Swinging With A Band-aid Flag
Here’s a slice in time from my weekend. Saturday morning I took my youngest to the park. She had a blast while proudly flying the band-aid flag on her forehead. She has a little obession about band-aids and she is allowed to put on a new one each day after she takes the old one off. Saturday morning she insisted on the band-aid on her forehead. It was a beautiful weekend band-aids and all.
Read MoreWatch Out, Here She Comes – Willow Wednesday
I’ve decided to do a couple of feature days during the week. Wednesday will be devoted to my youngest and most rambunctious child, Willow. Willow was an avid photographer, like her Daddy, until she broke her camera. There’s just so many times a cheap camera can be dropped onto the concrete.
Here’s a sample of her blossoming talent.
Mother Duck
This weekend I took Willow out to the park. While there we went for a wander and saw this amazing sight. A Mother Pacific Black duck was carefully herding her little ones around the edges of the pond while they were dipping under the water grazing for food. She remained attentive and watched over them while they dined.
Read MoreAll Stops – Tarantula Nebula Station
Ever wonder what public transport in space will be like?
Train pict credit: Me
Tarantua Nebula from the Astronomy Picture of the Day website
Tarantula Image Credit: WFI, MPG/ESO 2.2-m Telescope, La Silla, ESO
The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Were the Tarantula Nebula at the distance of the Orion Nebula — a local star forming region — it would take up fully half the sky. Also called 30 Doradus, the red and pink gas indicates a massive emission nebula, although supernova remnants and dark nebula also exist there. The bright knot of stars left of center is called R136 and contains many of the most massive, hottest, and brightest stars known. The above image taken with the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Wide Field Imager is one of the most detailed ever of this vast star forming region. ESO has made it possible to fly around and into this detailed image by clicking here.
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