Monday August 11 2008

Our Yard Rabbit During the Rain

The Dogs Won't even chase him anymore. The

Cats Stalk Him Sometimes, but Not Much Happens There Either.

Not Quite Like Seeing Duene's Bucks or Moose.

The Chinese character for “thunder” comprises 52 strokes and is pronounced “ping”.

Another of those perfect mornings. Wow. It smells clean, sweet and fresh. You know those days when the temperature is so perfect the air just feels soft on your skin? We had a rain shower about dinner time last night. Just enough to dampen things down. There was some crashing of thunder for a while and it momentarily knocked the power out. Joe's TV was real slow coming back but it did. I keep hearing that other places all around us, mainly north, keep having good rains. Pinedale keeps getting heavy rains, rained all night there. We could sure use it too. I think our chance for that is over for the time being.

Had great visits yesterday by phone from Joan, Sheral, Beverly, Betty and Debbie. I watched some of the Olympics with Joe. Liked the story on the US and Chinese basketball game. Especially enjoyed the women's swimming match where they beat the old record and U.S. got the gold and then the men's swimming where the relay team won, by .04 of a second. They were far ahead then pretty far behind and on the last lap our guy was able to just leap ahead for the victory breaking the old record by over four seconds. How did he do that!.

Any artists out there know what happens if you put sculpting clay- specifically Chevant - in the microwave to warm it up? as opposed to the messy warm water method.

Still puttering in the studio. Should have all finished later today. Tomorrow is chemo day so got the recycling loaded in the car. Not much happening or any news, so if anything happens I might be back later.

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METEOR ALERT: Monday, 11 August Meteor Shower Day: give or take a day, this is when the Earth passes closest to the Perseid meteor belt. The chance for a sight of falling stars or meteor showers is best these few days. The Perseid meteor shower is underway and should reach its peak during the next 24 hours. Forecasters say the best time to look is during the dark hours before dawn on Tuesday, August 12th. The glaring Moon sets around 2:00 a.m., and that's when the Perseids could appear in numbers as high as 60 per hour. The best displays will be seen from rural areas with dark skies. Sky maps, photos and more information are available at http://spaceweather.com/.