Telescope Progress

Karen is headed home this Sunday so its time to get the garage cleaned up. I am making progress on the telescope. Here is a test fit of the mirror box and rocker box.

Field Trials and Telescopes

Well, while Karen is up in Maine getting some retriever training in and getting a third place on Miss Spinner in the qualifying and two more legs to get Miss Rush to a Senior Hunter, I have been building a new telescope. It's chaos in the garage until I get it built. It looks like Karen will be home before its done.Guess the car will have to stay outside.

Yahoo!

Well Miss Spinner didn't have too successful a weekend Q-wise but she had a big time running on the fabulous turf at Laura's place. Thanks to the Belroi club for putting on a great trial and thanks again to Laura and Dave for providing such a super venue.

Wet and Wild

Well it's Durham Agility Club's trials again and as much as we do enjoy shooting there - there always seems to be a little (or a lot) of rain. Two great days on Friday and Saturday and then the skies opened up on Sunday. It did make for some interesting shots - as Willow would atest too. Once again thanks for having us.

Thank You Merrimac

Always good weather and great runs at the Merrimac trials. Thanks for having us and thanks to Laura and Dave for being such accommodating hosts! I think there was a jump somewhere ahead?

Super Nova SN2012aw

Well had one clear night last week. Took a shot of the new supernova in M95 - SN2012aw. M95 is pretty close to us - only 37 million light years away so the event we're seeing now happened a scant 37 million years ago. I've marked the location of SN2012aw so you can see it better.

Happy Dog!

A very big thank you to the Tidelands Poodle Club for having us shoot this weekend at what has to be one of our most favorite outdoor venues (thank you Laura and Dave). Here's a shot of Spinner having a big time through the tire. See you all at Merrimac!

Nightly Vigil

For those of you who have wondered where those astro images come from - here you go. The Astro Haven. I figure every hour spent in here under the stars is time added to my life.

Jumping With Style

Thanks to the Star City Agility Club for having us this weekend. We had a big time as usual with the exception of the loooooong ride home on Sunday. Courses were great and the dogs - well just awesome.

The Owl Nebula

Yep no trials again this weekend so I had time to get out last night and do a little imaging again. This is one of my favorite planetary nebula's M97 or The Owl Nebula.

The Cigar Galaxy

Finally had a little time and clear evenings to get out to the observatory. Here is a quick process of M82 or often called the "Cigar" galaxy for good reason. It's about 12 million light years away from us.

Spinner Caricature

Spinner at her finest! Created by Camille Weber from woofsbyweber.com

Tunnel Fun!

Thanks to the DOTC and Star City clubs for having us shoot their January trial. The Virginia Horse Center is a terrific venue. Karen and I apologize for not being able to shoot Sunday. The good news is she is up and around again and should be ready for next months gig.

Another Year!

Wow, how time flies. The DKC Obedience and Rally trials mark the end of the year for us with Christmas just around the corner. It's hard to imagine that we have gone a whole year since the last one. Thanks to the club for putting on a great trial and thanks for letting us take pictures of all your wonderful dogs.

Nice To Be Inside

A big shout out to Carolina Piedmont Agility for putting together a great trial last weekend. It was nice to be inside on a very crispy (read darn cold) weekend. Thanks for having us and we look forward to the next trial.

Thanks to YAC!

A great weekend at the Youngsville trials. Thanks to the Youngsville Agility Club and Teamworks for having us. Weather was terrific. Let's hope for a few more days like this before Christmas. Here's Spinner in the weaves.

MACH 2 For Spin and Karen!

A great weekend for the Stewarts: the motorhome worked and even more importantly Karen and Spinner got their MACH 2. Thanks to the GKC for having us and to Laura and Dave for being such good hosts.

George!

Definitely one of my favorite pups! George does the teeter with great enthusiasm albeit a bit of a fly off. Thanks to the Warrenton and PVBSD Clubs for having us. A bit muddy but much more comfortable temperatures than the last few months.

Bubble Nebula

OK more dog photos coming once we get started shooting again next month. in the interim here's a shot of the Bubble Nebula or NGC7635. This is a false color image with the red channel from Hydrogen Alpha the Blue Channel from Oxygen 3 and the green a synthetic made from the other two.

Cayman Fun!

Karen and I are back from our trip to little Cayman. We had a super time with a ton of shark activity. Too cool! Here's a Caribbean Reef Shark checking out his reflection in my dome port.