June is here!

2009-06-07
Whatever ails you
Our attempts to pick strawberries on Tuesday afternoon were thwarted by a hellatious thunderstorm just as we tried to head out into the field. It took us 45 minutes of being stuck in traffic while being pounded by hortizontal rain and hail. As we finally got moving and the skies parted, we saw golf-ball sized hail in the median a bit south of where we had been stranded.
When we returned home, we found dime-sized hail. They might have been nickel-sized when they first fell. Thankfully, our garden didn't get pounded too badly, and the only casualty of this storm was the hummingbird feeder (which Chris later repaired)
It's a bad sign when turkey vultures hang out on top of your house. At least this wasn't actually <i>our</i> house
We don't quite understand why he enjoyes eating lemons so much. Afraid of scurvy, maybe?
Really cool swirly contrails overhead on Wednesday evening
Emily expects Chris and David to do Bachelor Night dinners on nights when she's working late, but there was no DiGiorno pizza to be seen last Thursday. Instead, whle wheat penne with sauteed radishes, feta crumbles, summer squash and fresh basil from David's garden. And beer
We attempted to feed the ducks some bread, but these are not normal ducks. They swam away. Maybe it was the dog or the three-year-old that didn't make the bread quite worth the risk
Gus got in the way. Shocker
Friday night, Chris and Emily had a date night and did something they hadn't done in three years: see a concert. In that timespan, concert tickets have gotten ridiculously expensive, but Coldplay was totally worth it. Neither of us usually likes big shows like this, but this band has their fair share of awesome "stadium anthems" and so we endured Verizon Wireless Music Center, $9 Coors Light, and thousands of people to see them
Coldplay went on at 9:00 but it was still ligt out, so the sparklers they had during the opening song didn't quite make the impression they had hoped for. Still pretty cool
Towards the end of the show, they shot huge cannons of paper confetti, right about the time that everyone in the audience was singing along. Sometimes when you hear a song, you know how you imagine what it should sound and look and feel like when you see it live? This was it
Emily dragged the boys to the 54th and Monon Art Fair on Saturday. Shortly after we took this photo of David eating a piece of free cake (which was a prelude to the free hot dog and lemonade he also ate), he was bit on the lip by an ant. That was our memorable moment
Following the Outrun the Sun 5 mile run we (both!) did on Saturday night, we stuck around for some family festivities. OK, so see the kid in the blue shirt towards the left? Look above that kid's right shoulder, and you'll see David out of the strating block, totally pushing another kid out of his way at the beginning of the Kid's Run (in which he decided to participate this time)
He got stuck behind some slowpoke kid in a red shirt, but managed to break through at some point in the 20 or so yards they had roped off.
After being awarded his prize package, he jammed and rocked to the band they had for post-race entertainment. And then he ran around a while more
The sign on the windshield reads, "Do not touch unless you are naked!"
David's favorite car was the yellow hot-rod to the left, because its yellow spark plug wires matched the rest of the car. I liked the Vette, personally. This car was stunning.
This stunt pilot flew low over the runway, upside-down, again and again
My memory may be wrong, but I believe the announcer said that these were Czech airplanes, and they're called "whisperjets" because they're (relatively) quiet.
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While we were waiting in the longest line ever, there were some bomber demonstrations with pyrotechnics. I don't know if it's unusual, but this smoke ring was neat to watch.
For some reason, David really wanted to see the inside of the C-130. The line was an hour long, so we missed seeing lots of other cool stuff, but these are the sacrifices we make.
Looks like the rotor mechanisms are a straightforward design, trouble-free, and simple to maintain.
The Osprey is a strange beast. it doesn't look like it should be able to fly.
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David tries his hand in the cockpit of a helicopter
The Army's Golden Knights parachute team did an impressive demonstration, jumping from an altitude of 2 miles.
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