Hey, what happen to summer?!?

This just in - It's cooler, the trees are duller and with the end of Daylight Savings Time it's darker earlier but the good thing is the star show begins earlier too. After supper I'm out in the back yard with the dogs, I walk up to the end of the driveway away from the yard lights and look up to the sky. It's not even 7pm and I'm staring into the Milky Way, picking out airline's blinking lights and every once in awhile see a meteorite. While looking up I think about how cool it would be to actually be in space, not just this orbiting the earth stuff like the millionaires going to the International Space Station though looking back at the earth would be great. No, I want to see nebulae and star clusters with my bare eyes like the telescopes show us. That my friend would be the ultimate sight seeing trip.


Here are a few of the Earthbound views I passed on today's walk.

Down side street on Mudjoy Hill, the blue in the
distance is Portland Harbor, closer views coming up.

This is looking out to the entrance of Portland Harbor
from the top of the Eastern Promenade.

A couple of the island ferries waiting to board passengers
traveling to the nearby islands.

Some of the fancy boats and yachts moored near
Commercial Street.

Until next time - to the stars and beyond!