Heavens Above
Since the mists of time people have made up stories about the sun, the moon and the stars in that heavenly vault in the sky, and they still do. These actors who move around the sky are mysterious and enchanting even with the advent of space exploration their fascination has not diminished.
It has become quite an eventful week for those who have been looking up into the sky. The 40th anniversary of the first man to walk on the moon on Monday and today the longest total solar eclipse this century over Asia, with large areas of India and China plunged into darkness. This eclipse lasted six minutes and 39 seconds at its maximum point. Did anyone reading this and living in that area witness it? The next total solar eclipse will occur on 11 July, 2010. It will be visible in a narrow corridor over the southern hemisphere, from the southern Pacific Ocean to Argentina.
The oldest and most basic feature about the concept of heaven is that it is above the earth, where God lives, heaven above and earth below, this is certainly what many passages in the bible lead us to believe. But of course we now know more about the universe, and about the omnipotence of God. The sky and its inhabitants still holds a romanticism which hopefully will never diminish, it is creation at its best and most glorious.
Hope you enjoy this tatted sun from the same pattern as the moon, we could do with seeing a little bit more of it in England at the moment instead of the rain!
A lovely piece of writing Sally...you have missed your calling...well maybe not. Sending you some sunshine for you sun to bask in!
ReplyDeleteYour tatted sun is so pretty! It reminds me of Mary Konior's Spinning Wheel glass mat!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tatskool... you were born to write! I hope you have some sunshine soon. Right now, it's very foggy here in northern Illinois, but the fog usually doesn't last too long here.
Very thought provoking and very well put. Tell that man in the white nightie that you talk to to send us some sunshine up here in the Midlands, please!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely blog post. You do have a way with words Sally. I enjoy visiting your blog.
ReplyDeleteThe sun is lovely, as well as the moon. We could use some sunshine here in Pennsylvania too. We have had such a cool and rainy summer. Have a great day!
Very cool...er...HOT (since it's the sun), LOL! I like it. Lovely post, too! I love your writing! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm near Seattle in the US and we are usually complaining of rain too, but I'll have 95 degrees F this week.....maybe we should trade :-)
ReplyDeleteInteresting news..... followed by a lovely yellow sun. I always overlook yellow. Looking at your motif, I wonder why I do that! : ) Fox
ReplyDeleteApparently the next solar eclipse is to be most visible right at the very tip of North Queensland! - where my son is posted, remote location.2012, I think they said - or was it 2011?
ReplyDeleteEveryone who makes the trek to see the eclipse had better also keep an eye on the ground for marauding crocodiles which abound in that neck of the woods.
The sun hasn't arrived yet to all those who promised it or wanted to trade for it! Thanks for the comments - I love writing its the poor people who have to listen to my sermons that I feel sorry for!
ReplyDeleteJust love your Sun tatting and I can agree with the other you were born to write what you wrote is beautiful...many thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteJoy in OZ (Australia)