Longing for spring

[muckefuck]

I called my sister in STL yesterday. One day after the Vernal Equinox, the crocus were finished (not to mention the snowdrops). Daffodils and grape hyacinths in full bloom, hyacinths and tulips budding, and Judas trees and magnolias blooming "in sunny places". Meanwhile, we had snow showers all morning. Large, fluffy flakes this time, which, because of the bizarre air currents near my building, often seemed to be flying upwards. It was sunny much of the time, though, adding to the "backwards day" effect of it all.

I was actually able to accomplish some spring cleaing, by which I mean "basic maintenance I managed to put off doing all winter". I even broke out the pots and pans, the Korean cookbook, and cooked. The nwulumcek were a success, though next time I should definitely cut the pieces more evenly before skewering. I was using the excuse that it's been a year at least since I last made kimchipap to explain how I could completely forget that the rice takes twice as long to cook with all that kimchi and seasoned beef in it.

monshu came through on the dishes and then collapsed like a heap of laundry onto my hard palet. I was very tired myself and struggled to stay away. Finally, I noticed how the clouds were racing away at speed and started watching them. There was a very bright, flickering, bluish light in the southern sky; at first, I thought it was moving, but then I realised this was an illusion brought on by the breakneck pace of the clouds. Anyone know their stars? Definitely not a planet; by the time monshu left, it had shifted into the southwest quarter of the heavens.

Comments

[astrophysicat.livejournal.com]

I can't tell what the timing of your evening was, so that makes it harder... Though given the time of year, traveling from south to southwest doesn't seem that wrong for the ecliptic from Chicago, offhand...

check out:
sky and telescope almanac (http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/almanac/) and the link to the interactive sky chart.

Then just look for what's brightest.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

COOL TOY! Thanks so much!

It had to have been Sirius. Ruff ruff!

[astrophysicat.livejournal.com]

I know, isn't it fun!!! glad to help, everyone should have a link to
sky and telescope, it's so useful, like the national weather service...