In the nick of time

I ran out of propane for the grill just in the nick of time today.

We started the grill with intention of cooking up some chicken thighs. While I was lighting the grill, a loud siren went off. I went inside and saw that there was a tornado warning for the northern part of Anoka county, with us and the grill being in southern Anoka county. There was also another large storm cell coming straight for us.

I told Bobi that we had to get the chicken on the grill before the storm came in. She was out there before I was and gave me a weird look, and then asked if I lit the grill. I said yes, but the grill was still only slightly warm to the touch. We had run out of propane.

I think that this was God's way of saying "Hey, don't be grilling in a storm!" Bobi cooked them up in the fry pan, and sure enough, when they were done the heavens opened up!

Summon the Thunder III

So the storm is going through, lots of cool lightning and thunder, but here in Spring Lake Park, not much else.....

Big Boomer just rattled the house.

The sky has this really cool yellowish look to it now that storm is going through. Wall to Wall coverage on channel 11.


Maybe there'll be a cool rainbow tonight.....

It's after sunset, so no rainbow for you!

Summon the Thunder II

Belinda and Sven are tag teaming the weather coverage on Channel 11.....

These are moving really slow......



At least I don't have to water the plants tonight.....

Summon the Thunder......

Every one know that when you get new goodies for your telescope, or start working on it, it means that rain is sure to be on the way.

I got the idea to get my tripod set back up, and to work on the rotating rings for my bigger scope tonight. Doing so, I think that I have summoned the thunder!!!

There is a large blob of thunderstorms to the west of us.....

We're the big bullseye north of the word "Minneapolis"
The storms probably have more to do with the 90 degree temps, 70+ degree dew points and a strong cold front making it's way across the state.

But the idea that playing with the telescope has SUMMONED THE THUNDER!!! sounds cooler

Happy 4th of July

Today was a wonderfull 4th of July!

The weather was nice, and right before dark me and Bobi fired up the Vue and headed up to the Egret Blvd bridge over Highway 10 to see the fireworks at the Coon Rapids Carnival in the Park. When we saw some old people walking up to the bridge, we knew we were in the right place. When you see old peeps, you can't go wrong. There were a few other people parked up there as well. We had a pretty good view of the show, to. Plus there were lots of local people firing off there stash of quality Wisconsin unsafe and insane fireworks. No wussy fountains for these folks.

There was even a little backyard astronomy to be had tonight. Low in the west sky was a nice little sliver of a crescent moon, with the new moon being back on the 3rd. Tomorrow night should have a nice crescent with some earthshine...

My life flashed before my eyes...

I installed Photoshop Elements 6 on my machine, and ran the organizer on all my photos. It looked like my life was flashing before my eyes, but it was just the part that was stored as JPG's on my HD.

Now I get to tag all those bad boys.....