Clear night

I had completely forgotten about last night's lunar eclipse until I went out to the car to bring something in, and saw half a moon where earlier had been a huge bright disc. We tried taking a few photos with my camera through the windows, but they came out badly and finally I decided to brave the cold, borrow Kevin's tripod and head outside.

Whilst I got some reasonable shots, I couldn't stiffen the tripod sufficiently to stop the camera swivelling up and down, so had to hold it still myself. I thought I had done quite well, but the three second exposure meant that pretty much all my photos were slightly blurred.

Six of the best are on Flickr. Unfortunately I found out this morning that my camera thinks it's January 2005, and consequently I don't know the time when each was taken! The best I can do is 23:15-23:40.

Shaggy Blog Stories

Just in case there's anyone reading this who doesn't know already...

It's Red Nose Day! (I know you know that already. Read on) and the UK blogosphere is supporting it in a rather brilliant way. Mike of Troubled Diva has put together a book in just seven days containing one hundred funny tales from UK bloggers. I think he deserves a medal at the very least for all the work he's put into it over the past week. Bravo!

You can order your very own copy of Shaggy Blog Stories from Lulu.com. Not only is Mike donating all the proceeds he receives straight to Comic Relief, Lulu have also agreed to donate all of their profits from Shaggy Blog Stories to Comic Relief as well!

Buy buy buy!

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