The 2007 Geminid Meteor Shower is forecasted to be a big show —even better than this year’s very famous Perseid and Leonid ones, especially for those of us who had less-than-perfect viewing conditions.
The peak is Dec 14 at 16:45UT.
Check for local conditions here and select #4 Geminid, your city, your point of view, and the night of Dec. 13-14.
Clear skies!
After a few weeks of packing, travelling, packing more, travelling again, packing yet more, moving under the rain, and finally unpacking, I can wind down a bit before the holiday season starts winding up again!
We’re still without Internet, phone, garbage and recycling bins, and a mailbox —the mailperson won’t slide our letters under the door! Oh, but what a great feeling to be finally unpacked! :)
I’m back! Or sort of. It was worth it, but it’s been loooong.
I’ve travelled; I’ve moved; I’m still unpacking and settling in. No internet connection yet or phone, but I’ll be coming to the library in the meantime.
Hello 43T! :)
It seems my quota for this year’s showers is two shooting stars per shower! And neither were on a peak night. Not only was it cloudy this morning, but it was raining! That was the last chance to catch a view of this year’s Leonids. Oh, well…
Yet, it was worth with all the anticipation and excitement, like Julie said. And I’m really grateful that I didn’t get bit by a snake on my walks out in the dark of the night —we found a lethal one dead in front of the house the next morning ::gasp::
Most of all, I’m grateful for all fellow 43ers who joined the goal and for their enthusiasm :) Till we join again for the Geminids in December —which appears to be more of a spectacle—, cheers to all!
Well, it was cloudy this morning —as I see was the same luck with many—, but forecasts indicate that tonight shall still provide some shooting stars to watch.
Anyway, do not despair or wait till the Quadrantids in January! The Geminids are just 3 weeks away, and the forecast here indicates a whopping visibility of 130+ meteors/hour in the countryside, and 50+ in the suburbs! But that shall be another goal… ;)
I came in today and peaked a bit!
The moon will be setting when this year’s shower peaks, favoring us with dark skies to allow us to gaze at this famous meteor shower: the Leonid.
The peak is forcasted to be Nov. 18th at 3h UT. We should expect 10 to 15 meteors an hour under dark conditions.
Clear skies to everyone! :)
I’m taking a break from 43 Things. I have much packing to do and an imminent flight departure. I need to focus on that in spite of the temptation that can lure me back to 43 Things.
I’ll be back in a couple of weeks or three. See you soon, Seattle :)
I’m really behind in this, and I leave on Wednesday for a couple of weeks! Most things have to be packed by Tuesday, and I’m not even 10% done :P I was thinking of taking a break from 43 from Wednesday on, but I might move ahead that goal.
I will soon travel
From haiku I’ll take a break
Bye, Friday Haiku
Voilà my crop of pumpkins for the 2007 gardening season. I’m already late for Halloween, but I was late on planting them; I had a late harvest. Of 11 pumpkin plants, this season yielded only one and a half plus a quarter green one not fully matured. Yet Ru’s project inspired me to try and carve this little one as well.
After dragging this goal for several months, I finally watched episode #52 which for some reason does not appear in the lineup of reruns on tv (?). So I rented the DVD, and I completed the list of episodes. I’m done! Not that I’m happy that the show is done, but that I’m finally checking this goal as done :)
This photo was taken from a poster that reminded me of your avatar. Hope you’ve had a nice day complete with Mimi, champagne, liquorish, and the Gentleman Animus on your red couch!
As November has entered and as I’ll be moving out of this house by the month’s end, I can declare gardening season officially over for this year. I already started cleaning up everything and marveling at the seeds the plants have produced, coming to a full cycle.
With many more plants cultivated than fruits harvested, I can still mark this goal as “worth doing” and a “good harvesting season” despite my rookiness. I did better with herbs than with vegetables, but I got good advice from fellow 43ers and good readings that will make the coming year a much more successful experience.
November second
Every year we celebrate
The Day of the Dead
This is the first time
It’s in remembrance of you,
My sweet dog Gala
You were a blessing
In me is your memory
I’ll always love you
This is not my closest branch, but I just happened to drive by and had a book to drop, so it was quite convenient.
What surprised me a bit was that it seems to be recently renovated; however, of all the branches I’ve visited, this one is the smallest by far.
But I appreciate that the Seattle Public Library is making every effort to bring books and other materials closer to people’s homes —even if the branch comes in a small package ;)
I just saw this quote and felt the urge to adopt it as a goal, as a motto, as a way of life… :)
That’s 26 cheers total for you MovieJunkie!! 11 in 43things plus 15 in 43places. You have 32 available cheers right now. I’m very happy to have contributed on this goal to help you achieve yours :)
When you order a prosciutto pizza, specify that it’s ”cotto”. We were very disappointed to find our pizza cooked with regular ham (prosciutto “crudo”) :S
A quirky thing from this place: they give you scissors to slice your pizza!
Done in time! I had some time to finish up her costume before the party.
Photos at the party came so unflattering because of the flash, so here she is —not as ecstatic about her costume like I was!
Of course, Uma is a princess every day ;)
This book is a good introduction to begin selling your photography by taking the leap from being an amateur/occasional photographer to earning from your collection. Jim Zuckerman specifically addresses the dual personality a photographer must have: the creative one that captures the image and the marketing one that sells it. He addresses specific markets in which to sell your photography, and it’s very helpful as a starting point for the beginner photographer.
The only minus for this book is that he writes mostly on his experience. Of course, his method has worked for him, and he has proved to be a very successful photographer. Though he has a very wide range of subjects, I believe his book would be much more richer if he had done at least a bit of study research with other photographers (including their photographs) and what has worked for them.
Yet, I’m very happy I started with this book, and I’m ready to start working on some of his advice.
It’s Saturday night
I have missed “Haiku Friday”
Only by a day
Uma and I have been invited to a Halloween party tomorrow Sunday! This left me with no time to get a costume. So with the materials I have home, I decided to make a “fast” Princess Leia costume.
It’s coming along OK. I don’t have a machine, so everything’s handmade, and it’s taking me quite longer to accomplish.
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be finishing the tunic’s belt and her hairdo, while I’m at my photo stand.
Right now, it is like this:
Few things compare to smelling morning air, yet this goal has lingered for ages on my stubborn effort to stretch the late-night hours…
Yet this morning, due to an early appointment, it happened: 6:30 sharp, and I was up and running. I really like waking up early, and I always ask myself why I commit to a late-owl life! The early light is so inspiring, bike riders along the lake, a morning walk with my dog… aaahhh, life’s good in the early hours…
This goal started when 43ideas disappeared, and I feared for all my entries in the 43 sites. I need to complete this goal ASAP and just keep posting to my blog on an ongoing basis. Why? Today, while going to check in at my regular places, I noticed that the green check-in button was gone! I go to the Robots’ blog to check if there was an announcement, and sure there was :S
I think all my 43T entries are posted to my blog; I’ve been very constant about it. I’ve had a few glitches from posting from “All Consuming”, but no answer from the Robots yet. My real pending are my earlier posts at 43Places. And now I’m worrying about my all consuming and lists of bests!
There’s much work and time put into those sites to find out one day that they’re gone! :(
The fall equinox is past and gone, and this goal is not quite done as hoped to be by that date. I know I will have it done before the fall is over, since we’ll be moving before then. The update:
I started doing the gauge today for Uma’s sweater. Now this is my first time ever to do a gauge. But given last-season’s failure to succeed after 8+ attempts on knitting even half a sweater (!), I think it’s time for me to straighten up and knit the gauge!
I already went through two needle sizes and it’s still too small. It now looks like I’d need 5.5-6mm needles to meet the gauge, but I’m liking how the texture is coming out with the 5mm needles. So I’ll just adjust slightly from the pattern —this will be the only knitter’s “license” I’ll allow myself this time and stick to the pattern. I get too creative too easily… I really hope not to mess up this time :P
Hmmm, I really haven’t checked on this goal though I have read two books a month —a bit more if I count the half-read books :P
So far, I’ve read:
I’m in the middle of reading:
...and a long list of others on queue…
So today I worked on my weekly schedule —after not following it for the whole summer, and then a bit more :P While it will be more of a guide than a strict minute-by-minute timetable, what I really want to accomplish are weekly tasks and goals.
So the week is set, let’s see how it works… this time around…
Very well crafted and edited. His acting is superb; hers, a tad overacted but good nevertheless. An odd couple, but the story is so compelling it drifts you along.
My favorite part was when he blows bubbles —instead of depicting the typical smoke scene. How whimsical is that!!?? Fabulous! ;)
As an HTML beginner, I started on this book to learn basic HTML. But maybe I’m a tad beyond beginner, as I already knew most of the information this book explains. But this would be my problem and not the book’s.
However, though the authors (son and father) try to make it amusing for kids, in the chapter explaining how to insert images, the son places three photos of the father: one normal, one with white doodling over his head and beard to make him look old, and one with some scratching and an “x” over his face! As an adult, I’ve seen worse things than this, but it concerns me that this is aimed for kids and particularly that this is seen as “funny”. There are other subtle references like this throughout the book. I was not amused.
For me, the soundtrack of Ocean’s Eleven is the star of the movie. Holmes compositions are very engaging and really immersed me in the story.
So why did the producer decide it was a good idea to insert some movie dialogues and whatnot in the soundtrack CD? I was really looking forward to this CD, and was very disappointed on this decision. If I wanted to listen to the dialogues, I can always pop in the DVD :S
The music is very, very worth it, but the CD is not :(
