HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY NEW MOON and HAPPY NEW MONTH!Today was the new moon. I can't believe that this week will be the beginning of September! Where does the time go? It feels like I just started a new thread a day ago. I hope you all have a healthy, joyful, serene week! Enjoy the last of summer.
Annette (and anyone who's interested):
The uncrewed NASA Artemis I mission around the Moon, including the Space Launch System Rocket and Orion spacecraft, is targeting liftoff on Monday, August 29, between 8:33 a.m. Eastern Time and 10:33 a.m. Eastern Time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission has no live crew, but it’s the first step of the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon and eventually land them on Mars. Coverage of this event will be a big production, with celebrities, orchestras, etc., etc.I love science and I've always been excited about scientific NASA missions, but I don't have much enthusiasm for the U.S. space program these days. Too many of our people are suffering from poverty, hunger, lack of healthcare, inability to find housing, inadequate education, etc. Also, we need to be directing money toward addressing the climate crisis. I'll watch the launch, but I wish the funding would go to our people, instead. It used to be that NASA missions paid for themselves through scientific development and innovation that served people, but I don't think that's true anymore.INFO HERE
Diane: I heard that this was somehow related to future Mars flights, but agree the climate crisis should be a top priority. After all, if we don't figure that out, what's the point.... Oh and thanks - again! - for starting us off.
Meanwhile, the garden is finally getting attention; if all goes well it might look normal by the end of the week.
Have a good week everyone.
Sounds as if you got a lot done, OG. Your birds will soon get used to new arrangements, I'm sure. Rusty - that is what I call a good round! Prosecco should be served every week, LOL!! Agree that the ground is hard. Our lawn is full of dints and dents and is difficult to walk on at the moment. I'm sitting outside and laughing at the antics of the children opposite to us - two cute little girls playing nicely. Bonnie just watches with a serious face. We enjoyed a coffee at our favourite garden centre this morning and I browsed the plants, but came back with bird food, 3 birthday cards, and an artificial tree in a pot
Pic of said tree--- about 15" high (I don't do mm s)
Thanks to DIANE for starting us again. To add my 5 pennyworth on the subject of space travel – Humans have made a mess of this planet; don’t go and mess up another.
PAT – You wrote “This is a great place to 'meet' people you wouldn't come across in your everyday life - long may it thrive!!” I would add that there is always someone to chat to.
Congrats to HEATHER’s Sam & LINDA’s Sue’s g-dau. I’m sure g-parent's genes and the rearing of offspring have contributed to the results.
I was away yesterday on a bus trip, first for nearly 3 years. A lot of new faces and some familiar regulars. Trips have continued throughout pandemic with many not isolating as I did. It was pleasing that most wore masks. We travelled to Kapunda, a former copper mining town, for morning coffee. Although I know the town well (our shopping town when a child), I found plenty in main street to photo, mostly former banks. The bakery that had been on corner site when I was a child & on my last visit, is now a home decor shop (cushions & candles), closed of course. The convenience store of my childhood, which became a supermarket in recent years (with a lovely tiny coffee bar in a corner). . . is now derelict and a new whizbang Foodland has opened the other end of main street. Only one tiny coffee/gift shop open on Sunday morning. Last visit (Aug 2019) I thought the main street was dead. Cor blimey, it was deader than dead yesterday. To be continued