Chris Martin

§ Autumn’s arrival is suddenly undeniable.

§ Although it looks like the fennel variety we planted earlier this year won’t produce an edible bulb for us, it is starting to produce clusters of dried fennel seeds.

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§ This week we got to try our first few ripe maypop fruits and figs.

§ On Labor Day the family went down to the lakefront to watch the Air Show.

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§ This feels like the last big gasp of summer before autumn starts creeping in.

§ Last Sunday I found myself at a baseball game for the second time in as many months.

§ Hello § At work I spent some time experimenting with a low-pressure sodium vapor lamp.

§ Another week has flown by before I was able to get a solid grasp around anything.

§ The first fruit on our heirloom tomato plant finally ripened this week.

§ The garden seems to be bouncing back after the intense weather we’ve had over the past few weeks.

§ Monday was Caroline’s and my two-year anniversary.

§ This week brought the first few ripe blackberries and tomatoes of the season.

§ Northeast Ohio saw a brutal heat wave this week with temperatures in the upper 90s each day.

§ The return trip from Chicago was even more uneventful than the drive there.

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§ On Monday I picked our first few ripe strawberries of the season. § Later that evening I installed the new iOS 27 beta.

§ As is tradition this time of year, I found a baby deer in my yard on Monday.

§ The baby is almost seven weeks old now which is a fact I find hard to comprehend.

§ Almost exactly 14 days after sowing and at the first sign of warm sunny weather, the beans I planted all suddenly started sprouting.

§ In the garden our raspberry bush is flowering and it looks like the blackberry will follow suit any day now.

§ It was a week of almost nonstop rain—the downside of the spring season that I always seem to forget about.

§ It is Sunday already?

§ I’m risking hubris here but I have to say, when you average it out, the first nearly two weeks of parenthood have gone more smoothly than I feared.

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§ The museum I work at serves double-duty as one of eleven NASA visitor centers so this week’s Artemis II mission brought a lot of infectious, excited energy to the building.

§ Hi, Happy Easter. § Lots of warm, rainy weather this week.

§ This week has been a bit of a blur thanks in no small part to temperatures ping-ponging more than 30 degrees day-to-day taking my sinuses on a wild ride.

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