Tonight’s moon in a clear black sky.
Crescent moon
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Frosty morning
Stepping out to check the mail, I noticed the frost on the porch windowpanes, so I grabbed my camera.
I think I like it better in colour, but it’s hard to decide.
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Full size images: Color | Black & white
Nerdy details: 50mm, 1/4000s, f/1.8, ISO 100.
Geminids 2020
The Geminids peak tonight. I went out in the countryside for about half an hour. I saw a few meteors with the naked eye, and I managed to catch a few on camera. This is the brightest one, by far, a greenish streak just above the northeastern horizon.
It was so cold my camera battery—fully charged when I left the house—lasted only 20 minutes. This particular shot was about 10 frames (2½ minutes) before the battery died.
Hoarfrost
Kathleen called at about 3 pm and said, “You should go outside and take some photos of the hoarfrost, since it looks cool right now”.
She was right.
Frosty
My darling wife called me on her way to work this morning to say I should go out and take pictures of my car before the sun came out. I didn’t get the message till 3½ hours later, but fortunately the sky had been cloudy all morning and the nifty frost patterns she’d noticed were still there.
Please enjoy this sunrise
Pinks and oranges aplenty.
Little bird, little bird
I had a little blue-grey friend come for a quick visit at lunchtime.
I’m no birdwatcher, but I think he’s a white-breasted nuthatch. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Update: Now with a rabbit!
Later on in the day, around coffeetime in the afternoon, I got to say “Hi” to Hoss, who was resting in the back yard.
December writing goals
It’s been a while since I did a “writing goals” post, but this month I have a very concrete goal, so here goes:
- Finish 1st and 2nd drafts of a short story for Derelicts;
- Route said story around for beta readers;
- Polish said story; and
- Submit said story.
(I keep calling it “said story” because I don’t have a title yet.)
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got some writin’ to do.
Flowers
Last week I bought flowers. They brightened my day, they brightened Kathleen’s day, and now I hope they can brighten yours too.
Alan v. Disney
Well, this is gross.
From SFWA: #DisneyMustPay Alan Dean Foster:
Disney’s argument is that they have purchased the rights but not the obligations of the contract. In other words, they believe they have the right to publish work, but are not obligated to pay the writer no matter what the contract says.
I’m not a lawyer, but, uh, that doesn’t sound right to me. (Neither does Disney’s wish to have Mr. Foster sign a non-disclosure agreement before negotiations even start.)
In this David vs. Goliath fight, I’m on David’s side.