a journey through landscapes real and imagined
It seems like fall happened over night! The Asters are blooming and the hummingbirds are gone. Sunsets are amazing, and sunrises are pretty spectacular too. Would you like to take a walk with me? Here are some things I’ve seen this weekend:
Another hymn of comfort for you! Jesus Walked this Lonesome Valley
Holst’s The Planets is one of our favorites – especially Jupiter. The main tune in this movement is also the hymn tune Thaxted. We have already posted a version of this hymn early on in the project, but we have a new recording for you!
Last night, we went out to see if we could see stars. We have to drive about an hour to the West and a little South in order to get away from light pollution. Even in our favorite soybean field, we still see a lot of light from Chicago and Rockford. There is also a lot of air traffic! I’m continuing to work on my astrophotography skills, and this is the best way to see the stars where we live! I got a new star tracker for my birthday. It’s supposed to be used to get some really good deep space shots. Last night was the first time to set it up so we mostly played around. Here is a shot of the Milky Way. The brightest “star” is Jupiter.
The moon was pretty spectacular last night!
The star tracker I got for my birthday moves your camera to match the movement of the earth during a long exposure. You can also speed it up. This is a shot of a 2 minute exposure moving 6 times faster than the earth’s movements. This effect will be more interesting when I have mountains or some other kind of interesting focal point in the horizon.
Just a fun little ditty for today. In the Suzuki method, there are fun lyrics that help the musician learn. The ditty today is Allegretto by Dr. Suzuki (the accompaniment is also part of the Suzuki method, not Wren’s composition).
So you can sing along:
On a hill far away, on a warm summer’s day,
the three bear’s cabin stood on the edge of a wood.
On a hill far away, on a warm summer’s day,
the three bears went away for a walk.
First the big papa bear,
then the kind mama bear,
then behind with his chair,
came the small baby bear
On a hill far away, on a warm summer’s day,
the three bears went away for a walk.
I know that a lot of my posts are about walks, but I feel like we are on a journey these days. It’s been a long walk since March! Wren played I Want Jesus to Walk with Me for her hymn of comfort tonight. I’m glad we have Jesus with us on this walk!
Here are some pictures I’ve taken on recent walks. They range from walks on our camping trip (yes, I still have more photos), to a walk I took in a local forest preserve and a trip to see Lake Michigan (we’ve missed the lake).
I can’t believe my girl is in middle school.
She was looking forward to lockers and changing classes, orchestra and art, and making new friends. Today was not what we expected, but it was a good day (I think).
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