Volume 7, Issue 2
“All Time is Now”
Greetings!
My goodness, the time flies when you are busy digging out of the snow! I’m like a piece of toast….”turn me over, I’m done!” I am r-e-a-dy for Spring!
Quite a bit has happened since my last post. We took a much needed and long overdue vacation. We went to Utah and met some cyber friends and adopted two dogs from Best Friends in Kanab. Yogi and Bella (she was known to them as Della, but I had a mental block on that so she became Bella, because she is pretty.)
For years we had only had purebred dogs. When I saw DogTown on PBS I looked them up on the web. I found Yogi and was able to sponsor him. I am convinced that Bella was there specifically for us. She had just come to Best Friends about the day before we arrived in Utah. We both fell immediately in love with her. Yes, Yogi has some problems, but we just have to work a little harder to help him get over them. If you are considering bringing in a four legged family member into your home, please consider adoption. The animals at your local shelter are hoping to beat the clock and waiting for their forever home. Please always remember, it is Teach and Train, not punish and blame.
Full Moon: March 10: Full Worm Moon. At the time of this spring Moon, the ground begins to soften and earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of robins. This is also known as the Sap Moon, as it marks the time when maple sap begins to flow and the annual tapping of maple trees begins.
Watching the Skies in March: 2009:
Saturn comes closest to Earth on the 8th. In Leo at magnitude 0.7, Saturn produces its faintest opposition since 1997, with its rings nearly edgewise. Venus starts March like a lion at a brilliant magnitude -4.8 but ends the month like a lamb, losing half its brightness and vanishing into the sunset. It passes far north of the Sun in its conjunction on the 27th, and it can be glimpsed on the 25th and 26th as both a very low evening star after sunset and a low morning star before sunrise. Also, in the morning sky, Jupiter is near the crescent Moon on the 22nd. Spring begins with the vernal equinox on the 20th at 7:44 A.M.
Watching the Skies in April 2009:
Saturn is now up by nightfall and out nearly all night, in Leo. It meets the Moon on the 6th. Mercury has its best showing of the year from the 10th to the 30th, but it is seven times brighter at the start of this period, at magnitude -1.5, than at the end, at magnitude 0.7. It is best seen 40 minutes after sunset, about 12 degrees above the western horizon. Look for a good conjunction of Venus and the Moon on the 22nd, with dim orange Mars below them and Jupiter well to the upper right. On the 26th, Mercury hovers below the crescent Moon. In the predawn sky, Venus, in Pisces, emerges and brightens, while Jupiter, in Capricornus, gets higher each morning.
That’s all for now, until later, keep smilin’!
May the Creator hold you in the palm of His hand and may you float as a feather upon the Breath of the Creator.
