A Couple of Recent Astro Photos

We finally got back to shooting the skies, once again, in the past couple weeks. Here are two of the photos we took and processed. This first one is called the Horsehead Nebula. If you look closely, you'll see the dark horsehead at the base of the larger red nebula. 

And last night we shot this one ... the Rosette Nebula. We were surprised that we got as good a shot as this, considering the sky was lit by a full moon. 

Wintery Weather

We've had a winter storm pass through over the past few days. It came as a reminder that it truly is WINTER (but was nothing compared to our February ice storm of 2021.) The temperatures hovered just under freezing, the roads were icy, and the trees and shrubs were glazed with ice. Wednesday evening church service had to be cancelled, but it's looking like Sunday will be back to our normal Central Texas, mild, winter weather.

 

 

George and I Each Turn a Year Older

Our friend,George, and I have birthdays close together in January, so the four of us - George and Twilla, Dan and I - usually celebrate the two birthdays together, with a dinner out and birthday cake at one of our houses. This year we dined at Longhorn Steak House, and went to George and Twilla's for cake. I brought along the new game that Chris and Kelsey gave me for Christmas, called Azul, and we played it after feasting on the delicious poppy seed cake that Twilla made for us. You might notice the candles read "71" and "74." George is the youngster.