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Too Pooped to Pup

Poor puppy, having strangers in your house can take a lot out of you. Rest well sweet Diva. #pooped #puppy #dog #rest

Yesterday one of my good nerd friends sent a post detailing the recently discovered mechanism that produced quasars: gas being forcefully driven into supermassive black holes when galaxies collide. I remember as a kid hearing about the announcement of the discovery of quasars n the 1960’s, and it further fanned the flame of my astronomicalContinue reading “Quasar Connection”

Slip-slidin’ Away

This creepy little slimer with the thin shell appears to be contemplating crossing the street. I really wouldn’t recommend it since per Wikipedia, they have an average speed of about 0.03 MPH with a record speed nearly double that held by “Archie,” who did 13 inches in 2 minutes decades ago in England. Besides he’dContinue reading “Slip-slidin’ Away”

Another Kite in a Tree

Charlie Brown need not worry about this kite in a tree, but insects and some small birds and rodents do. They are food for this avian predator who migrates to its breeding territory North America in spring. In the fall they return through Central America and spend the rest of the year in South America.Continue reading “Another Kite in a Tree”

Gems from the Glory Hole Mine

Mountains, mines, and the minerals they held kept me longing for the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. We would go camping there once or twice a year when I was a kid growing up in Nebraska. I could find the outwash from the mountains in the Platte River where I lived, but nothing matched finding theContinue reading “Gems from the Glory Hole Mine”

Nemo and Waldo?

The Finding Nemo ride left us with views of clustering clownfish. If one fish in the lot were named Nemo, it would be easier to find him in the Pacific Ocean than mixed among all these other little jokers. OMG! I think I may have just found Waldo, but I’d be even happier to findContinue reading “Nemo and Waldo?”

Grinning Again

As promised last week (“Vertical Moon” at: https://eskildoodle.com/2023/04/16/vertical-moon/ ), the evening crescent Moon is grinning once again. Just a week ago it appeared nearly vertical as it approached the Sun in the morning sky, but now it appears to lay nearly horizontal like the Cheshire Cat’s grin. The astronomical explanation for this is related toContinue reading “Grinning Again”

Of Blueberries and Birds

We recently spent part of a morning picking blueberries at a nearby farm. Of course all of the berries ended up in the bucket…well most of them… as blue lips and tongues could attest. Along the margins of the field, periodic blasts of firecrackers and rockets echoed from the trees, sending fruit-eating cedar waxwings scurryingContinue reading “Of Blueberries and Birds”

Half Dime

Believe it or not, before the nickel, there was a half dime. Tiny and made of silver, the ones above were minted 1838 and 1853. The top image was taken of a half dime from the Fort King historical center in Ocala, Florida, while the bottom two images are the front and back views ofContinue reading “Half Dime”

Three Centuries

It was “lunch with an archaeologist” day at Fort King historical site in Ocala, Florida. Fort King was first built in 1827 before the town came into existence and more than 100 years before any of the cars in the photo. The fort and classic cars embraced the 19th and 20th centuries, and one couldContinue reading “Three Centuries”