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Lunar eclipse, and more
Aug. 1st, 2018 11:37 pmWe (Gwydion, Ceridwen, and I), watched last Friday's lunar eclipse from R___s place. It was a last-minute-idea. I had considered the top of a non-public parking garage, 16 metres high above the river plain, but I was worried that security had been expecting something like that and locked the place. So instead I called R___ "Hey, can we come over in, like, three hours? We can bring food! And a guitar, and howl at the moon!"
R___ said, "Sure, great", and there we were. The trees had grown, so we had to walk to the end of her yard occasionally, to see if the moon had yet risen over the low clouds in the east.
Finally we found it from the second-floor window, sitting on the steeple of the village church like the ghost of an orange. Later, when the sky got darker and the moon rose higher, it was quite impressive. The clouds were mostly gone, so we had a good view on Mars, too, and we saw the ISS crossing the sky like a slow-motion shooting star.
In between we drank beer, ate sweets and strawberry yoghurt, and sang old songs while lounging on the couch and the living room carpet.
When we left around half past eleven, a small sliver of moon was catching the light again, and the whole celestial body looked amazingly three-dimensional.
Apart from it being too damn hot, this was a lot of fun, and much better than last time.
***
The heat is going on for 10 days now, every day well above 30°C, up to 36°C sometimes. When I ride my scooter home, even at top speed the air just feels like a hair dryer set on "high". Weather forecast says, at least 7 more days of this.
I have started to return flederkatz's boxes of books to her. This creates space in the cellar, which will allow me to tidy up the junk room, which is sorely needed. Other than that, home improvement projects are stalling, because it is not possible to get the craftspeople to do it.
Oh, well. At least I am making progress moving boxes.
R___ said, "Sure, great", and there we were. The trees had grown, so we had to walk to the end of her yard occasionally, to see if the moon had yet risen over the low clouds in the east.
Finally we found it from the second-floor window, sitting on the steeple of the village church like the ghost of an orange. Later, when the sky got darker and the moon rose higher, it was quite impressive. The clouds were mostly gone, so we had a good view on Mars, too, and we saw the ISS crossing the sky like a slow-motion shooting star.
In between we drank beer, ate sweets and strawberry yoghurt, and sang old songs while lounging on the couch and the living room carpet.
When we left around half past eleven, a small sliver of moon was catching the light again, and the whole celestial body looked amazingly three-dimensional.
Apart from it being too damn hot, this was a lot of fun, and much better than last time.
***
The heat is going on for 10 days now, every day well above 30°C, up to 36°C sometimes. When I ride my scooter home, even at top speed the air just feels like a hair dryer set on "high". Weather forecast says, at least 7 more days of this.
I have started to return flederkatz's boxes of books to her. This creates space in the cellar, which will allow me to tidy up the junk room, which is sorely needed. Other than that, home improvement projects are stalling, because it is not possible to get the craftspeople to do it.
Oh, well. At least I am making progress moving boxes.
