May 30, 2014

Tonight there may be a very cool meteor shower. Between 2am and 4am EST, that is 11PM and 1 AM my time, Earth will be passing through a debris field left recently by a new comet that passed through our orbital plane. Since it is a moonless Friday night, there should be a good chance to see some of this new meteor shower. So, at around 11 PM I looked out my bedroom window and this is what I saw.  Looks like I'll have to stay up for a few more hours before the sky is dark enough to see shooting stars and considering the robins start singing at 3:00 AM (the early bird gets the worm & awakens sleepers), there is probably little chance of seeing a good meteor shower.

By the way, these photos are not photoshopped.  We are currently getting 18-1/4 hours of daylight.  You wedding people from last year remember the skies of a June 21st evening, which is less than a month away.  Yup, difficult to see the stars at this time of year.

Not many posts lately.  The reason - I am house hunting and getting my place ready for sale.  It is a busy busy time, but when I get my new camera (yeah!!!) I hope to take some photos to see how it works and hopefully will find a bit of time to add a few posts.

Dog Day Afternoon

Who needs to own dogs when you can just take out two dogs for a walk any time you want?  It was a beautiful spring day so I took Timber and Lily out for a walk.  Now young Timber has to be kept on a leash for his walk.  He will chase a butterfly for miles before realizing he wandered away from you, then will get interested in something else, then something else and before you know it he is lost, not that he would care as every little thing interests him, but I would.  So ...  leash it is.

Now Lily, (the perfect dog), doesn't need to be tethered.  She always knows where you are and comes (usually) immediately when called.  And as such, she runs about 10 times the actual distance of the walk so she gets a good workout.

After the walk it was back in the dog pen.  They were both pooped and content.