Venus

There's nothing mind-blowing today on the BABlog. I just wanted to say something. I finally bought myself a tripod for the monster 15x70 binoculars I've had for a year, because the binocs are a little bit too big to hold steady with just my hand. We put up a bird feeder in the back yard the other day, and the finches have discovered it. Finches are jittery and fly away if they spot you, so being able to stand inside my house and watch them through the binocs is nice. The goldfinches were so yellow it made my brain hurt. When the Sun set, I looked up the position of Venus using software, and saw that it was only 15 degrees above the horizon-- not much more than the span out your hand when held out at arm's length. So I took the rig outside to my back porch (finches ...