Jupiter Io and Callisto

Io transits the face of Jupiter, Callisto centre right

Using the camera I fashioned from an old and no longer used webcam, I captured video streams of the planet Jupiter through my Meade 127mm refracting telescope. I then used Registax and Photoshop software  to manipulate and stack the data to create these two images. The night of the 14th.of January was particularly clear and really cold.  I guess I'm becoming a fair weather astronomer!

Wedding in the Park

Reflections on a brilliant wedding

The Cabine saw little action over the Christmas holiday period so it made a nice change to spend the day using Photoshop to produce  a composite image from three of the photographs I took in Central Park and one that Toot took at Mark and Jacki's wedding reception at the Loeb Boat House.

Toronto

I really liked this building, trapped in a web of tram-lines but in architectural terms more than holding its own with the much newer hi-rise that forms the photographic backdrop. Great street theatre!

A Great Christmas and a Happy New Year

"All me ducks in a row" pastel on glass paper

Early in December the Cabine saw action as I worked up this pastel drawing of Toot with Alice, William and Chrissy bathing in the North Sea off Lowestoft Beach. Toot says that her bottom was not as large as this in the nineteen-eighties! The life of an amateur artist is fraught with danger!

"Christmas would not be Christmas without":

"A visit to Derbyshire and a hearty meal at the Hardwick Inn with family"

"A Christmas project assisted by Bimbar"

"Scaling the delights of the 'Everest' with our friends in Sheffield"

"Family fun with children and grandchildren at Will and Rachel's home"

"The annual appearance of the Beijing Spruce"

"A close encounter with Santa Claus"

"Barry the Snowman setting up office in the garden"

God bless us everyone!