I has a blog?

Wow. I haven't posted on this since March. That has to be some kind of record. To be honest, I actually forgot that I had carved out this little corner of the Internet. I have a lot I want to write about, so this blog is about to see more action than Paris Hilton at a frat party.

It is late, so this won't go on for long. I just wanted to mention how amazed I was at the night sky last night. Despite the moon being quite full at the moment, we had a very beautiful view of the heavens over the suburbs of Melbourne last night. Mars, recently at opposition, is a beautiful orange jewel suspended in the sky. Mars may be many millions of miles away, and an inanimate object, but being able to see Mars in all its beauty invokes a feeling of connectedness with the universe. A sense of wonder. There must be so much out there, just waiting to be discovered. I cannot wait to know the secrets that the universe is waiting to unveil, like a beautiful bride under a lace veil. My favourite constellation (Orion) was also out and about. I started at it for at least five minutes, simply enthralled.

I'm already planning our camping trip in the Warrumbungles around some awesome sky events taking place in August: partial lunar eclipse, conjunction of (four!) planets and maybe we'll catch a meteor shower. We camp just up the road from the Parkes Observatory, who also do night observation. Oh man, I'm having a major geek moment right now.