NASA TV coverage starts at 6 AM EST from China in the morning.  Should be interesting to watch.

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html

 solar  eclipes     aug first

Space update!!! It's a HUGE one!!

It is with much pleasure to report that the Phoenix HAS found water ice on Mars! I've been glued to NASA TV for the longest waiting for the presser.

My nap time...      on my nap rug....

Hi Chuck, good to see you.  I wondered where you were...

Hello world!! 

I've been busy doing some renovations here, taking carpet out and getting ready to put hard wood floors in. 

A few crows went over a while ago...

good morning from the  cloudy west coast

weather is supposed to  improve  +13 right now ( burr)

carpenter here putting up an awning and putting new asphalt

singles on the roof  the  shakes were 28 years old  and time for a new roof befor  mother nature  rained  in my room  lol

30 pluss junco,s -    then a mixture of  purple finch - american gold finch   - some pine siskin- 2 hairy wood l peckers   some spotted towhee -  one nuthatch  and our   zeek and zelda  ravens

You about ready to head out,      L  ?