I hope this is a single-sided photo of the satellites currently filling the skies above us.  When I first Googled satellites I kept getting weather pictures from satellites.  Then, in my current purview some dots were red, and all were moving, although you can’t see that from my picture. You can go there yourself, however:  (Sorry, I couldn’t find it again, but I did find one of low-orbit satellites moving PLUS DEBRIS: https://platform.leolabs.space/visualization   Google is HEAVY with boodles of posts on the topic  For this one, be aware that Leolabs owns it but it can be shared for educational purposes.

The second image with the low orbiting satellites and debris shows 20,087 satellites.  I read earlier that dark night was disappearing, and I guess this is why.  I hate being so old-fashioned about my opinions, but darn, things are changing so fast, and without a tiller at the helm.

While woolgathering I came across a https://platform.leolabs.space/visualizations/leo video smidge of a Timelapse of a glacier’s shrinkage from 1984-2022, on Google.

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DARK HUMOR –  The very idea that the United States’ Conservative Party would/should champion our former president.  Unbelievable, as is so much these days as we chug-a-lug toward 2050.

WHEN I first read  that phrase I froze.  Were they herding cats to extinction?  Ya gotta remember that in my youth I have been known to shepherd a dog through the woods with me when the dog catcher was in the neighborhood (that’s Charlotte, North Carolina about 1946), so I immediately flashed on hunters in search of extinguishing cats.  WRONG, at least in my current neck of the woods, at least last week.

An article in the free Athens News spotlights the efforts of a local group of “Cat Herders” who endeavor to capture cats, have them neutered by a vet, and then release them, ultimately lessening the current cat  overpopulation. [A drop in a bucket is better than no drop]

A week later there’s an opinion in the same paper saying that cats should not be released back to the cruel possibilities awaiting them in freedom there (here).  [At times like these I get to feeling snarky, like asking how many cats she is boarding.]

Meaning:  To attempt to control the uncontrollable.

SOURCE OF SAYINGS:  Wikipedia and other sites suggest the “cat herding” saying may be from the  opening scene of Monty Python‘s Life of Brian (1979). Shepherds are discussing sheep and the topic strays to cats: Can you imagine herds of cats waiting to be sheared? Meow! Meow! Woo hoo hoo.

Sorry, I can’t get happy about our rich folks running away to the moon.  Have they graduated to this reward or are they running away from an unsolvable mess? Details of the heralded event is in an Opinion Piece in the New York Times by Rebecca Boyle. Hint: Whoever talked about following the money?

Photo Credit:  Yossi Zeliger/Reuters

It matters not who or where or when…

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QUOTE:  “Human beings aren’t well adapted to reacting to long-term changes,” Gluski said. “Our brains are basically the same as a Paleolithic hunter. It’s like, ‘Throw spear, run from tiger.’ We’re not good at thinking, ‘Three years from now my cave might collapse.’”      –NYTimes Climate Forward by David Gelles 1/18/24

Crawling through Macy’s in search

of my sweetness; alas,

wrong store.  Has it eluded

me now, forever?

At my wake will they fear

I’ll stir with retribution?

Gently. gentle, croon.

Step aside, let love through.

Let love where?  What love?

Love of the lost?  That makes me mad.

You see the problem.

There’s an old song, “Looking for love

in all the wrong places”:

Earth, 2024?

I miss seeing you along with your posts, just as I missed being me instead of an owl.  After a Christmas break my helper helped me retrieve my face.  She wrote these directions for me, and accomplished it.  Hope it works for you:…(Not all of you, just those with little black ball designs on my bell listing of you)

My helper writes:

TO CHANGE SITE ICON (Also known as Fav Icon on WordPress:

1. Go to Settings  — Bottom icon, looks like a sound-mixing board

2. Change General settings

3.  Under “site icon” choose “Change and upload or select your preferred image.”

4. Save your settings

I look forward to seeing your faces again…

Nan

P.S. The joke’s on me–NO image appeared.  Have to wait another week for a re-do.