Sunday 10/13/2024
water plants, do crossword. Then decided to walk to the Cal. Ave street market. That’s one of the best markets around, full of people. Bought some plums for my own snacking.
At 3 I went and set up for a Sunday@Home event. These are monthly events where a resident or a resident’s relative, talks about pretty much anything. In this case, the speaker was David Liston, grandson of residents Joanna and Laurie, who just completed F18 training including carrier landing school. He described the various stages of Naval Aviation training, from his ROTC days at Cal, to Pensacola, to Texas, and now to San Diego. He had a video taken by someone else, of him landing an F18 on the deck of a carrier. Also a video of him undergoing 7.5 Gs in a centrifuge. A fun talk.
After supper I noted the western horizon was clear so went up to 11, to the open roof walk, to look for the comet. I finally found it, farther to the right of Venus and higher up than I expected. It’s not bright, but it is quite large, a huge fuzzy Q-tip in the sky. Tomorrow night I will try to take a picture. Using the Nikon? Probably. Well, I’ve got a tripod bracket for the phone, maybe I’ll see if the iPhone 16 can get it.
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