Welcoming Summer 2011

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The Opera Swing Quartet
with the Merck Philharmonic (2008)
- Summer in Seville
(after Rossini and Gershwin)

First Summer Day 2011

Temperture and Condition:

103° F | 63° F
Clear

Astronomy:

June 21, 2011             Rise:        Set:
Actual Time             5:42 AM PDT  8:28 PM PDT
Civil Twilight          5:11 AM PDT  9:00 PM PDT
Nautical Twilight       4:32 AM PDT  9:39 PM PDT
Astronomical Twilight   3:47 AM PDT  10:23 PM PDT
Moon                    No Moon Rise 11:39 AM PDT (6/21)
Length Of Visible Light 15h 48m
Length of Day           14h 46m
                       Tomorrow will be 0m 2s shorter.

Waning Gibbous, 62% of the moon is illuminated

I Got My Thrill

First home garden blueberry harvest of the season, 5 June 2011.

National D-Day Memorial

National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA

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National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA

National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA

National D-Day Memorial, Bedford, VA

D-Day Observance, 2011

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A Selection from
The 1988 "War and Rembrance" Soundtrack
for D-Day, June 6, 1944 Observance