Friday 20 March 2015

The Eclipse, StarGazing Live, Professor Brian Cox and the Sacrifice at the Village Market.

Oooooooo I took this picture of the eclipse I was very pleased with it 


Here in our little village we have a really great market, it sort of arrived here about two years ago by accident when the market stall holders fell out with the owners of the previous location.  So Friday morning is always market day when the villagers go and we all have our ritual of shuffling round the stalls buying exciting stuff and chatting about what has happened over the week.

However today was different, you see this morning the great gods in the sky spoke to us telling us it was time  to appease them (the gods) with a sacrifice of some sort. And while doing this we were to wear silly glasses that meant we could not see a thing resulting in us falling about in a haphazard way. Luckily I did not have any silly glasses only the ones I wear every day to see where I am going, but I did get my trusty three and a half inch reflector telescope out with its special filter that allowed me to watch the Gods as they battled in the sky. And by way of sacrifice I ate Bacon sandwiches and stocked up with cakes for later as I have heard rumour of the super moon. It appears those Gods are very active. This is what happens when folk stop having bacon and piling rocks up into interesting piles or forming rings out of the big ones.


Anyway we survived the wrath of the Dogs (sorry Gods) and I managed to get a couple of cool pictures of the eclipse. Plus I got to eat Bacon Butty’s and I have cake to eat while watching those strange wizards on the TV tonight, Professor Brian Cox and Mr Dara O Briain as they tell us how they have satisfied the Gods for now on the very interesting StarGazing Live TV show.  They smile a lot and never eat cake and I think we all know what that means.


 Its at times like this we need to remember the late great Sir Patrick Moore, I bet he would have been smiling a lot too.


OH did I mention I burnt a hole through my hand today. . . . . DAMN

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  1. Ouch with the burn! But it does sound fun with your adventures with the eclipse :)

    betty

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    1. It was a grand day to watch the sun. . . When I say watch I did have all the appropriate things to do it with. So dont try it at home folks unless you know exactly what you are doing.

      OK I seldom know exactly what I am doing, but those Gods seem to like me and and I generally arrive at the other end of the long boggy swamp still fairly clean, but a bit confused.

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  2. I was up, but we were completely clouded in, wish I could have seen it

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    1. That has happened to me in the past and it is very very frustrating. So I feel you pain. . . . AAAauaaauauaaaaaauuuuugggHHHHH.

      the next good one here is 2026 so not too long. . . sort of . . . OK that's a long time sorry about that.

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  3. Did Rob sob
    When sun stung
    The solar arc brand
    Upon your hand?

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    1. Oooooo you have gone all poet laureate Mr ESB.

      Actually it was fine I did not feel a thing, in fact it it never crossed my mind that focusing the sun on my hand might be a bad move. . . . . So PHEW

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    2. It was World Poetry Day on the 21st, so I made a poem that actually talked about a feature of the world, eclipses.

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    3. I only realized it was World Poetry Day.
      A bit to
      late.
      Sort of, the horse has bolted.
      So to late to shut the
      Gate.

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    4. We could always declare the neXt seven days after World Poetry Day as "World Weak Poetry Week".

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    5. When the world is looking bleak
      We can cheer it up with Poetry week.
      With something pointy
      Like a pointy stick
      Shiny long and very sleek.

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    6. While studying Penwith today I discovered that bananas can be grown in Britain. Interesting! I wondered if they have tried pineapples outdoors there.

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    7. You are The Master of Pointy Stick Poetry

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    8. The Victorians used to grow pineapples in special pineapple houses that were heated with solid fuel stones and a hot water central heating system for the cold weather. I think they grew quite a lot but it was labour intensive and then of course it became cheaper to import them so no one bothers now.

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  4. Great picture Mr Z. You know what's missing from it? A picture of a moon butt...

    I missed the Solar Eclipse this time around, and could only manage to see it grow slightly dark from my sick bed. But at least the Lil man got to experience it, along with the Lunar eclipse that happened a few years back.

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    1. I read you were sick Miss Lily and the Lil man looked after you. He is very good, what more can the world want from its future ruler than a bit of humility to look after mum.

      We were very lucky over in this part of the world as the sky was clear and I made sure the telescope was OK the day before.

      Take care both of you A to Z soon . . . . HA HA HAH HA HA Hah ah ha ha hha ha ha h aha ha ha ha

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  5. Cracking pictures Rob. Very jealous! I spent the morning using a spaghetti strainer thing to view the eclipse as my telescope doesn't have a sun filter.
    I did think about using my moon filter (the moon was infront of the sun after all) but I couldn't find the box that I keep all my telescope bits n bobs in until it had all finished.
    So instead we all stood outside making silly faces like goldfish and saying things like "Oooh.. you can see my breath) because it had gone really cold really fast.
    Speaking of bacon - I have gotton into eating Scottish pancakes with bacon ontop.

    I bought some today at the shops, but forgot the bacon.... I don't know if it's worth getting out of bed for the rest of the week now....

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    1. Just a small tip Mr H have maple syrup with your bacon and pancakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YUM really YUM

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    2. Oooooo that second picture was holding my hand behind the view finder on the telescope as I dont have a sun filter for that. It worked a bit like one of those pin hole projectors but with a Zoom.

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  6. I can relate to bacon. I always seem to miss eclipses or apparently don't notice that they are happening.

    Arlee Bird
    A to Z Challenge Co-host
    Wrote By Rote

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    1. I was keen to get to see this one so it was good to have the old telescope back again. It had spent a lot of time in Scotland.

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