Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 18 August 2024

Thank you Diane. 

Granddaughter, Ms D and I went off to watch Space X's latest launch from Vandenberg Air Force base yesterday.  Wonderfully clear day and perfect views of the launch (can't get near the base but had a good view as the rocket appeared over the hill).  Big thrill for the kids, who hadn't seen one before, especially as the booster rocket returned to the lanch pad and not to the offshore landing site miles out to sea.   Very, very loud launch and then a sonic boom followed by more noise when the booster rocket landed.    Always a thrill.    Then we went off shopping for Ms D, who needed some clothes and other supplies for school, which starts on Monday.

Hope all are well; have a good Sunday everyone.  

The launch must have been exciting Annette. 

Thank you Diane. I will look out for the full moon. I have just read that our sky is hazy at the moment due to the smoke from the Canadian wildfires arriving over here!!! Amazing! My friends in Calgary haven’t been golfing because it is too smoky. They are safe where they are. I hope you are feeling better with things now.

Annette - how fantastic for your family to see and hear a launch. Now back to school. It soon comes round.

No news here. No lunches out to report!! I am making slow but steady progress with my gardening projects. It’s actually very nice to have some quieter days. I have got a huge book on the go by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) It is a Strike (private detective) novel with 940 pages!!! It is very tense just now so I don’t read it in the evening. I am only just over half way through!!

RUSTY  Finished that one recently, it is a good read.    DIANE thank you for starting the week and hope you are feeling better.  Annette   what an amazing sight that must have been.

Rusty:  Just finished The Running Grave by Galbraith.  A great read. She has a new one - The Hallmarked Man - due out later this year.   I find myself slowing down when I get near the end of a good book coz I want to make it last longer.   Also just finished One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.   The first a mystery, the second a  story  about a woman scientist in the 50's whose research is stolen by her male boss (among other themes).  It's funny but all too true of those days before women's lib.

That’s the one I am reading  Annette!!!! I will look out for the new one. 
Done gardening for today. Made some progress. 

Thanks to Diane for starting us off, & news of the new Moon.

Annette - Certainly must be a thrill to see that event.  Nice for you to go as a family trip.

We had a good day yesterday as a family party (my OHs family) and a gathering  which was loosely based on my sis in laws birthday.  All ages,  and able to sit in a family garden as the weather cleared up just in time. We drank mostly Pimms and had a delicious  "afternoon tea" type buffet at 3.30pm. Lots of chat all round, as younger members have exciting plans in life. Little Juno was there and got passed around once again. :-))