Jupiter, Venus and Pelican

We’ll thanks to the heavy cloud last night we missed the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus on the western horizon. It certainly would not have been a celestial spectacle. Just a curious thing to see and have talked about seeing. Tonight however the sky was clear and I wondered if it would be possible to […]

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The Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Me

What better way to acknowledge the winter solstice with a kind-of self portrait under the auspicious light of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is directly beneath the Moon while Venus is the same distance below again and a little to the left. Day by day Venus and Jupiter are getting closer and closer together. […]

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The Eye of the Beholder

Last night I got into an animated conversation involving the merits or not of building our new Torrens Riverbank Fortbridge completed and openend back in June 2014. The conversation had many facets including cost, asthetics, utiliy and return on investment. To me the benefits a creating something beautiful are subtle and intangible but extremenly important […]

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