the bull and the flower...

he was her magnificent mighty bull
and she, his colorful desert flower
                   
they lived and loved in ways untried
always their hearts would be their guide

chaos and turmoil when they wed
but love and passion made their bed

the wild nature of the bull led him astray
the desert flower looked to others for her stay

but she understood the heart of her beloved
and his heart loved only her, his beloved

each wanting needing loving the other
in ways neither one could another

and so it was that the heart of the mighty bull
remained with the heart of his beautiful flower

they called him diego
and his beautiful flower,
frida
 

astronomical birthday "shower"...

two perseids meteors and their radiant (crossing of dotted line) - two star constellations are indicated.

just in time for my birthday, the gods have favored me with their annual astronomical visual feast beginning late august 11 - the persides meteor shower - till dawn on august 12 - these celestial wanderers begin at a point in the constellation perseus - even though sister moon is in her waning gibbous phase about midnight, there should be plenty to see before and after moonrise - so, gather round and cast your eyes toward the heavens for the show of the evening!

http://www.theskyscrapers.org/gallery/astrophoto_index.php
The 2009 Perseid Meteor Shower

penumbral lunar eclipse august 2009

penumbral lunar eclipse

august 5-6, 2009
Check this out: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SKYCAL/SKYCAL.html?cal=2009#skycal

moonmagnetism

left: radial gravitational anomaly on surface of moon
right: total magnetic field strength at the surface of the Moon as derived from the Lunar Prospector electron reflectometer experiment