My boss requested some photos of our engineers at work building a set of new prototypes for an upcoming product. I was more than happy to oblige.

I purchased a camera lens on Craig’s List today and met the seller at MIT over the lunch hour to consummate our transaction. We met in the Electrical Engineering building where the SCR-615B Radar Antenna pictured above is displayed. The MIT Radiation Lab played an instrumental role in the development of radar during WWII.

I do not believe I have ever seen someone cross their legs quite like the woman pictured above. I was having breakfast at the Clover Food Lab when she walked in and took a stool at the counter. I don’t make a habit of photographing body parts of strangers but I found the angles and seeming impossibility of this pose worth a shot. Should I encounter her again, I will inquire if she studies ballet which is the only explanation for this kind of flexibility that I can imagine.

It took some time to coordinate schedules but we finally managed to coral all three kids and their Aunt Susan for a dinner out to celebrate Kyle and Nico’s birthdays (August 5th and July 8th respectively). Unfortunately I had to settle for a cell phone photograph having forgotten my camera in the car. After dinner, we sat around for quite a while reminiscing about all three kids when they were babies. Somehow we got onto the subject of our wedding and all three were 100% convinced that I was making up a story about having a small ponytail at that time. None were willing to make a small wager on the question, a choice that saved them some money.

Jeanine and I waiting in the cell phone lot at Logan Airport for Maya’s return from Europe. Her flight from Amsterdam was slightly delayed so we got out to stretch our legs a little. My sister-in-law, Susan, was the photographer. She drove down from Burlington, VT to celebrate the boy’s combined birthday which we are celebrating tomorrow. After collecting Maya who was ripe with stories of her travel adventures, we connected with Kyle for a late lunch and then were treated of a tour of his new office. Cengage recently moved into a new building on the waterfront with commanding views of the Boston Harbor. It takes poor Kyle about 90 seconds to walk from his apartment to his new digs which includes first rate amenities from top to bottom. Pictured below is the vertical garden on the 14th floor roof deck and view of the harbor.

The beauty of solid wood floors is that they can be restored to like new condition in a matter of hours. We have lived in Concord for 15 years and it was time to refinish the hardwood floors in our dining room and music room. We will not move the furniture back in until the second coat of polyurethane varnish is fully cured.

Today we had the wood floors in our living room and music room refinished. The polyurethane that was used to finish the newly sanded wood produces some powerful fumes as it dries. I believe that this dragonfly was overcome by these fumes and came to rest on the floor in the foyer where it expired. I was sad for the dragonfly and paused for a moment to capture its beauty before returning it to the outdoors.

I finally got around to downloading some photos I took on the Bridge of Flowers last Sunday. The beauty of flowers never ceases to amaze me.

Although the Audi e-tron has an EPA rated range of 204 miles, I was please to see a new record range prediction of 244 miles. This no doubt the result of a very leisurely drive to and from Schenectady, NY over the weekend. I was able to average 3.0 miles/kWh on the return trip, a far cry from the 1.8 miles/kWh I started off with this morning. Most of my commutes average out to 2.6.

This morning I finalized a lighting formula for photographing factory test prints from the new Formlabs Form 3 printer. The goal was to reveal surface finish in a consistent and repeatable way so that we can image parts in China and study them in the US. The next step will be to specify/design a standard camera/jig which we can use at the factory.

As we returned to Concord from Schenectady, Jeanine and I stopped for a brief visit to Shelburne Falls. There we visited the Bridge of Flowers which was as pretty as we have ever seen it with virtually everything in full bloom. It made for a very nice stopover and opportunity to stretch our legs.

I took advantage of the drone for aerial photographs of the bridge and the falls for which the village is named.

I am the executor of the estate which owns the home I grew up in. In light of her recent health issues, my mother has asked me to sell it. This weekend, Jeanine and I drove to Schenectady to ready the house for sale and to take photos for the real estate listing. Both my sisters are helping with the project while my brother continues to care for my mother in Minnesota. The house is located in the historic GE plot and while it needs some modernization, it was built in an era where craftsmanship ruled the day. The back yard features a Japanese style garden created by my mother and despite her absence remains in very good shape.

Earlier this week, Jeanine and I visited the Old North Bridge at sunset for a very tranquil stroll. It is also possible that we ended our outing with a visit to Kimball Farm for ice cream.

Maya seems to be enjoying her European travel holiday, pictured here in Lisbon for a second day. Four years ago, Jeanine and I spent a lovely vacation in the Azores, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean some 1,000 miles to the west, thus far our only visit to Portugal.

My soccer teams is currently planning our next international friendly against Portugal and I am increasingly looking forward to making that trip.