Debbie made some BBQ chicken, scalloped potatoes and baked beans last nite. That might be the best BBQ sauce ever. Very good.
We had clear skies last nite for the first time in forever. Took the telescope outside. Man, I gotta practice with this thing. It's not a point and look kind of deal. Takes some work to align it with something so it can be viewed thru the scope. Either that or I'm a dork. More than usual anyway. It took me quite awhile to get it lined up to look at the moon. It was hot. The back yard was swampish after all the rain. And the skeeters were feasting big time on my lard-ass body. There was a bat flying around, too. It wasn't eating near enough skeeters to keep them off me. When I finally had enough of them, I went inside. Deb saw one still feasting on my cheek. Man, when they find tender white meat they don't stop their vampirish ways just cuz the meat is moving around. Anyway, I'll get some skeeter repellent and try again. Gonna have to do some research on how to get better at pointing that telescope at stuff. I finally was able to look at the moon through it. One thing for sure, the moon is really bright when magnified. I think I burned a retina. I tried to look at Saturn. I believe I saw every star around it, but never did get Saturn through the eyepiece before the skeeters chased me off. I wonder if Galileo had any problems with skeeters, bats and pointing the telescope at Saturn? Seeing as how he was probably the first person to look through a telescope, he didn't know what he was looking at.
More rain forecast for tonite and the weekend. dangit.
Have a good one.
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