of Greenfield celebrated Memorial Day with a parade, a ceremony, and an ice cream social.  The social was sponsored by the GIVers (Greenfield Independent Volunteers).  Lynn and I are members of the GIVers, and we helped serve the ice cream.
    There are many little white wildflowers blooming now in the woods and in the grass.  We put a bench on the lookout point, and as we sat enjoying the view, we saw a large Jack-in-the-pulpit just a few feet in front of us.  As we came back to the house, we passed through an area in the woods with a half-dozen pink lady's slippers blooming.

Feature - Distribution of dark matter inferred from gravitational lensing.

Quote for the Day - "It may be long before the law of love will be recognised in international affairs. The machineries of government stand between and hide the hearts of one people from those of another."—Mahatma Gandhi