I am constantly amazed by the beauty of the natural world. These parachute seeds are from a weed that has grown to a height of three feet in between the bricks of our back patio.  After photographing them, I pulled the plant out only to inadvertently liberate the paratroopers which will grow to fight another day.

Later in the day, I tried to convince Jeanine that we were going to Home Depot for mystery date night to shop for window shutters (a very plausible ruse given the state of ours).  I use this technique to lower expectations for the actual date, in this case, a movie (Wind River) and after movie snacks (at the Border Cafe). I also needed to pick up some parts for the tiny house and the Home Depot is on the way. I didn’t fool Jeanine for a second as she knows all my tricks.