Skywatching

[spoondave]

It may be late April, but last night was the first clear, moonless night of the year which didn't require me to be heavily bundled up.

It had been a while, so I first shook off the rust by observing some of backyard astronomy's "greatest hits", which I learned to find last year: The Hercules Cluster, Bode's Galaxy, and the "Cigar Galaxy". Then I

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[lfs]

I was just thinking about you last night, too.

I took a walk around my neighborhood from 9 till about 9:30. It was beautiful. The sky was so clear and the stars looked so bright, it was amazing. I was lucky that I'm familar with the sidewalks I was walking because if I didn't already know where to look out for cracks and uneven pavement, I would have fallen flat on my face. I was far too busy looking at the sky rather than looking where I was walking.

[spoondave]

I was far too busy looking at the sky rather than looking where I was walking.

That happens to me all. the. time. :)