Posts Tagged "willow"

Cosmic Genesis

Posted by dale on Aug 11, 2008 in space, willow | 32 comments

For this weeks Creative Photo, I peered into cosmic genesis and found the likeness of my little cherub gently encouraging infant stars into the Small Magellanic Cloud crèche.

If your curious about this small satellite galaxy NGC 602 (pictured) near the Small Magellanic Cloud it’s 200 thousand light-years distant. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image of the region. Fantastic ridges and swept back shapes strongly suggest that energetic radiation and shock waves from NGC 602′s massive young stars have eroded the dusty material and triggered a progression of star formation moving away from the cluster’s center. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the nebula background picture spans about 200 light-years, but a tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in the sharp Hubble view. The background galaxies are hundreds of millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602.

WW – Draw 4!

Posted by dale on Jul 31, 2008 in General | 12 comments

A Late PhotoHunt – Hanging Around

Posted by dale on Jul 29, 2008 in General | 6 comments

I’m working like a mad dog to recoup the time I lost while the computers were staging their own version of a revolution at my house. I just realised that I missed this weeks PhotoHunt. Well, better late than never here’s my little one just Hanging Around having a great time.

Jumping with Zest and Vigor

Posted by dale on Jul 14, 2008 in willow | 34 comments

Here’s my entry this week in the Creative Photography Contest. My daughter Willow is a free spirit. She pursues everything with zest and vigor. Here’s she’s giving all she has to jumping on the trampoline. I really admire her energy. If only I could keep up!

Weekend Snapshot – Jump, Jump, Jump

Posted by dale on Jul 7, 2008 in General | 10 comments

Well, my week of Mr Mom has concluded and we got back into our usual routine. I took Willow to the park Saturday morning and she played outside on the trampoline on Sunday afternoon. It’s been drizzling here the past 6 or 7 weekends so she was really keen to get on the trampoline and jump, jump, jump.