ONE MORE NIGHT: While most of North America sleeps, three humans will be falling back to Earth.
Above is a final "night shot" from NASA astronaut Terry Virts. "I will miss this view!" he declared when sharing it.
Virts, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will undock from the International Space Station at 3:20 Thursday morning, Seattle time. They're expected to touch down in Kazakhstan at 6:43 a.m. after 199 days in space. NASA TV will cover the undocking and landing activities live.
Since the trio's return date was delayed by four weeks to allow Roscosmos to investigate the cause of the loss of the unpiloted Progress 59 cargo ship in late April, Cristoforetti became the new record holder for women when it comes to longest consecutive stay in space.
Before she left the station, Cristoforetti recorded a thank you to all of the women who have supported her during her time in space. https://youtu.be/uC24qTZz7so
FRAMED: CJ and Annabelle are big MAD Magazine fans. When an issue included a special offer for a numbered Weird Al and Alfred E. Neuman print, he couldn't get his 'yes, please' in the mail quick enough.
He was thrilled when this envelope showed up for him a few days ago.
And here he is with the print, suitable for framing or recycling as the accompanying letter noted.
SIGNED UP: One thing we look forward to each summer is the Seattle Public Library's fantastic summer reading (and more!) program. Last year, one of the events we went to featured singer/songwriter Morgan Taylor. Also a cartoonist, Taylor's created a character named Gustafer Yellowgold, and he has a whole host of songs to tell about Gustafer's adventures.
When we saw Taylor last year at the Magnolia library, we were enchanted,and signed up on his email list. A few days ago, an email let us know he'd be back in Seattle this summer, and the visit includes a weeklong workshop called “Build A Cartoon and Musical World”
Per the library's Web site, attendees will "explore multimedia comic techniques as you invent characters, create narratives and write songs about your comic with award-winning illustrator/songwriter Morgan Taylor. For ages 7-12," and advance registration is required. Needless to say, I signed the kids up post haste. I can't believe they get a week long workshop (at the Southwest branch of SPL) for free! What an amazing opportunity.
You can watch a short interview with cartoonist and singer/songwriter Morgan Taylor here: http://gustaferyellowgold.com/gustafer-live-on-tv/
Above is a final "night shot" from NASA astronaut Terry Virts. "I will miss this view!" he declared when sharing it.
Virts, cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will undock from the International Space Station at 3:20 Thursday morning, Seattle time. They're expected to touch down in Kazakhstan at 6:43 a.m. after 199 days in space. NASA TV will cover the undocking and landing activities live.
Since the trio's return date was delayed by four weeks to allow Roscosmos to investigate the cause of the loss of the unpiloted Progress 59 cargo ship in late April, Cristoforetti became the new record holder for women when it comes to longest consecutive stay in space.
Before she left the station, Cristoforetti recorded a thank you to all of the women who have supported her during her time in space. https://youtu.be/uC24qTZz7so
FRAMED: CJ and Annabelle are big MAD Magazine fans. When an issue included a special offer for a numbered Weird Al and Alfred E. Neuman print, he couldn't get his 'yes, please' in the mail quick enough.
He was thrilled when this envelope showed up for him a few days ago.
SIGNED UP: One thing we look forward to each summer is the Seattle Public Library's fantastic summer reading (and more!) program. Last year, one of the events we went to featured singer/songwriter Morgan Taylor. Also a cartoonist, Taylor's created a character named Gustafer Yellowgold, and he has a whole host of songs to tell about Gustafer's adventures.
When we saw Taylor last year at the Magnolia library, we were enchanted,and signed up on his email list. A few days ago, an email let us know he'd be back in Seattle this summer, and the visit includes a weeklong workshop called “Build A Cartoon and Musical World”
Per the library's Web site, attendees will "explore multimedia comic techniques as you invent characters, create narratives and write songs about your comic with award-winning illustrator/songwriter Morgan Taylor. For ages 7-12," and advance registration is required. Needless to say, I signed the kids up post haste. I can't believe they get a week long workshop (at the Southwest branch of SPL) for free! What an amazing opportunity.
You can watch a short interview with cartoonist and singer/songwriter Morgan Taylor here: http://gustaferyellowgold.com/gustafer-live-on-tv/
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