A big bang 44 million years ago

Type 1a Supernova in the galaxy NGC 1399, Constellation Pegasus. Credit: Jodrell Plank Observatory.

Who doesn't like a big bang in a galaxy 44 million light years away? 

Two stars, one a white dwarf and one a red giant were orbiting a common point of gravity. The much denser white dwarf stripped hydrogen from the red giant until the Chandrasekhar Limit for mass was exceeded, at which point the white dwarf exploded in a cataclysmic explosion that briefly exceeded the light from all the millions of stars in the galaxy core. The light from that explosion has been travelling to us for 44 million years where we see it as happening in real time.

Waning

 

 

Paul Simon wrote a song about the Moon  

A real 'Hearts and Bones' spiritual tune

It found a place to hide in my head

But appealed to my soul instead.

As I look up into the deep blue sky

And watch the waning Moon sail by

I think about singing his words

Whilst I watch the Moon and the birds

"If you want to write a song about the moon

Walk along the craters in the afternoon"

George and Paul in no particular order. September 2026.

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There's a storm coming.

 

There's a storm coming

Over the marsh from the sea

There's a change coming

It's  coming for you and me.

There's a storm coming

Lightning with rolling thunder

There's a change coming 

Tearing air and lives asunder.

There's a storm coming 

Stock the pantry store

There's a change coming

Close and lock the door.

There's a storm coming

Be measured and prepared

There's a change coming 

Be counted in those who cared

There's a change coming

It's coming for you and me

There's a storm coming

Over the marsh and next the sea.

There's a storm coming!

George Roberts - August Bank Holiday Weekend 2026

Dolly RIP.

 

Sad to hear of the death of this remarkable woman. 

In every area of life she performed effectively and above and beyond the rest of us.

She was extremely talented, intelligent, kind and compassionate.  Above all else she was a decent human being, who used her skills and earned wealth to help those and particularly children in need.

What an incredible life and legacy!

The scale of Damien Hirst in the Morning

 

Love a bit of sculpture in the landscape love a bit of Hirst!

A tree on edge.

 

There's a tree on the edge

Ledged 

Between land and sky

Legend

Erect between near and far

Poised

Perched with potential to topple 

Down

Silent  in the grip of deep time

Wedged

A feature in the landscape

Contemporary 

Planted by accident or purpose

Seeded

A marker of short seasons

Perennial 

George Roberts August 2026.

Matlock Railway Station

 

In current times and small communities, it is so very easy to lose perspective and go off track!

"Mind the gap"