Scattered Thoughts . . .

Over the snowy Mother's Day weekend, I spent a little bit of time sorting out and organizing some of my astronomy gear indoors in this warmth.  The priority was to find a way to organize a bunch of eyepieces.   Fortunately, I have been sticking to putting together specific mini sets so it is not like I have a scattered selection of mismatched eyepieces.  I've been purposely purchasing eyepieces that will fit my specific needs...  including staying within financial limits.   I have stuck with a plan of putting together small cases for grab-and-go use.  It will be easy to grab one of these cases and a small telescope if I'm in a hurry to see something.  Each zippered case is approximately 6"x9" and 2" deep.   I put together a small set of GSO Plossls.  These are quite inexpensive but are pretty good eyepieces.  With each set, I included a 2.5x Barlow lens so I only included long, wide view eyepieces with long eye r...

Sheila's hair was getting long, looking a bit shaggy and it was driving her crazy so she felt it was time for me to figure out a way to cut her hair.  Until now, I've only cut men's and boy's hair with clippers and I knew that wouldn't work for a woman so I had to educate myself a little bit.   I've done a lot of military style haircuts for men but I knew that a woman's head would require a completely different approach.  Even though Sheila likes her hair short, I knew I needed to do some research and planning.  Clippers would not work here.  It was time to figure out how to use scissors, thinning shears and a safety razor while using a comb and my hand as a guide.   We attacked Sheila's head yesterday afternoon.  It wasn't until I shot a few "before" photos that I realized that her hair had grown quite long and shaggy.  It was definitely time to do something with Sheila's hair.   Let's start with an "after" photo fr...