Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Cruisin' with Cartoons
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Sycamore Tree Sight, Seed Pod Pickapart
For a few weeks this summer, my stemmed orb-like object lay on the floor. I wasn't sure what to expect if I were to poke and prod it. My video starts out showing showing a sycamore tree and leaves. The latter part shows my exploration and pickapart to fuzzy fibers and, eventually, snipped-apart center. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Saturday, December 30, 2023
GIMP-adding Newest Saturn to 3-Saturn .xcf File
My previous topic, "2-Saturn Composite, Anticipating Future Edge-on Rings" ... includes basic Saturn info and resources. The video "2-Saturn Composite Image, GIMP Revisit" ...
This time around, the topic is about having found a GIMP-editable (.xcf) 3-Saturn composite with images from 2015 and 2018 as well as 2021, then adding the image from November. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
2-Saturn Composite, Anticipating Future Edge-on Rings
We recently pic'd Saturn, then recalled another imaging session (from about 26 months before. I wanted to compare images, then create a composite. The 2-Saturn composite image shows Saturn on 9/2/2021 and 11/22/2023. The orientations differ, and the newer Saturn's set of rings angle narrower than the rings of the earlier Saturn. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Monday, October 30, 2023
Partial Annular Solar Eclipse Oct 14 2023, Austin
Our area (Austin) was fortunate enough to behold a partial solar eclipse, clear skies and all. Texans in San Antonio, about 100 miles to the south, got a fabulous annular eclipse because of that area being in the zone of annularity. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Box Cereal Eatins--Dry 'N' Milked
Boxed cereal consumers! Do you always consume yours with milk? Do you also consume some cereals dry, like they're munchies? I've done lots of dry munching on sweetish, often chocolatey cereals. I've tapered off on the grazing for a few years, but am not totally immune to the temptations. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Monday, August 28, 2023
Frequently Used Kitchen Items--Vintage, Newer
I've taken a trip down memory lane for kitchen items that I blogged
about in mid-2015. I still use a goodly number of them. "Ancient" ones
include a Tupperware measuring pitcher, a Wearever air popcorn popper,
and an Osterizer blender, Read the entire article and comment there, please.