If we were having coffee I would tell you that it has been very quiet over the last month as our family has recovered from covid. For me getting healthy has taken a lot longer than most people. The upside is that I have had a month to consider my options for my twilight years. Oh and I have been able to binge watch Desperate housewives on Disney +. With 8 sessions it got me through the brain fog and required no thinking. It also make me laugh.
If we were having coffee I would ask you if you saw the 4 planets lined up in the night sky late in April. Just before sunrise was the best time to view them. From the end of our driveway we got a good view on the Saturday and Monday mornings. On the best viewing day Sunday however the sky was full of cloud and they were not visible.
The 4 planets that lined up were Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. It is said to have been 1000 years since these planets had aligned. I was grateful to have seen them.
If we were having coffee I would tell you last weekend was my mother-in-law’s 92nd birthday. Most family members traveled to Newcastle to surprise her on this special day. She had no idea and seeing the grandchildren in particular put a smile on her face, something that is rare these days.
If we were having coffee I would tell you last weekend was both Mother’s Day and the 8th anniversary of Inspiring Max. I can’t believe it has been so long. Blogging is the gift that keeps on giving. I find I have learnt a lot about myself, my community and the world. After reviewing my anniversary yesterday I wrote a blogpost about planning for fun where I make a plan to be more proactive in the next 2 years.
If we were having coffee I would tell you that I nearly completed this years Blogging From A-Z challenge. I missed Y and Z as my brain fog was too much. I enjoyed it although I would have liked to have blog hopped more. Next year I will start my planning early particularly for the back end of the alphabet.
If we were having coffee I would ask you what is happening in your world.
Thank you for your #weekendcoffeeshare and the amazing photo of the planets. Congratulations on your 8th blogging anniversary! I hope you’re feeling much better post-covid to enjoy your fun plan. Have a great week ahead!
Hi IM.
I’m glad someone I know caught that planetary alignment. My local weather and schedule pretty much killed my chance to see it, but almost 1 year ago we had a nightly alignment of two planets that was very pronounced and vivid. I’m a self-taught cosmologist so alignments are interesting but the dynamics of stars and other space phenomenon are what fascinate me. I was that nerd at my first real job testing components that went into large computer systems who once I got all my tests running, would pull out various articles about this weird new objects named “Black Holes” which now – everyone knows about of course but in the mid 1960s I was the only guy on the large assembly floor who knew about them. Some of them thought I was nuts.
Fun stuff.
Hope your recover continues and you’re soon back to normal and maybe even better for having been forced (as I was) to sit still and get several weeks of good rest.
Blessings
Thank you for the coffee and the catch up. I did not see the planets. How awesome your MIL turned 92. So cool.
That’s a cool astro shot! I hope to participate in next year’s A-Z blogging challenge but I need to plan it throughout the year.