Bales

While visiting father,

the sky was blue and cloudless.

Sky with some fall

Fall colors joining the blue

A simple day

simple but busy.

hoping it stays simple in all the busy.

Fall garden, blue sky

there is a lot of dead going on in the garden this time of the year

but 

there is still a bloom here and there.

Low horizon and the hills around the house

What the plains provide is a low horizon,

one that can entertain as fronts can be seen approaching from so far away.

but

the hills around the house block such a view and the storms "appear" much more quickly.

this creates a different sort of entertainment.

storm coming in

Blue

clear and blue

Clear cut day

8 am sky

The sky at 8am.

just a teaser for what the day is to bring.

Diagonal yet horizontal

for myself, horizonal lines with some diagonal movement.

Clouds plus

This day was difficult

Quick front

A nice fast mover is here. 10 minutes of rain then there will be clear skies.

Rays

And then it was gone

For a moment there were clouds.

just two

my star gazing will be focused on:

venus as the evening star

and

9/5 will be a new moon.

As the sun sets

Almost 98 degrees outside

Both late and early

Yesterday was hot

tomorrow will be hot, too.

Perseids and clouds

This is just the beginning of the clouds.

It would seem that I will not be able to view the meteor shower.

Birds wing cloud

birds wing cloud

Lamas day and perseids meteor shower

Some sky drama tonight:

the big news for the week will be Lamas day tomorrow (tuesday) and sunday night's (august 11) meteor shower.

Lamas day is the halfway mark between june's solstice and september's equinox.

this year it is tuesday 8/6.

tuesday = new moon

sunday's perseid meteor shower will be ready for action soon after sunset.

stars, constellations and planets

A break in the clouds

The morning and the evening had good cloud cover.

i stepped outside for a moment in the early afternoon to catch a brief moment of blue.

a brief moment of blue sky.
i saw light

Revising noble ignitus sky

It took a couple of weeks but i am a step closer to deciding the function and structure of this blog.

i have two thought rockets to pursue here:

first, in the beginning of the week (mondays) i will put together some potential star gazing options for the week.  

second, will be images of what lies "above" (or inspired from above) throughout the week. i will still include some data to help me define the images.

i often review the data to see how the forecasts change from initial expectations.

Two

Last night camping.

One last dip

The final swim for the night.

Camping and calm

Feeling good.

Tomatoes and this weeks stars

Today gave us a cold front and therefore some rain.

transitioning from 90s to the 80s could of meant some crazy weather but we just had some showers.

we keep a good mulch layer on the vegetables to retain moisture.

it was nice to see the rain sitting on the fruits and vegetables:

This weeks times and stars:

Hollyhocks

The hollyhocks have been going for a couple of weeks

but

for some reason yesterday's sky brought them to the forefront of my attention.

at 100 degrees, tomorrow just looks painful.

hoping for cloud cover!

Goldenrod

The day is turning out very comfortable.

the expected heat is tempered by the blanket of clouds.

the goldenrod are about ready to take off.

Copper cockerel working on his tan

Nothing but hot until these clouds started to roll in (around 2p):

copper cockerel working on his tan

could feel the temperature drop each time one of these clouds covered the sun.

the morning was good for garden work, then moved indoors to bathroom remodel work.

Extra blue - the sky 7.17.13

Opening day for my new thought rocket gave me a sky that had clouds with areas of greater density

but

there will be no rain today.