transit of venus

The small speck on the far right of the sun is Venus.

Today's pics are courtesy my husband Jeff, who was out very early this morning to watch the Venus moving across the face of the Sun along with other members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (through filters and such...it's always a bad idea to look at the sun directly, of course). A transit of Venus is so rare that no human now alive has witnessed this celestial event up to now.

Where was I? Asleep in bed. While I appreciate the rarity of this event, I didn't anticipate the event as much as Jeff, contenting myself with the photos he brought home on his digital camera instead.

More info about the transit of Venus here.

I'll be updating Blatherings in the afternoon rather than mornings most days from now on, by the way. Makes more sense to spend arm points on my book and other writing first, then on Blatherings if I have any points left. Rewrite of my book going well though slowly because of frequent arm breaks; I'm up to 7,000 words.

Had a good practice with Allison and Jodi last night! One of our goals was to learn back-up to one of Chris Conway's newer songs for performing with him in concert next month (he's the main Filk Guest at Confluence in Pittsburgh). Chris sent up some MP3s, which Jodi burned onto a CD for us to practise with. Unfortunately Allison's CD player was out of batteries. :-( Fortunately, Jodi's car had a CD player! So we sat in the car for about 20 minutes, working on our three-part backup harmonies and such. Much giggling; it's a fun song. I'm sure passersby were curious, especially Allison's landlady, who was mowing the lawn in front of the building and must have thought we were a bit odd.

Took me about 3 hours travel time for 2 hrs of actual practice time in Richmond Hill, but I still think it was worth it. :-) Always fun hanging out with Allison and Jodi. Eddie the cat was not as neurotic as last time, though he did make sure we gave him the attention he thought he deserved from time to time, and he still seems quite enamoured of Jodi. He tried to accompany her home, but Allison cruelly prevented his escape.

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