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Sunset cruise

We were not the only sailing vessel out of Edgartown on a for-hire sunset cruise tonight.

Bonus picture: spiders are cool.

Sand Bar

Kat and Chris waiting for their drinks at our favorite pre-dinner-drink spot on the island.

My glasses broke at the bridge Friday morning. I fashioned a temporary repair out of aluminum flashing bent into a tube, filled with Gorilla glue, and darkened with a Sharpie (Lis said “Of course you did”), which got me through the day.

Closeup: Praying mantis

Lis brought home a praying mantis from work today! They found it in the museum, and Lis figured our garden would be a better spot. Here it is guarding our basil plants — maybe it will catch whatever’s been eating them.

Extreme closeup: floor

We’re getting our floors redone; they got the sanding and first coat done today. When a woodworker says a water-based finish “raises the grain” of a piece of wood, this is what he means: it swells the different components of the wood structure differently, leaving a rough texture.

Parker’s vacation

We are having our floors redone, so Parker is staying with Lis’s mom. He looks like he’s settling in just fine.

Dry

Hydrangea is a plant that is adapted to grow in sandy soil — that is, tolerates dry conditions fairly well. When hydrangea plants look like this, you know we need rain!

And yes, I watered them.

Spider

Lis and I went to Arnold Arboretum today. We saw lots of trees and shrubs, and that was cool and all, but we also got to watch a spider catch and kill a caterpillar many times her own size. Now that’s cool!