Comments on: Good Morning Star-shine http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/good-morning-star-shine/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mouse http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/good-morning-star-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Mouse Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:30:08 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/13/good-morning-star-shine/#comment-1242 My daughter was born at the height of the Perseid storm 19 years ago so as part of her birthday celebrations we never fail to catch the comet's tail This year, between 11pm & midnight we counted 28 shooting stars Which is a good enough number for a small family's wishing-on-a-star's My daughter was born at the height of the Perseid storm 19 years ago so as part of her birthday celebrations we never fail to catch the comet’s tail

This year, between 11pm & midnight we counted 28 shooting stars

Which is a good enough number for a small family’s wishing-on-a-star’s

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/good-morning-star-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 bluemountainmama Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:12:26 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/13/good-morning-star-shine/#comment-1237 we stretched out on a blanket in our yard from 10 p.m. until 11. we got to see one of the 'earthgrazers' and some smaller meteors in between. i may have done better to have gone to bed early and woken up before dawn to see them in their glory. but, as you said, the meteor shower itself was not the only reason to be out. it was such a clear night and i hadn't star-gazed in quite some time, living in town the past 9 years. i, also, took my white plastic chair out around 2 a.m. when my bladder woke me up....but only saw a tiny one pass overhead. magical, nonetheless. we stretched out on a blanket in our yard from 10 p.m. until 11. we got to see one of the ‘earthgrazers’ and some smaller meteors in between. i may have done better to have gone to bed early and woken up before dawn to see them in their glory.

but, as you said, the meteor shower itself was not the only reason to be out. it was such a clear night and i hadn’t star-gazed in quite some time, living in town the past 9 years. i, also, took my white plastic chair out around 2 a.m. when my bladder woke me up….but only saw a tiny one pass overhead. magical, nonetheless.

]]> By: Marion http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/good-morning-star-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Marion Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:02:53 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/13/good-morning-star-shine/#comment-1235 Oh, I'd also forgotten. And midnight is quite late for this early riser as well. Puppies need letting out at 6:30, so this becomes my wakeup call...or gentle woof sound, now that they are each one year old. Thanks, Fred, for sharing your vision, & I agree, we need to move away from our habitual paths. Oh, and it is COOL this morning!!! Oh, I’d also forgotten. And midnight is quite late for this early riser as well. Puppies need letting out at 6:30, so this becomes my wakeup call…or gentle woof sound, now that they are each one year old.
Thanks, Fred, for sharing your vision, & I agree, we need to move away from our habitual paths. Oh, and it is COOL this morning!!!

]]> By: Dennis Ross http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/reflections/good-morning-star-shine/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Dennis Ross Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:46:27 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/13/good-morning-star-shine/#comment-1232 I too, sat in a lawn chair in the middle of the night; amazed at the Milky Way. Then there were the meteors, impressive, but why not do this more often? The deer did not like my chair in the meadow either. I doe started stamping behind me, I a snorted back at here (my imitation of a deer sound). I got a real argument going for a while until I stood up and she realized I wasn't a stray deer. I am not a hunter, but why use a blind when a lawn chair works so well and is more comfortable? I too, sat in a lawn chair in the middle of the night; amazed at the Milky Way. Then there were the meteors, impressive, but why not do this more often? The deer did not like my chair in the meadow either. I doe started stamping behind me, I a snorted back at here (my imitation of a deer sound). I got a real argument going for a while until I stood up and she realized I wasn’t a stray deer. I am not a hunter, but why use a blind when a lawn chair works so well and is more comfortable?

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