tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post3025959730920461538..comments2024-03-11T19:40:23.089+00:00Comments on Views from the bike shed: Star partyThe bike shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-24987092919520084312011-11-17T09:00:28.194+00:002011-11-17T09:00:28.194+00:00Mark you've done it again - revived another lo...Mark you've done it again - revived another long forgotten interest that is - no excuse for we have dark skies hereabouts. Somewhere in the shed is a Tal, last used many moons ago, but never giving views like the one you've captured. Time to try again, though memories of frozen nights and numb fingers come flooding back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-51739486225425385762011-11-16T14:39:22.892+00:002011-11-16T14:39:22.892+00:00Five minutes is a lot in a kid's world...Keep ...Five minutes is a lot in a kid's world...Keep showing and telling...His interest may grow with time.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-83319006213238236352011-11-15T23:13:51.073+00:002011-11-15T23:13:51.073+00:00It is surprising what filters through, your sons a...It is surprising what filters through, your sons are lucky to have a dad who offers such enthusiasm and knowledge about the planet, it can only be infectious.lucy joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-83566891076107384182011-11-15T21:08:08.663+00:002011-11-15T21:08:08.663+00:00PS found out today that next year is the last tran...PS found out today that next year is the last transit of Venus this century...<br /><br />Try for 6 minutes next time?VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-85064367787418591662011-11-15T20:04:53.919+00:002011-11-15T20:04:53.919+00:00Great post, and the photo of Jupiter and it's ...Great post, and the photo of Jupiter and it's moons really brought back the memories of being in our old back garden with my Dad looking at the very same image.Doofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368086816490113661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-18662271816072562182011-11-15T15:30:37.815+00:002011-11-15T15:30:37.815+00:00As grandmother to three Star-Wars-mad boys, one th...As grandmother to three Star-Wars-mad boys, one the same age as your youngest, I can tell you they will absorb a LOT of information if it's presented in this context. Seven's not very old. There's time for him to catch the nature bug yet.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-21650987636280449932011-11-15T10:03:51.845+00:002011-11-15T10:03:51.845+00:00It may have been just 5 minutes, but you can never...It may have been just 5 minutes, but you can never tell which 5 minutes will be life changing.<br /><br />I did a workshop in Morecambe when I worked at Earthwatch. It was one of those themed activity weeks for children and I was there to get them all interested in coral reefs. Most of the children were deposited by parents glad to have them off their hands for the day.<br /><br />One child was really disruptive the entire day. He was paying such scant attention I almost sent him home. I was pretty much in despair over it and thought he'd got nothing out of the day at all.<br /><br />The next day was the last one of the themed week and Morecambe council put on a big celebration and exhibition to bring it to a close. I'd been invited to provide an exhibit about Earthwatch, its coral reef research and most importantly to show everyone the results of the workshop - a massive model coral reef.<br /><br />A mother came up to me beaming from ear to ear, told me how much her son had enjoyed the day and pretty much relayed back to me every single fact about coral reefs I'd told the children, had in my materials for them, on the video I'd been playing at the time etc etc<br /><br />Guess which son had told her all of this? The disruptive one of course.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-46344927121961833842011-11-15T09:16:57.626+00:002011-11-15T09:16:57.626+00:00Hello Mark:
Well, we certainly think that your ide...Hello Mark:<br />Well, we certainly think that your idea of a Star Party is a brilliant one and we should not mind guessing that your small son will ask for a rerun one day. The distances are always something which we struggle with, a light year is a mind boggling concept and we can only imagine how this relates to the distance between you and Wales!!!<br /><br />Milk and cookies won this time, it will surely be the Milky Way next!!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-53828149209140980362011-11-15T08:56:47.412+00:002011-11-15T08:56:47.412+00:00He gets it by using your input and his interests.....He gets it by using your input and his interests...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-39215051681133074802011-11-15T08:10:49.643+00:002011-11-15T08:10:49.643+00:00To be honest... if milk and cookies were in the of...To be honest... if milk and cookies were in the offing... there'd be no contest with me too.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com