Seeing Saturn

Posted on March 25, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Astronomy, Drawing, Earth, Hobby, Jupiter, Night sky, Planet, Saturn, Sketch app, Sky, Telescope, WorldLeave a comment

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Digital sketch…

Years ago I had the pleasure of using a low powered telescope. I managed to find Juiter and then further away in the darkness was Saturn. It was amazing, the Rings were tipped up so they were much more visible than when they are in the a more horizontal plain. It was tiny, so small, but I could see it wavering slightly in the night air. I think Galileo thought it looked like it had ears?

To see planets with your own eyes, however small they appear is wonderful. The time it takes for the light to get to us means you scan look into the past. So it’s almost like time travel too!

If you ever get the chance, look up and see the sky….

Still light at 5pm.

Posted on January 27, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Daylight, Evening, Life, Light, Night, Photo, Sky, Spring, Time, WinterLeave a comment

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I always know that the year is turning when there is still light in the sky at 5pm. I noticed it more when I was finishing work at 5. I loved coming home in daylight. It makes me feel that there is time to do more with life. I think I get too entombed in the winter… So yay for the return of sunshine!

Sea and Sky

Posted on January 23, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Coast, Duplicated, Fun, groynes, Life, Mirrored, Photo, Sea, Sky, Water2 Comments

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Surreal image of sea and sky. I choose things that will make a good picture when they are duplicated and put together in a pattern. The waves were breaking in the distance and the sand was thinly covered with a film of water. The groynes are wearing out but still stop the sand drifting. I like the triangles on poles at either end of them (only one in the original photo) I think this makes a plesant composition…

My day ran out

Posted on January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Insomnia, Life, Moon, Rest, Sky, Sleep, TiredLeave a comment

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Night came out and I didn’t notice, busy doing things, running out of time. Moon and stars are up and shifting sideways, sliding like quick silver across the sky. Two minutes to midnight, almost bedtime. Maybe I’ll sleep tonight. Its January but its too warm. Finding it hard to sleep without throwing the bedding off me. When I’m feeling like this I don’t want the heating on.

Still it’s good to rest. Wake up before dawn. Sleep might come. Day is done.

On the beach

Posted on December 27, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beach, Duplicated, Layout app, Mirrored, North Wales, Photo, Sand, Sea, SkyLeave a comment

IMG_20191227_224308 by duplicating and mirroring a photo of a North Wales beach I took on Christmas day I came up with this surreal image. Hope you like it.

Skies and Mirrors

Posted on December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Environment, Frost, Life, Mirrored images, Poem, Poetry, Sky, Snow, Weather, WinterLeave a comment

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Skies and mirrors,

sun and snow.

Branch and leaf,

Christmas views.

Winter shining

light and star,

Moonlit glowing

Glimmer far.

Powdered frosts

Mackerel skies,

Blue and white,

Black, green and grey.

Reflected world

Earth settled,

serene

seen

See.

Sunrise

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Busy, Dawn, Fun, Gardening, Leaves, Rosy glow, Sky, Sunshine, Trees, WeatherLeave a comment

Soon all the leaves will be gone. A big storm is due in overnight so I guess they will be torn from the trees. My hanging baskets still have a few flowers opening in them despite the minus temperatures we have had. The sky has been lovely in the last few mornings, with gentle hints of colour, rosy glows and golden hues.

Then it will be time to cur back and prune some of the trees. Tidying up a little bit, but not enough to harm where the birds sleep. Now dawn is getting later, after 7am. It means I get to see more of them. X

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Tag: Sky