We arose early one morning to complete our walk prior to scheduled appointments. At the beginning, Orion blazed brightly in the darkness, but as night faded into the predawn twilight, the constellation seemed to gradually dim against the brightening sky. It brought to mind the old saying that the the stars are the brightest whenContinue reading “Light in the Dark”
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Fall
Acorns have started dropping from the trees, the sun is getting lower in the sky, and the days are noticeably shorter. The summer constellations are headed towards the sunset while the autumn constellations rise in the west at dusk. The calendar may think it is still summer for three more weeks, but the sky andContinue reading “Fall”
Finding Neverland
”Second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning.” Those words came to me as I gazed at Alpha and Beta Centauri from our hotel balcony in Pape’ete. To their right the unmistakable form of the Southern Cross appeared as a reminder that yes, indeed, we had found our own special Neverland. As theContinue reading “Finding Neverland”
The Hair of a Queen
I had often admired the wispy, stellar site of Coma Berenices, “Berenice’s Hair,” sparking softly in the clear, dark, winter Nebraska skies of my youth. It is hard to see here in Ocala due to surrounding city lights. I was delighted that it showed up as a faint sprinkling of stars clustered near the lowerContinue reading “The Hair of a Queen”
Clusters of Memories
I have been fascinated with the stars and planets for as long as I could look up and see them. In the clear, dark Nebraska skies they were a glorious glowing spectacle that could not be ignored. The image above shows Jupiter, the brightest object in the photo, perched above a V-shaped cluster of starsContinue reading “Clusters of Memories”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 