Sunday 26 February 2012

Sunny weekend

Yesterday and today have been spectacularly warm and sunny, and last night produced this amazing sight of the moon, lying on it's back, being pursued by Jupiter through a turquoise night sky. I only wish I had my real camera with me, not just the phone I used to take this.

I'm just going to have a quick shower, then we're off out into the sun whilst it lasts, to visit a once-a-month flea-market. Maybe I'll bring back a candlestick to show you all - fingers crossed eh?

I will wander between the stalls, giving off a feint aroma of Eau de Cologne which will be seeping from the pores of my skin, having drunk a whole bottle of it last night. People will wonder why I smell so unusually fruity.

9 comments:

  1. Warm and sunny? Sounds heavenly while looking out my window at the snow. Going to a flea market is one of my favorite things to do....have fun hunting, Tom. Hope you find good treasures!

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  2. I had a good look at that last night too, of course I didn't know it was Jupiter. Here there didn't seem to be much else in the sky.

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  3. It looked quite spectacular here too though I wasn't aware that it was Jupiter either. Thanks for the info.

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  4. That's a lovely picture. We have a saying round here that when the moon is tipped back like that, it's going to be a dry time weather wise. If the moon is tipped it's predicting rain. All this folklore - don't know how much is true.
    Have a good day at the market.

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  5. Oops 3rd line down meant to say - tipped forward and I think I'm talking about a load of bullocks so please ignore previous comment

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  6. It's a pretty picture, cell phone or not.

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  7. As Cathy & Molly have said, that really is a lovely photograph. It looks like an illustration in a very superior children's picture book.

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  8. Nice picture -- and I've been educated as well! Wouldn't have known it was Jupiter.

    Can almost, but not quite smell that cologne here!

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  9. Thanks all - I really hope it actually WAS Jupiter - actually, without checking an astro map, I'm pretty sure it was. I bought a silver copy of a Roman spoon in the flea-markt. You may find it on eBay if you look for it.

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