Reynard the fox 1950-2026

 

On this eleventh day of April 2026 our furry companion, Reynard the Fox, was cremated and joined his woodland chums, who have gone before.  "May the fox be with you"

Home Safe

 

Credit: NASA and Artemis 2 Crew.

Home safe after an epic journey.👍

Artemis 2-Earthrise.

 

Earthrise - image credit: NASA.

Wonderful images from the Artemis 2 crew.

Artemis 2 an epic voyage.

 

Credit: NASA

The Artemis 2 spacecraft has now left Earth orbit on its way to the Moon. Having witnessed the Apollo Program as a young man, I have lived long enough to be alive for our long awaited return. 

I hope all goes well, the circumnavigation of the Moon is a success and the four astronauts return to Earth safely.

Credit:NASA

'Big brother is watching you'

 

As the world becomes more extreme and politicians increasingly pursue popularity over principle, expressing dissent digitally on the internet provides both a useful channel for releasing personal outrage and more worryingly, an indelible evidence trail for use by a future 'draconian state organisation' to target and eliminate opposition. Once information  is out there, there it remains. 

Big brother is watching us all and we appear to be 'happy' to openly share our innermost thoughts with him unbidden.

Jupiter 9 years ago

 

This image of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot, an anticyclone storm, which has raged from the time it was first observed from Earth with a telescope, that was captured from the Jodrell Plank Observatory located at Lowestoft, Suffolk UK in 2018.

Since then the Great Red Spot or GRS has been shrinking and becoming  a paler red, year on year. 

Jupiter is a Gas Giant Planet and all the features we can see and image are meteorological and relate to fast moving cloud and storm systems. Most of the larger features are relatively stable in overall terms but changes do occur over time. Recently, one of the two equatorial cloud zones, which can be seen on this image, disappeared for a number of months before returning to visibility in the last two years.

Huitres chaudes.

 

Gratinated oysters in a wine, cream and garlic sauce with home baked bread. 

A tremendous supper!