Today we learned that no matter how much you want it, you can't make the sky go clear just by wishing.
It was convenient for us to visit the Coats Observatory in Paisley, so we did. Only it was too cloudy for the telescopes to be working so we had to content ourselves with looking at the astronomical artifacts and information that packed the place.
And on a starry night, we'll return.
Hello, just discovered your blog from twitter. Some really lovely posts - love the short sweet style so much, as you can get so fed up with reading long laborious posts! Valuable lesson - thank you! Want to read your book now. Best wishes. x
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DeleteThanks so much for your comment. I'm so pleased you like the shorter blogs, I was just wondering if they were going to make people feel short-changed or not.
That sounds like such a fun thing to do. I might see where our nearest observatory is
ReplyDeleteIT's great.
DeleteIt does sound like fun, I bet my girls would love to go to an observatory. I hope you get a clear night soon :)
ReplyDeleteIt still hasn't been clear here :-(
DeleteMy sons would love to go somewhere like that.
ReplyDeleteI bet they would
DeleteLooks like you had lots of un
ReplyDeleteWe did.
Deletelooks like fun :-)
ReplyDeleteIt was.
DeleteThat sounds like a great place to visit, and a great learning opportunity. Jodrell Bank is about 40 miles from us and I'd love to visit with the children when they get a bit bigger.
ReplyDeletei bet that was very interesting and a great place to learn new things. must find out if there is anything like this near us x
ReplyDeletewhat a great picture!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great day out and an educational visit too. Just popping over from 365 at TheBoyandMe
ReplyDeletesomeone looks engrossed!
ReplyDeleteLooks great fun :) And even I would learn from that!!
ReplyDeleteMy 6 year old is learning about space and planets at the mo! That would be a great place for her to visit
ReplyDeleteWow that looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteWow that looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun, we use an app to map the stars in the sky which is great fun too!
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