HOT this week in Peoria with highs in the 90s and heat indices over 100. At the same time Bradley University's science building has HVAC problems and was in the 60s indoors. Bugs has been a little ill this week, but I think/hope he is pulling out of it. Here is a picture of him resting next to an air conditioner vent. Our garden is doing all right: lettuce is fine and we are starting to get peas, black raspberries (big sign of summer peak), a few yellow beans, and five blueberries from a bush extracted from northern Wisconsin. I think this is the first time we succeeded on the beans and blueberries. Everybody has heard about the deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson; RIP all of them. I have this dim memory of seeing Michael Jackson doing his moonwalk on TV in the early 80s and wondering "how did he do that"? Tonight we went to the Forest Park Nature Preserve to attend a firefly program (fireflies are another big sign of summer peak). The weather has cooled and dried somewhat, which made it less conducive for fireflies than earlier this week, but it was a nice show and I got a few time exposure pictures. I forgot to bring a tripod - it is hard to hold perfectly still for 15 seconds! Oddly, few signs of cicadas yet.
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