Early morning sky
My career as a part-time newspaper carrier has
two weeks left to run. Dan and Luc are calling it quits after Christmas. Which
means Alex and I will be out of a job as well, since we sub-contracted
delivering the Thursday and Friday Star Reviews, an ad package that goes to
non-subscribers.
And this week I will be concluding my last performance as Luc's stand-in. He's gone hunting, so I'm once again getting up at 4 a.m. and driving Dan around to his almost 400 customers, bagging the papers in the warmth of the van as he dashes along Lakeshore's snow covered streets.
And this week I will be concluding my last performance as Luc's stand-in. He's gone hunting, so I'm once again getting up at 4 a.m. and driving Dan around to his almost 400 customers, bagging the papers in the warmth of the van as he dashes along Lakeshore's snow covered streets.
Mostly I'm happy to retire again. I'm not a
morning person. But it has been fun working with my nephews. And the pre-dawn
sky out here in the county is often a glorious sight. We've witnessed several
meteor showers. In Windsor I never used to see more than a few dozen stars, the
rest drowned out by Detroit's light pollution. Here I can see
thousands.
The other day, when the temperature dropped to -10ยบ C, I looked up to see the planet Venus shining so brightly I could believe the stories about it casting a shadow. And below it was the crescent old Moon, holding the new in its arms. That night I got out my camera and tripod, determined to take some pictures in the morning while my car warmed up. (After I pick up Dan we switch over to his mom's minivan.) Alas, the sky has been overcast ever since then.
Fortunately, there is always Google Images. These two pics come close to what I saw, although in different circumstances.
Venus, in it's other role as the Evening Star:
c|net.
Old Moon transitioning to New:
Jerry Lodriguss.
Actually, viewed from Belle River last week, the "arms" of the moon were on the left, not the bottom, more like the photo below. But the deep blue in the pictures above is what I see the hour before the Sun rises.
Stargazing.net.
Gotta get a telescope of my own.
Update: Freezing rain last night. Fell 3 times this morning, Dan 5. The trick is to stay ON the grass as much as possible, but don't tell anyone. And when you go on a paved surface, make like a curler.
The other day, when the temperature dropped to -10ยบ C, I looked up to see the planet Venus shining so brightly I could believe the stories about it casting a shadow. And below it was the crescent old Moon, holding the new in its arms. That night I got out my camera and tripod, determined to take some pictures in the morning while my car warmed up. (After I pick up Dan we switch over to his mom's minivan.) Alas, the sky has been overcast ever since then.
Fortunately, there is always Google Images. These two pics come close to what I saw, although in different circumstances.
Venus, in it's other role as the Evening Star:
c|net.
Old Moon transitioning to New:
Jerry Lodriguss.
Actually, viewed from Belle River last week, the "arms" of the moon were on the left, not the bottom, more like the photo below. But the deep blue in the pictures above is what I see the hour before the Sun rises.
Stargazing.net.
Gotta get a telescope of my own.
Update: Freezing rain last night. Fell 3 times this morning, Dan 5. The trick is to stay ON the grass as much as possible, but don't tell anyone. And when you go on a paved surface, make like a curler.
Posted: Sun - December 9, 2007 at 12:41 PM
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