Darkness is setting in at just the right time for me to get out in a nearby field and observe some satellites as they pass over greenville on their way around the Earth. So, tonight I set out with the binocs to see what I could catch. Yes, devoted fan of the Observer's Blog, I know you've been on pins and needles waiting for something relating to stars or comets or anything above your head in the night sky and now you can sleep well tonight knowing you are content with a new astronomical fix. Here, on the Gsky Satellites blog, is what I found.

On another note, last night I also went out to the field and recorded some awesome sounds of the frogs that have made their homes in various muddy trenches and ditches that snake around the terrain.
Here's how that sounded ... Kind of spooky, eh?

And, on another-another note, I should mention that I went on an eight-mile night-hike Friday and saw way too many stars to tell you about all of them but, let me just say, there were several thousand and many are not visible from Greenville because of the terrible terrible light pollution problem that we have here. Go outside right now and look to see how many of your neighbors' porch lights are shining up into the sky instead of down on the ground where they should be. Multiply that by a bunch and you've got a really bright problem on your hands, so the story goes....
Anyway, while enjoying the benefits of a dark location to hike, I apparently attracted the company of a fully-grown opossum and the little critter decided to follow me instead of running away like most of his kind usually do. I felt for him for a about 10 seconds until I started wondering if he might have some disease that made him want to clench his teeth into my leg or something so I got a little concerned at that point. Then, at just the right time I would say, he scurried off into the woods and that little issue was moot.