This Sunday A&J from 2009 seems appropriate. Things where I am are about to get worse: high temperatures in the mid 90s in coming days with (and this is the problem) high humidity and heat indices well into the triple digits. The ol’ bear will be on the prowl. Speaking of summer, in case you missed my post a few days ago, I’m trying to update regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays until late September. I figure if I can’t update often, I can at least update predictably. Discipline! That’s what’s needed around here, discipline!
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meanwhile, 38 years later, and who is that news caster anyone care to answer?
https://i.redd.it/p3tv51qp23hz.jpg
yay Janis!
Frank Reynolds, Debbe. Been missing you. {{{HUGS}}}
Had anyone heard there’s a solar eclipse today? 😀
It had to happen, of course. I just got an email from a company offering an “Eclipse Day Discount”.
https://consumerist.com/2017/08/18/heres-a-giant-list-of-solar-eclipse-promotions/
We had about 11 pair left after giving them away like candy to friends and family so my lady took them to a parking lot and sold them all in less than 30 mins at $4.00 ea. Lol had people mad that she ran out. So my better half is more mercenary than me. Everything set here, she is retrieving the last “grandkid” now. We are so looking forward to this. The money from the glasses paid for overnighting several pair to our daughter and hers, and some friends of ours.
Hugs back at you Llee….how’s is your creativity coming along? Hopefully full of brushes, oils, and canvas…your work is beautiful hon.
Well, I finally found what GR has been looking for……
https://i.imgur.com/Ksw7fXn.jpg
So, who welds? Would welder lenses work…I’ve used them in the past.
Very strange. At what was supposed to be the darkest point of the eclipse it began pouring rain, the wind got very strong and the lightning began. It is dark and it is still storming.
Here in Tulsa, it has been a clear, bright day. During the eclipse it only darkened a little outside. Looked like late afternoon, but no darker than that.
There were a few passing clouds in Blairsville, Ga., that cleared at just the right moment. Truly awe-inspiring! Bob got some great pictures, including the “diamond ring”. To make it even better, one nephew and his wife and mom drove up from Atlanta to share it with us. (I hope they’re as fortunate with traffic on the way back as they were this morning.)
Clouds here and only a partial was expected…I was with a friend watching it happen across the country. Then we walked outside and saw the coolest reflections/shadows through leaves. Neat. 🙂
Not much art accomplished lately, Debbe. It’s been a rough month. BUT there have been better moments and so possibilities are out there. And that’s a wonderful thing to hold on to.
The welder glass need to be >12. However I seem to recall using some undeveloped film in 1970. It had to have been enough as my ophthalmologist could have seen damage.
We were fortunate as the company next to us in the building complex had a party. The guy ordered 100 and ended up with 300. So I got to see the partial. I intend to keep mine for the next one in 2024. As long as the weather holds out, it should be awesome. I noticed that it is on a Monday. I will be 67 years old by then. Hopefully by then, I won’t care what day of the week it is.
Great weather, bright sunny. Little ones got bored fast, but otherwise it went well. Dark enough that daytime critters and bugs started getting ready for sleep.
Melcher’s back, and right up to date. Peace,
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In the little Idaho town where we watched the eclipse it was greeted with cheers and applause. Totality was much too short… anything shy of 5 minutes would have been much too short! My little telescope with its homemade solar filter worked very well. By the next time I get to a total eclipse (perhaps the 2024 one in Texas, Oklahoma, or Arkansas?) I should have much nicer equipment and not have to manually chase the sun the whole time — perhaps I’ll have it set up with a laptop to monitor and record what I see.
If I make it to 2045, I’ll possibly be able to see it from a nursing home (I’ll be 92) here in Utah.
what a pic….nature’s way of watching. Even heard of using a colladar to see the ‘clipse…hundreds of ‘clipses 🙂
just a a cool pic of a good doggo
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6v32ga/you_were_warned/
just lost that edit button….wrong pic, don’t even go the one above, unless you have a warped sense of humor….hey, wait….that’s me 🙂
this is the good one of the ‘clipse coming through the three leaves…..
https://i.redditmedia.com/qrXXKTBRqGIG0hUUFLJveewJJa2iQL49uC3M_kyBYBk.jpg?w=576&s=1e62b4870f353d8ccd5b5332c99c3ba6
then you have the scroll button if……
more detail with a couple of comments…
https://www.reddit.com/r/rarepuppers/comments/6v60o4/pinhole_effect_through_the_trees_created_the_very/
Don’t think total Earthly solar eclipses ever last as long as 5 min. Sorry. Peace,
Morning was scattered clouds. By noon it was overcast. And by eclipse time
could not tell if it were clouds or the eclipse. Loud’en Boomers too.
Found out Colin Dexter writer of Inspector Morse novels “stepped on the rainbow”
in March. Lot of famous people have passed this month – only 2 of whom I ever heard.
emb: Actually they do come close. The 2045 one will have a totality lasting 4:57 in the little town of Mona Utah, about 35 miles from my home.
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2045-august-12
That page helps you to find out where that eclipse will be most awesome.
In 2045’s eclipse, there will be less than 2/3 coverage of the sun seen from the place where my ashes are to be buried.
I’d have to live past the century mark to be alive yet, and none of the hundreds of ancestors I have located has lived that long. Odds are that I won’t, either. My MBH just might, though.
Dear c x-p, I think you mean your wife, but I’ve been trying to figure out for quite a while — what the letters MBH stand for, the actual words. Not obvious to me!
My Better Half
MBH = “much better half”! That’s why I type out “my”.