This morning I managed to spot Antares low in the east. The sun is moving eastward through the summer zodiac. Meteorologically, winter is half over- even though astronomically it's still got a tad over 2 months to go. It's effectively over when I take the Mazda out on the road for the first time around March 1st - a much more exciting event that the equinox! Anybody in SLAS still interested in doing the car show this year? I still like the idea of doing it as SPOC in conjunction with a sun-party, or late in the day leading into a star-party. If not as a fundraiser, maybe as a "meet and greet" for new members, as part of the Inreach effort. Possible BBQ? SPOC training event? Help me out here and toss-out some ideas. Can you tell that I've got spring and summer on my mind, and am officially sick of winter? ;o) BTW, if anybody was watching FOX 13 this morning, my daughter was on TV. She is the lead singer in her high-school band "The Willie Hendrix Experience". They got to do a brief stint playing Black Sabbath's classic hit "Iron Man" on FOX's "school of the week" morning segment. Rock On!