2024 Eclipse !!!
Luck was with us in Garland for the big event I’d looked forward to for years!!! May have to go to Iceland in 2026 or so.


Luck was with us in Garland for the big event I’d looked forward to for years!!! May have to go to Iceland in 2026 or so.


Gathered with friends, love and a random German in Eldorado, texas yesterday for the big astronomical event!!! It was a blast!! If you look closely at the most enlarged pix of the sun, you can see sun spots.
Nature finds a way: this guy was sacked out on the neighbors roof in Hyde Park today!
Forgot to post this one: I’ve tried to see the planet Mercury off and on for about the last 50 years. Being the closest planet to the sun, it is usually in sun or city glare. In March out in the clear skies of the Davis Mountains I finally succeeded!!! Here’s a greatly zoomed in…
Made an early morning visit to Hornsby yesterday. I don’t recall seeing the water levels in ponds quite this low. Lots of floating mats in pond 1W and an island has appeared in pond 2 that birds are enjoying. 14 species of shorebirds including American Golden Plover is a pretty good total for Hornsby. Here…
On return from Davis mnts today I made my regular stop at the pecos river on the outskirts of Iraan (that’s “Ira — Anne”). There I found a Least Flycatcher and a low altitude Uppy flyby. But what really JAZZED ME!! was the apparently healthy population of minnows and I believe Pecos Pupfish (will be…
Your move Rocky.