The 26 years is the length of time I’ve had a large filling on tooth #31, that being the next-to-last one on the bottom right side. I was hoping it would outlast me, but no such luck. Tuesday, at the semi-annual cleaning it revealed a bit of decay that wasn’t there in January. So, I’ll go back Monday for the clearing out, impression, and a temporary crown. I think the final work won’t be until mid-July.
Some dental practices can complete crowns in one day using CEREC technology, but the letters don’t help when spelled out:
CEREC stands for Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics or CEramic REConstruction. This system utilizes digital imaging and in-office milling to create custom crowns quickly, eliminating the need for temporary crowns and multiple visits. I guess an important and busy person would find a single visit helpful. Retired folks can look on the traditional method as an opportunity to get out and about more.
The June solstice is on Sunday. For my time zone this will be at 1:24 AM so I’ll not be celebrating. However, when Sunday’s noon sun does arrive at my place it will be 66.5° above my southern horizon. This is represented by the blue dotted line in the drawing. If you were on a cruise and 21 miles north of Havana {aka La Habana} you would be on the Tropic of Cancer, and the Noon sun would be directly overhead. That is represented by the orange dots. Your shadow would be just around your feet. My shadow, at Noon, will be just shy of 3 feet, or a bit more than half of my height. The forecast is for mostly sunny and a temperature of about 72°F. The wind, as I write, is about 28 mph. That should decrease to 5 mph by Noon. A nice first day of Summer.
I am cutting out some brush and keeping others. There is an introduced plant that is just now flowering along creeks and roadside ditches. Locals call it Autumn Clematis, while gardeners embellish with “Sweet” as a prefix. {Clematis terniflora}
This is a vine that can grow to 30 feet. It grows along the ground, on fences, up trees. Like Kudzu, Clematis densely climbs over other plants and trees and grows so rapidly that it smothers and kills them by blocking most of the sunlight and taking root space and moisture. Impenetrable masses of “fuel” accumulate. In Kittitas County the plants are just starting to bloom, and the new growth is lush and pretty, and hiding the danger underneath.
Blossoms of note for this week. 
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John