From sun dogs, aurora, deer in the front yard, the warmth of the sun on your face in the middle of the afternoon. These are the simple things that make you smile and give thanks.
I wrote my gardening exam last week on Wednesday after work. I think I did rather well. We got the Christmas tree up and decorated. It is drinking water like crazy and has fallen so the area it sits takes up all the room, no room for presents, now what do you do, take them back : )
My brother is still working on his house(Dad's old house) and coming along. My daughter is working and doing Operation Red Nose this year, what a wonderful thing to do.
Kevin is working on a bunch of electronic projects, webcams, computers, robo dome , and me well, I am getting back into the projects I want to do for me. Gardening, seed saving, learning the ropes on doing it right, and what to look for in the seed if they are infested, or diseased. Thinking of the spring garden, and of course doing Astronomy.
Its been so warm here in the Yarker area, yesterday +8c-way too warm for December 18th, we should be in the -10 C range, and with some snow, not green grass and iris's that are pushing there way up through the soil, this has really been a strange fall/winter season.
Observing has been dreadful, the skies have been so cloudy and raining alot. I am very worried about my garlic this year, wondering if it will come up, or will it be mush from the water.
We did manage to see some aurora on December 14th, which was spawned from the X6 flare from the sun on December 12th, here is a picture to show you. It was nice to see some sort of aurora and there was some clear sky over the house, here is another picture, it is Orion over the house, clouds in the sky, and the dreaded light pollution coming from Kingston.
In the coming week, it will be busy, getting ready for the Christmas dinner, Christmas Eve, and hoping that nothing was forgotten. If I don't get back to post, Happy Holiday Season everyone!
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