(not having to write up a detailed posting of the day's event is how i celebrate memorial day weekend! hopefully i'll find time to fill in the blanks at some point)

* lowell barrel dealer gets in touch with me (regarding DIY compost tumbler barrels) * riding the trek allant to belmont * winchester fells * yellow pollen dust everywhere * ladyslipper party * the elusive white ladyslipper spotted * michael's * roche bros. * lowering the bike seat and handlebar * barbecue * formally introduced to my cambridge-native neighbor nick whom i discovered dated kim walther back in high school (kim was one of the hot girls in the class above me) * best episode this season of mad men - renewed my faith in the show - poignant and tragic and triumphant * game of thrones - girls gone wild fire! and the hound's frankensteinesque fear of fire makes him mutiny