Thursday, September 08, 2005

Its not a plane

If you happen to be outside tonight right as the sun goes down, look west. You will see two very bright lights. On the left is Venus, and on the right is Jupiter. They will be almost next to each other. With a cheap telescope or good binoculars you can see Jupiters moons- Ganymede, IO (largest volcanoes in the solar system), Callisto, and the icy Europa. You may not see all four because sometimes one or two are behind Jupiter. Jupiter actually has over 60 moons and still counting, but these four are the only ones that can be seen without the aid of NASA or giant telescopes. The two planets will only be visible for a short time and will quickly disappear below the horizon. If you have a high tree line you probably wont see them at all. You can actually see them before the sun totally disappears because they are so bright. This past week the moon has been between the two planets making for a beautiful sight.
To update on my wife, she is still doing well. Almost 29 weeks (Monday). She is getting very large. We are having her shower on Sunday at her mothers house. I have almost finished painting the baby's room. I have painted a mural of noahs ark. The top half of the walls are painted sky blue and the bottom half is ocean blue with waves at the top of the ocean blue line. I completed the ark with animals floating on the most visible wall, a rainbow from the ark to the next wall and disappearing below the water line. I also painted some dolphins under the water and one jumping in the air. Still a lot more to go, it has taken hours and hours of work. I think it is coming out very good, at least that's what everyone says (unless they're just being nice). I hope the twins will enjoy the hard work I have put in to it.
God bless.

2 Comments:

Blogger Kendra Lynn said...

Jim:
I'm so glad to hear your wife is doing well! That's great! Merry is doing much better as well...thank you for your kind words and prayers.

Your mural sounds beautiful. Maybe you should take a pic and post it on your site. :)

God bless.

Kendra

6:23 PM  
Blogger Jim Fisher said...

I will take a picture and post it, I just gotta find a digital camera to borrow. Hopefully it will be on here shortly.

7:18 AM  

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