Oh the weather outside is frightful, but making snowmen is delightful,
Since we’ve no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Our friend Luke came into town this week to visit with us, and braved the damp chilly weather yesterday while he helped Monkey build a really cool snowman!! I stayed inside with the baby, except for trips out for photographic documentation. My favorite way to enjoy the cold weather is to stay inside and watch it happen without me!!

Inspired by This is not a blog, I took the superhero test. Turns out I am Superman.
I am a little perturbed at being Superman , as my husband refers to him as lawful stupid, and I have always felt I was a little edgier than the man in blue. I mean, I am no Batman, but I could at least hang with him!!

On the upside, I took the “Which SuperVillian are you” test and I am Mystique!
That’s better!

(You 80’s fans out there were about ready to sing weren’t you?)
Last night I captured the eclipse with my fancy smancy new camera and telephoto lens (I have a Canon Rebel). It made me want to buy a telescopic lens for further astronomical displays. I mean, clearly, the money I would spend on such a lens and the small number of chances I would have to use it would be balanced out by the awesome details I could capture. Right?

While the eclipse crept over the surface of the moon:

The moon almost fully eclipsed:

The moon fully eclipsed:

I have to say I was pleased with the detail I was able to capture with a camera, so far away from the moon. I could have stayed in the freezing cold snapping pictures all night!!