Dear Sunwatchers, Before I get to the good news, please draw nigh and pay heed. Our fickle weather and demands, other than this bulletin, on your bulletineer’s time have combined to make my title and photos (taken on cold, below zero, and snowy Sunday, the 13th) out of synch with the weather (9 degrees at [...]
Posts Tagged ‘solstice’
Earth Iron and Water Stone
Posted in Sun Bulletins, tagged "Winter Solstice", Christina Rossetti, earth, Gustav Holst, iron, solstice, stone, water on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Summer “snow” and a warning
Posted in Sun Bulletins, tagged solstice, summer snow, sunglasses on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear Sunwatchers I wonder which you are most apprehensive about. I did put snow within punctuation marks so probably you are not worried about it. The warning will be first. You’ll recall the winter we had this past round of the seasons. I bought winter tires in October. Well, this week I bought prescription sunglasses. [...]
The End is Nigh!
Posted in Sun Bulletins, tagged Alfred, solarisation, solarization, solstice, summer, Summer Solstice, swallowtail on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear Sunwatchers, Yes, the end of ever-increasing daylight is near. In less than two weeks, the nights will start . . . . Now, first of all it’s almost two weeks before this happens. We still have some extra daylight to add to our already abundantly long days. And once June 21 comes and goes, [...]
Moonset, Snow on Grouse Mountain, and more
Posted in Sun Bulletins, tagged Grouse Mountain, Moonset, snow, solstice, winter on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dear Sunwatchers, Thanks to the “S” word being in the weather forecast tomorrow, I was up early today to go to work. And here’s what I saw. Due to tripod wobbliness (requiring hunting for tool, etc. and not getting done during availability of celestial object) the photos are not my best! However, they are the [...]
Even in the autumn mist
Posted in Sun Bulletins, tagged "Hound of the Baskervilles", autumn, Avalon, fog, geese, lamp, library, mist, mystery, solstice, Terrace on November 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Even in the autumn mist, our friend appears. Taken this morning not long after the sun rose at 7:26. The sun will set this afternoon at 16:29. We have only 15 minutes of light to lose in the afternoons till the earliest sunset for the year! 40 more minutes or so to lose in the [...]
