The Front Porch Astronomer

My mother mailed away for a high powered telescope that she earned with her Coke points last year. We used it to view the heavens from our inauspicious vantage point, however I've discovered that you can view the light and shadows of celestial bodies with your very own eyes and without leaving the neighborhood. For example, walking the dog yesterday unearthed a peculiar sight. The shadow cast from an upright patio table made it look as if the object had been levitating off of the ground on its side. I took extra photographs. The shadows of the home's iron grate and nearby lamppost did not bend at the same impossible angle.




Of other strange sightings, is a single street sign that houses an enormously long stalk of grass jutting from the top of the post. Could it be a sunflower, a corn stalk, or alfalfa sprouting from the edge of the curb?



Of course when the outside world gets too chaotic, it is always nice to retreat to the confines of your home sweet home. No it's not central air conditioning, it's tin foil shingle for the roof.