Skywatch

The granddaughters were here this last weekend and we had gone out to the studio to work on crafts (a later post). Grandpa called out to the studio and told us we should be getting pictures of the sunset, so out we went. The sky was ablaze!

The younger granddaughter, being the precocious child that she is, decided to divide the clouds with her mighty staff. (It appears that the lamppost in the lower right was also leaving skid marks on the clouds.)

Walking to the backyard we found that the moon had been treed.

The older granddaughter freed it and held it aloft so it could find it's place. She needs no one to give HER the moon, she can capture it herself.

The clouds looked so much like fluffy frosting that the older granddaughter decided to give it a taste and took a long sample with her finger. Must've been like Cotton candy.

The following night was much darker with heavy clouds. When the moon broke through I found she that calls herself The Mysterious One cupping the moon to give it relief from weight of the clouds.

I hope you enjoyed our skywatch pictures as much as we enjoyed creating them. :)

Moon, Sun and Sky

I managed to get a fairly decent picture of the 2009 Perigee full moon on Saturday the 10th. I love the colors of the sky in this picture and, unlike some of my pictures, I didn't do anything to it in photoshop other than rename it. I didn't even resize this one, so if you click on it to see it better, be forewarned, it's HUGE!
On the 13th my grandson called me from his mother's cell phone telling me to get my camera and go take a picture of the sun and clouds. Below is what I saw, and took a picture of. I haven't asked them what it was that they saw, they were about 30 minutes west of me, so I don't think we were seeing the same thing.

But about 30 minutes later I noticed the sky had gone red, so I went back out with my camera and got the picture below.

Of course, pictures never do these sunsets justice. : )

Perigee Moon (also My Camera's BACK!)

Friday, ‎December ‎12, ‎2008, ‏‎3:45:10 PM
It was BIG, it was BRIGHT and it was BEAUTIFUL! I'm going to have to check the time on my camera (that's right, my Canon EOS 40D is back from the shop!) because 3:45pm seems awful early for being this dark. I wasn't sure how well this would turn out because I didn't grab my tripod and I ran outside without even putting on a sweater and I was wearing a sleeveless tank top. It was COLD outside!!! I ran around back and propped my elbow on an old barbecue, clicked off a couple shots then ran back in. The picture doesn't do it justice but I just had to get a couple shots. If you want to seem some really cool sky pictures and learn all about the heavenly activities I would suggest you visit Blackholes and Astrostuff

K-Monster's Official 2008 Football Photo

K-Monster's last game was the same night as Chaotic Cage, so I was unable to attend. His mom made sure that it was taped so I didn't have to completely miss it. Below is his official football picture (I imagine it will be in the year book). I want you to note the hair and facial expression. It was one of the windier days in Kansas. Some of his fellow teammates sported up sweeps in their pictures thanks to the Kansas wind.
Tonight when I was getting ready to prepare supper I glanced out the backdoor window and saw the moon on the horizon. I wish I had caught it just a bit sooner. The colors were gorgeous with blues and pinks. Click on the picture for a better view of the moon.