May 2009 Archives

Currently tuned into the United States of Tara.

Well tonight I had my first ever Gin and Tonic.. made it myself at home. A few years ago a friend gave me a bottle of gin in response to a favour I did for them - infact i cant even remember which friend it was or what favour it was. But i still have the bottle of Gin - the gin outlived my memories of the reason for getting it.

Anyway.. so tonight I 'cracked' the bottle and made myself a gin and tonic. Hmmm.. I wouldnt say that Im a fan.. infact I reckon that Im going to still have this bottle of Gin for years to come. I guess its an aquired taste.

When my brother in law temporarily migrated to Japan, one of the things he left me to play around with is his telescope. And I have to say its really quite amazing the detail you can - particularly on the moon. I have been simply blown away. I can see Astronomy becoming and addictive (and expensive) hobby. As soon as I saw the moon close up I knew I just had to photograph it. After all the telescope is a 900mm lens just asking to be connected to my camera!

Yesterday morning there wasnt a cloud in the sky so I went out and got a camera adapter for it (which wasnt too expensive) - of course as soon as the sun started to go down a storm front came through Sydney and destroyed any hope that I had of using it last night!! Grrr! Here is hoping for clear skies tonight though..