Good morning, all. A beautiful foggy day here. I am sure the sun is shining brightly above the fog and clouds. Meanwhile, this is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Good morning. the wind has finally slowed for a bit. we have had a week of howling wind. Miserable. However, our little song bird is there each morning reminding us to rejoice.
The eclipse is underway here. Daughter and I decided to skip the 90-minute trek into the path of totality and will settle for 98% coverage of the sun here at home. I pulled out my so-cool-looking eclipse glasses and took a peek a few minutes ago. Maximum coverage is in about an hour.
The media coverage is laughable. They’re calling it a spiritual and emotional event on Fox. No mention however of the Creator who makes it all possible.
Oh, there are some wild conspiracy takes out there that I’ve seen reported on.
But hey. Welcome to 2024 lol
But I’m, weary of the coverage which has been non-stop; we’re short-handed so have had to rely on some of it; it’s not “a thing” on the west coast, but there are crowds gathering up at the Griffith Park Observatory and other places.
AJ, we live in a secular culture where the church is weak (and appears to be getting weaker). That’s why the biblical passages about Babylon and believers — and Jesus, for that matter — living amid unfriendly governments and even experiencing captivity are especially apropos to our day and should be a spiritual encouragement.
We shouldn’t be surprised by our environment, God has often (a lot more often than not) put his people into unfriendly territory for a “how should we then live” challenge. All for a purpose.
There was a partial solar eclipse out this way a few years back, we were still working in one of our former newsrooms and the photo editor at the time had a telescope he brought from home to set up on the roof of our building so we could all see (wearing the appropriate protective glasses, of course).
Boy and I were outside for a while to watch the eclipse, with the appropriate eye protection. We didn’t stand there and stare, but would look up every couple or so minutes. After being out there for a few minutes, our neighbor Mark, from the apartment house next door came over to chat, and his two grandchildren (whom he and his wife have adopted) came over, too.
Even with 90+% coverage, it was still pretty sunny out, but with a weirdish darkness within the sunniness. I don’t know quite how to describe it. It was similar to the look of a partly cloudy sky, but different from that, too. Hard to describe. A little eerie. (Nightingale used the same word to describe it.)
The backyard, which does not have much direct sun at that time of day, was even darker than usual.
All in all, a pretty neat experience, even if we didn’t have the totality. I was surprised at how bright it still was even with most of the sun blocked, with only a sliver showing.
We had totality. 🙂 I last saw a full eclipse in 1979. We had a partial one (where we used to live) in 2017 and they talked then about this one, so I looked it up to see if we’d have totality for this one (knowing we were going to move in 2018) and was quite happy to see we’d be in the totality zone–first total eclipse in Indiana for something like 150 years, my husband reports. (Our old hometown had another partial one, so we talked to our daughter and grandchildren about it afterward.)
My photography club has been talking about it for months, and I got a solar lens for my camera and some for my eyes too. My husband kept talking afterward about how awesome it was, and said that if he had known how wonderful it would be, he would have looked forward to it more. (He knew it more as something I wanted to photograph.) I did end up with some fairly good photos, some even showing sunspots.
It was an exciting day in the sports world here in Georgia. The Masters (golfing) opened in Augusta. It’s always a huge deal, but today was extra special with the great views of the eclipse. As one lady described it, “Getting to do two once in a lifetime things in one day.”
The other happening was cutting the ribbon on the start of buiilding the new USA soccer headquarters in Fayette county, south of the airport. It is in the county adjoining the one in which Art’s office is located. The headquarters is moving from Chicago to Atlanta.
we had a total eclipse last fall. I felt kind of anticlimactic about it. I expected total darkness, but it just got dim. We watched through welding helmets. The greatest thing I noticed then and today, was how cold it got. That’s what happens to us when we allow sin to come between us and God. No warmth to thrive in.
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Good morning! Nice day for an eclipse. It’s a bright sunny day here at 10 a.m. The birds are singing their spring songs.
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Good morning, all. A beautiful foggy day here. I am sure the sun is shining brightly above the fog and clouds. Meanwhile, this is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
mumsee
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We are all clouds. :( We need rain, however, to clean up the remnants of winter and, hopefully, bring out the green again.
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I went out to rake yesterday but ended up picking up sticks. All of that bending over, I wondered why my hip hurt in the night
now to figure out if this weed eater will work
jo
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Good morning. the wind has finally slowed for a bit. we have had a week of howling wind. Miserable. However, our little song bird is there each morning reminding us to rejoice.
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You get wind there?
mumsee
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The eclipse is underway here. Daughter and I decided to skip the 90-minute trek into the path of totality and will settle for 98% coverage of the sun here at home. I pulled out my so-cool-looking eclipse glasses and took a peek a few minutes ago. Maximum coverage is in about an hour.
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Even here, I can tell the day is dimmer when I look out the window. Sunny but dimmer, and the glare is less on my eyes.
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The media coverage is laughable. They’re calling it a spiritual and emotional event on Fox. No mention however of the Creator who makes it all possible.
Allen
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Oh, there are some wild conspiracy takes out there that I’ve seen reported on.
But hey. Welcome to 2024 lol
But I’m, weary of the coverage which has been non-stop; we’re short-handed so have had to rely on some of it; it’s not “a thing” on the west coast, but there are crowds gathering up at the Griffith Park Observatory and other places.
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AJ, we live in a secular culture where the church is weak (and appears to be getting weaker). That’s why the biblical passages about Babylon and believers — and Jesus, for that matter — living amid unfriendly governments and even experiencing captivity are especially apropos to our day and should be a spiritual encouragement.
We shouldn’t be surprised by our environment, God has often (a lot more often than not) put his people into unfriendly territory for a “how should we then live” challenge. All for a purpose.
May we be faithful.
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Son sent a nice picture from new york
mumsee
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But/and yes, all an amazing display of God who formed and still controls the universe.
Those with eyes to ‘see’ and ears to hear …
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There was a partial solar eclipse out this way a few years back, we were still working in one of our former newsrooms and the photo editor at the time had a telescope he brought from home to set up on the roof of our building so we could all see (wearing the appropriate protective glasses, of course).
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And we did have a partial eclipse today, which kind of got lost in the national news. I worked through it, didn’t notice much difference outside.
Last full solar eclipse on the West Coast (I think?) was 1923, according to the Internet — the year my house was built.
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Boy and I were outside for a while to watch the eclipse, with the appropriate eye protection. We didn’t stand there and stare, but would look up every couple or so minutes. After being out there for a few minutes, our neighbor Mark, from the apartment house next door came over to chat, and his two grandchildren (whom he and his wife have adopted) came over, too.
Even with 90+% coverage, it was still pretty sunny out, but with a weirdish darkness within the sunniness. I don’t know quite how to describe it. It was similar to the look of a partly cloudy sky, but different from that, too. Hard to describe. A little eerie. (Nightingale used the same word to describe it.)
The backyard, which does not have much direct sun at that time of day, was even darker than usual.
All in all, a pretty neat experience, even if we didn’t have the totality. I was surprised at how bright it still was even with most of the sun blocked, with only a sliver showing.
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We had totality. 🙂 I last saw a full eclipse in 1979. We had a partial one (where we used to live) in 2017 and they talked then about this one, so I looked it up to see if we’d have totality for this one (knowing we were going to move in 2018) and was quite happy to see we’d be in the totality zone–first total eclipse in Indiana for something like 150 years, my husband reports. (Our old hometown had another partial one, so we talked to our daughter and grandchildren about it afterward.)
My photography club has been talking about it for months, and I got a solar lens for my camera and some for my eyes too. My husband kept talking afterward about how awesome it was, and said that if he had known how wonderful it would be, he would have looked forward to it more. (He knew it more as something I wanted to photograph.) I did end up with some fairly good photos, some even showing sunspots.
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It was an exciting day in the sports world here in Georgia. The Masters (golfing) opened in Augusta. It’s always a huge deal, but today was extra special with the great views of the eclipse. As one lady described it, “Getting to do two once in a lifetime things in one day.”
The other happening was cutting the ribbon on the start of buiilding the new USA soccer headquarters in Fayette county, south of the airport. It is in the county adjoining the one in which Art’s office is located. The headquarters is moving from Chicago to Atlanta.
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we had a total eclipse last fall. I felt kind of anticlimactic about it. I expected total darkness, but it just got dim. We watched through welding helmets. The greatest thing I noticed then and today, was how cold it got. That’s what happens to us when we allow sin to come between us and God. No warmth to thrive in.
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Interesting analogy, rkessler.
Cheryl, so glad you got some good photos.
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