I’ll always be grateful for having dogs in our lives. They’ve kept me connected to the night sky whether from the ‘last call pee trips’ before bed or the thankfully seldom wee hours of the morning ‘I’ve got the runs’ trips. Probably TMI there! During the last pee trip on July 31st, the sky […]
Category Archives: Stargazing
The Crescent Moon, Venus and Earthshine
Earthshine… what a lovely word! I probably learned it as a youth, but paying attention to science, history and math really wasn’t my thing back then 🙂 Just imagine if illustrated nature journaling was part of my school’s classroom curriculum…. ooh, la, la… what fun it would have been to learn these subjects through art! […]
Moon Convergence with Planet Venus
One of the many reasons I love our dogs is that they have to be walked. So many sights I would have missed if not outside with them. This is a memory sketch of yesterday’s celestial happening. You can see it this evening, too 🙂Look in the western sky not too long after sunset. The […]
Awaiting the Perseids Meteor Show
Spirits were high. Anticipation to see a possible 50 meteors per hour great. The sunset was divine…. We saw two or three meteors streak the sky at 11 p.m.Off to bed we went, alarm clock set for 5:15 a.m. My internal clock woke me before the alarm – excitement is such a wonderful thing. Out […]
Don’t Miss the Perseid Meteor Shower This Week!
Okay all you night owls and early risers…. The night sky has a great show this week and the crescent moon will set early enough so viewing will not be hampered. Peak activity for the Perseids is August 12th – 13th and peak viewing time is just before dawn with approximately 50 meteors per hour! […]
Full Cold Moon Eve 12.01.09
Rain is in the forecast this evening for the first of December’s full moons. I did a quick watercolor sketch of last nights moon just before total cloud cover. It was a hazy sky with barely any definition around the moon’s edges. The 2nd full moon in December is on the 31st. It’s know as […]
