Short Stuff

SCARY HAIRY: I don't post photos of our dogs very often. But Kirby's bad fur day yesterday was epic, and I just have to share. 

CERTIFIED: Yesterday's mail brought a nice surprise for CJ and Annabelle. They each got McDonalds gift cards from the Allied Arts of Renton Creative Kids Contest for their COVID-inspired art.  (The art is on this previous blog post: https://magnoliaprep.blogspot.com/2020/10/signs-of-times.html

BOO! NASA's picture of the day is perfect for this spooky season. Check out The Ghoul of IC 2118 

Here's what NASA has to say about the eerie image: "Inspired by the Halloween season, this telescopic portrait captures a cosmic cloud with a scary visage. The interstellar scene lies within the dusty expanse of reflection nebula IC 2118 in the constellation Orion. IC 2118 is about 800 light-years from your neighborhood, close to bright bluish star Rigel at the foot of Orion. Often identified as the Witch Head nebula for its appearance in a wider field of view it now rises before the witching hour though. With spiky stars for eyes, the ghoulish apparition identified here seems to extend an arm toward Orion's hot supergiant star. The source of illumination for IC 2118, Rigel is just beyond this frame at the upper left."