What is Saturn opposed to? The sun, of course. On August 14th Saturn will be at its brightest. I’m hoping for a clear night.
Saturn At Opposition
Category: Moon
Ku Koo
Rio Grande high*
Brontosaurus in the clouds
Redish mountains sigh
*I don’t write Haiku. I prefer “in the style of Haiku” or 575 or “Spunku” or “Timku” as some people have suggested because, in my personal opinion, since English is not a monosyllabic language, it creates issues for Haiku. The above poem is a good example: most English speakers pronounce “Grande” as “Grand” (one syllable) so the first line only has four syllables when “Grande” is pronounced as “Grand”. Therefore, an “is” would be needed as in “Rio Grande is high” to have five syllables in the first line. However, in Spanish “Grande” is pronounced “Grandae” making it two syllables. The first line has five syllables if “Grande” is pronounced as it is in Spanish (that’s how I pronounce it). Grande would have two syllables pronounced in Old English, also.
If the first line were “Rio Grande is high” (five syllables by the standard English pronunciation, six syllables in Spanish) the line is more descriptive of the water level in the Rio Grande when the photo was taken. However, by leaving out the verb in the first line, more ambiguity is introduced in the first line.
Three-thirty AM
You know where Jupiter is
Shining through the clouds
Dawn
Dusk
Moon behind clouds
I Tought I Taw a Putty Tat?
Pre-dawn
I Tought I Taw a Putty Tat?
Oh! I did! I did see a putty tat!
Venus and Jupiter
The Rio Grande is running high this afternoon.
You Beavers Lighting Up Our Lives
Got lighting? There was six beaver in the river at Beaver Point tonight.
Jupiter’s moons were in a formation I had not seen before. When I looked at the image on my camera’s screen at 5:00 am I thought I was moving the camera and getting a double image of the moons, but since Jupiter is round, the moons were really sitting side by side.
The moon through a thin layer of clouds.
Green Eggs No Ham
Dawn
What looked like moss in the shallow water running at the bottom of the irrigation ditch turned out to look like tiny eggs, but I have no idea what laid them if they are eggs. It looks like thousands upon thousands of eggs and it’s hard to imagine what could lay so many eggs.
A closer view of what looks like eggs on the bottom of the ditch.
Sliver moon through the slats in the miniblinds
The clouds cleared after sunset and we were able to see the sliver moon through the window in Beaker’s and Søren’s room.
The moon through the window.
The Rio Grande was still running higher this afternoon from the rains up north.
Sliver Moon, Venus, Flash Flood
Venus and the moon rising through the clouds at dawn.
Venus
We did not get rain last night, but there were flash flood warnings for Sandoval County. Obviously, there was a significant amount of rain and flash flooding to the north of us as the Rio Grande’s water level rose about 3 feet last night. It was receding this evening when I was out at the river.
The Rio Grande looking north from Beaver Point last night and tonight.
The Rio Grande looking south from Beaver Point last night and tonight.
The red strip of mud between the light-colored bank and the water is how high the river rose and then fell from last night to tonight. About 3 feet.
Speaking of Beaver Point, a beaver swam by, crawled out of the water, went up onto the bank and disappeared into the willows.
The Black-crowned Night-heron was out hunting on the river to the north of Beaver Point. It looks like it got a fish.
Clouds reaching out this afternoon. No rain on us.
Half The Dog He Used To Be
Sunset
He thought he was off to school to be tutored
But off to the vet, he went, to get neutered
Now he’s sad, half the dog he used to be
They put on a cone, adding insult to injury
When Buddy recovers from this trauma
They will fix his third eyelid and end that drama
He will be a new dog, like a new day
Oh Buddy you have come a long way
Morning moons
Surprise! Daddy Owl dropped in for a visit.
Daddy Owl eyeing the hummer perched on the branch below him.
Simple
Simple was the dawn
Trail cons clouds, moon wanes, leaf glows
Simple sunset was
Full Moon No K2
The K2 Comet is out there somewhere behind the clouds.
Full moon rising
A Summer Tanager
Dragonfly in green
Gray Matters
I walked out to the river at dusk to see if I could get the moonrise. Only gray clouds from the approaching storm.
Demons and dragons closing in on Resa’s tree.
I woke up a 3:30 am, walked outside, and shot the moon as it slipped through the clouds before disappearing behind the trees.
A tree held onto the moon after it slipped through the clouds.
Mars, Jupiter, and Venus at 3:48 am.
Off Center & Not Even 