Hi everyone! Several of our Sidewalk Astronomers will be out tonight at
the Monrovia Myrtle and Lime corner, from about 7:15 p.m. to 9:00 or so.
I won't be there, but will be with you all in spirit, as you look up at
the beautiful first quarter moon.
I have a lovely photo to share - of my mom and dad doing Sidewalk
Astronomy in San Rafael, CA. My dad died yesterday at 95.6 years old,
and my mom died Oct 2 last year at 92. Two lives well lived and they
were well loved, and made me the inquisitive person I became. Here they
are sharing views through their own sidewalk telescopes at their San
Rafael church. I often joined them with my own telescopes in the 1990's
and early 2000's before I moved south for work at JPL, and Mojo and I
discovered our beloved Myrtle and Lime Sidewalk Astronomy corner. Some
old timers on this email list probably bumped into my mom and dad on the
sidewalks up in Marin County :-)
Sidewalk Astronomy with mom and dad
http://photo.whiteoaks.com/2007-11-18-churchastronomy/slides/churchastro5.h…
My mom was an artist and often illustrated astronomy articles I wrote.
Here aremy two favorite writeups she illustrated for the Sidewalk
Astronomy newsletter in the 1990's, which definitely led to my love of
writing about astronomy, and led me to theMyrtle and Lime corner. <3
http://photo.whiteoaks.com/2009-galileo&me/slides/moonwriteup004.htmlhttp://photo.whiteoaks.com/2009-galileo&me/slides/swpleiades.html
Over and out from Jane and the wonderful members of our little gang of
Sidewalk Astronomers
What's Up April from JPL - still awesome! https://youtu.be/MeiGUv5jF5Y
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Jane Houston Jones, retired JPLer
Twitter: @jhjones @otastro
Instagram @janehoustonjones
http://www.otastro.org/
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