Star Gazing

A recent hobby of mine is star gazing. I'm not supposed to be up and around, but it's one of a few times I can move to a different location (back deck) and be a slug on a comfy lounge chair outside. After a few weeks I've become pretty good at picking out Draco cause he's the biggest, the big dipper (even 3 yr olds know that one), Hercules and Cassipeoia Cassiopeia.

After Sharb murdered my shirt he did present me with a gift....

It's a globe obviously with all the constellations on it. As you can see it lights up. If I turn off the little light....

My husband knows me well! Keep it sweet and simple or her head will explode and even that has no guarantees. He picked it up at Ace Hardware. So I spent 2 hours outside looking at it in that position then looking up to find other constellations. For 2 hours I didn't know what the H-E double hockey sticks I was looking at. About ready to give up and go inside to whine, it suddenly dawned on me....

Look up into it dummy! And the skies came alive! Not really. I mean I could now find Cepheus, Cygnus, Delphinus and Lyra but got lost fast again. The globe works great...my brain not so great. I did get to see the star Spica above the moon and Saturn to the right. That was pretty cool!

It was a nice gift and thought. I'll use it again tomorrow night. Maybe by then my brain and eyes will align like constellations.

Star Gazing