I Wish I Was Here Instead of Working
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
Potesticles
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
Planets and Sunrise – February 3, 2008 (Photos)
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
I got up to see Venus and Jupiter close together in the early morning sky. Unfortunately, at 5:30, there were clouds making the view hazy. Since I was up early, I decided to stick around and take photos of the sunrise. These were taken in Mansfield Twsp., NJ. My apologies for the graininess of the darker photos. I’m still using an archaic Sony Mavica digital camera. One day you will have to stop by and I’ll show you the 35MM photos I took of the same sunrise.
(In the first three photos, Venus is the brighter planet to the left, Jupiter in the middle, a nice crescent Moon to the right.)
Weird But True
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
From the Weird but True column of the New York Post, January, 17, 2008:
Guess he wasn’t on the ball.
Derrick Kosch, 25, accidentally shot himself in the testicle as he robbed a convenience store in Kokomo, Ind., cops said.
The gun went off as Kosch placed it in his waistband and reached for the bag of cash the clerk handed him.
Police found Kosch at home nursing the wound. He was charge with armed robbery.
He should be charged with STUPIDITY too, the nutjob!
I Can’t Resist It
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
“Dear Boss, my apologies for being a bit late again this morning. I don’t think we should really call it ‘late’. It’s more like being ‘delayed’, delayed by the world because I can’t resist it. It took me 11 minutes to go through the woods to get these photos today. But I did double time on the back roads and made up time. I was at my desk at 9:05. That was efficient, right?”
A little more snow fell on us last night, more than what was predicted for Sunday night. Gotta love that weatherman! (Just don’t trust him to pick your stocks or anything that truly matters!) Still, less than an inch of snow fell. It was beautiful anyway. And the small amount allowed me to walk through it even though I was wearing Docker’s dress shoes and a business suit, not your traditional hiking gear! It’s a very quick walk through the woods from the road to the viewpoint at the top of the mountain. But, not too quick in dress shoes.
Below are several photos of the woods and the view from the top of Point Mountain. These are looking northwest over Port Murray, Washington and in the direction of Oxford. Note the clear spot in the middle of the penultimate (Oh! Such a sophisticated word!) photo. That is the spot I took the photos from yesterday. It’s like going back in time for a second, right? Time travelers!
