Solstice celebration

The sun cooperated very well today by shining brightly. Ken lit a fire from the sun easily. I decided to try eclipse glasses as eye protection from the focused spot, and I was fiddling with them. It didn't really work because there was so much reflection, but our welders goggles that we put eclipse filters into worked great -- that keeps out the light from between your eyes and the back side of the glass, so you don't get any internal reflection. I could just exactly see the tiny spot. Of course, I couldn't see anything else, so that meant I couldn't see the smoke as the fire was being started. But it was entertaining. I wore my eclipse shirt that has the date, and covered up the "08" from "08-21-17" with a sticky note on which I wrote "12", which got a laugh from everyone.

There's a little street named Solstice in town, with about three houses on it. Ken and I took a bike ride this morning and rode up Solstice. Don't know if this is going to be a tradition, it kind of depends a lot on the weather! Like, tomorrow there's going to be a sloppy mess falling from the sky.

Other than that it was a lazy day. Did presents, played the games I bought for people, made and ate food, sat in front of the fire. Jocelyn has unfortunately come down with a fever, so she was feeling pretty crummy most of the day, despite being plied with ibuprofen. Hopefully she'll feel better tomorrow, and nobody else in the family will catch it.