Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Wednesday's Walk Through New Hope


My usual walk through New Hope starts with parking near the Triumph Brewery. The Triumph is a great stop, I suggest their beer sampler if you like beer, all beer is brewed on site and there is a complete bar and restaurant with great food. They also have live bands on the weekends.  

 

Tempting as it is to stop in and have a beer, I passed today and will leave the Triumph for a future Blog project when I have time to devote to sampling all the beer. :-) Behind the Triumph Brewing company I walk across the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad train tracks. There is usually activity on the railroad and a few interesting photo opportunities.


Wednesday is a good day to visit New Hope to avoid the weekend crowds. There are still plenty of people doing things during the week, but not overly crowded. If you have ever been to New Hope on a Saturday, it can seem like you are a sardine in a can with the thousands of people who visit New Hope every weekend, especially in the summer season.

 




Monday, May 27, 2013

Sunset Triangle, Conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury Dance in the Sky

 

  

The planets Venus, Jupiter and Mercury danced in the sky just after sunset on Sunday, May 26th. Today's photos were taken from Northampton Municipal Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Triple conjunctions of planets are fairly rare. According to NASA the next triple conjunction of planets will be in October of 2015.


Follow this link to learn more about the planetary conjunction.

 


Saturday, May 18, 2013

The Universe from a Frog's Perspective

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Looking up the universe so vast and large. Proportional in a kind of Fibonacci Sequence of scale, I think to where we are in our place in the universe in both size and intelligence. It makes me wonder what it must be like looking at us like we do the frog.