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Puddles

Friday, July 8th, 2011

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Finally, we were greeted with some rain this afternoon.

Not much, just a little over a 1/4 inch fell, but considering we’ve only had 1.78 inches this year, we’ll take whatever we can get!

The small puddle in the driveway is posted above for evidence!

I hope the folks in Los Alamos got some of this– it sure would help the firefighters!

more Sun tracks

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

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more Sun tracks from a pinhole camera set up in the desert.

The next ones I post will be 6 month long exposures.

snow….and then some

Monday, March 15th, 2010

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after spending a fabulously warm time in Texas….we returned home to this!

Will the white stuff EVER cease to fall in the yard here?

Ah well, the spring flowers should be amazing!

I’d just really like to put the telescope out on the observing deck again though.

Stars in the sky

Thursday, January 21st, 2010


Whatever credibility I  may have had as an astronomer will surely vanish after posting this.

But if you know about the viral youtube video of “Pants on the Ground”

just think of that with these Lyrics….if you can call them lyrics.

Please, don’t throw things at me!

 

 

Stars in the sky

Stars in the sky

Lookin with my eyes at the stars in the sky

Light in my mouth

Telescope out, stars in the sky.

Talking in the dark like the Sun don’t shine.

Looking all around stars in the sky.

Looking up!

Hey!  Look at stars in the sky.

Venus and Moon shine so bright

Like stars in the sky

Looking up!

Hey get some stars in your sky.

Looking all around stars in the sky.

Light in your mouth.

Telescope out- there’s stars in the sky.

Talking in the dark like the Sun Don’t shine.

Stars in the sky….stars in the sky….

the sky is falling…………..

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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from a recent foray into the dark with a plastic camera……..

Scanned Tri-X from Rover Camera

(all the specks and glitches on this one are as they are on the negative)