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My Weekend

My mom has been with us all month and this was my last few days off before she flies back to Arizona on Wednesday. So we crammed a lot into a few days, which we do even when she's not here actually ;-)

On Wednesday Serenity and I went to Shadow Cliffs where we met up with some unschooling friends and spent much of the afternoon keeping cool in the lake.

On Thursday Serenity and I went to the library in the early afternoon and got several books to read. Later in the day mom and I were off to San Francisco where we had dinner at CPK and took in a set of Mahler at the SF Symphony. It was not your normal performance, it was being recorded for a TV/DVD thing and the soloist was out sick... nice anyway though.

On Friday we all, Lora, Serenity, mom and me, went to the Winchester Mystery House. Now that is a very strange house :-/

On Saturday I went with Serenity and mom to Mt. Diablo for stargazing with the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society. I saw more things in the night sky that night than I had ever seen in a single night before. I looked at the half moon, of course. Checked out Jupiter and viewed a transit of the moon Io with several other moons to either side. Saw the Andromeda Galaxy which is on a collision course with the Milky Way. Saw M13, the Hercules Globular Cluster and M92 and the double cluster in Perseus:

The night was warm and calm, the sunset was spectacular and the whole night was beyond glorious. Serenity had a blast checking out all the telescopes and chatting with the astronomers, mom seemed to enjoy herself too :-)

And that was that...

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  1. Loved looking at the pictures up close of Jupiter, etc. I definitely see everything better on this monitor than thru the telescope. I did have a great time and have enjoyed ALL the experiences I have had while visiting you here in CA. It has been a pretty busy month. I am ready to return to AZ tho. Its cold today and your forecast looks like it will continue to cool. It is definitely feeling like fall is in the air and the leaves are falling like crazy. It is almost 11am and the windows are still open. Don't think we'll need the AC today. See you tonight. Love & Hugs, Mom

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