Chai Latte likes to climb into almost any bag and my husband likes to swing her around. I’m not at all convinced that she always enjoys it, but she looks pretty chill this time. In other news, I’m making fairly good progress ont he guide book update. I’ve done most of the big telescope section. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
I just keep chugging along, doing a bit of work on updating the book every day. Sometimes it’s a tiny baby step, but it is adding up. I’m on the 21st of 23 telescopes. There is light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope it’s not a train. Meanwhile Chai Latte is as entertaining and photogenic as ever. We start most mornings with a brief snuggle together…
I’ve had two photo sessions at the observatory this week, trying to finish up illustrations for the third edition of “A Breathtaking Window on the Universe“. Last Sunday I had permission to take sunset photos around the MAGIC telescope. I took five minutes out from that to photograph these backlit seed heads. They aren’t dandelions, but i think they must be in the same family. After I got the photo…
I’ve been to Rivendel again. I had a great time. I hope to post more photos tomorrow.
Last week I found that the pond in a little park in Santa Cruz had quite a lot of frogs in it. Today I finally got back there with my good camera. I’ve admired the Palmeran frog’s golden eyes for years, but today I was irresistibly reminded of grumpy old men. Somehow I can easily imagine this let yelling at me to “Get off my pond!” What do you…
I collected my weekly box of veg from the Casa amarilla in La Ledas, and I got excited about making a salad for lunch. I don’t often get excited about salad, but it looked so fresh and crisp and juicy and tasty! I could almost see the vitamins dancing on top. One of the advantages of salad for lunch is that it doesn’t take long. Apart from the lettuce, rucula,…