Wish I was out there instead of being at work right now.

Last night, went to this excellent concert by Bowdoin symphony orchestra where my daughter is one of the Cellists. Beethoven’s 5th was fantastic. The modern music was also good but I could see the performers struggle with those pieces with its unusual rhythms and dynamics. Overall a great concert!

Added in about 3 miles of trail in today’s ride. It turned out to be much harder than I expected but it was still fun.

That stupid worm had just one job. It failed and now this….

The bark of Atlantic white cedar is so interesting with all these patterns and textures.

Almost said “didn’t know today was wear your pajamas to work day” to a coworker. Maybe, I just don’t get fashion.

Tonight’s Moon

Today’s Sun with a long line of Sunspots across the disc.

The double cluster from Perseus: A pair of open clusters 7000 light years away and consisting of hot blue-white young stars only about 14 million years old. These clusters are blueshifted as they are approaching us at ~40km/s.

This image is a stack of 100 five-second exposures.

Iris nebula (NGC 7023): The dark nebulous gobs are more interesting than the blue reflection nebula around the star cluster.

This image is a stack of 30 two-minute exposures. ZWO ASI533MC-Pro : William Optics ZenthiStar61.
It needs more frames to get better resolution.

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - the closest neighboring galaxy at 2.5 million light years away.

This image is a stack of 60 two-minute exposures taken with ZWO ASI533MC-Pro camera attached to William Optics ZenithStar61 refractor.

I am definitely disappointed and not happy with the results of the election. But, now with that anxiety of not knowing the result is gone and I actually feel calm after a long time. Have accepted the shitty situation we are in and will figure out how to deal with it in the coming months and years.

fuck

Wife is switching TV channels and websites to find better results. Maybe it is time to go to bed.

WTF! Is the blue wall turning into red wall?

“Touch of grey” by Grateful Dead is the perfect song for today!

I will get by 🎶 I will survive 🎶

My prediction for today’s election:

With some help from younger voters, women will save this country from 🍊💩.

Can we just press fast forward and get to Wednesday morning already? Don’t want to go through the next 48 hours.

Over the last couple of weeks, there are reports of hundreds of wildfires in Connecticut including a couple of them in my town. As far as I remember, this is the first time in ~18 years that we have lived in this state. It is always so wet in this area that I never thought wildfires would happen.

Went hiking in the woods for almost two hours. Only sign of human activity I encountered during this time was the sound of shots fired at a nearby shooting range.