Howdy folks. I've been away for awhile, in part due to Bill Gates' shoddy products, in part because of family/personal issues. I hope it's OK to come back and play with y'all. I just got back from doing a little meteor watching. Even though the Quadrantid peak was supposed to occur yesterday afternoon Utah time I wanted to see what I could this morning. I left the house a little past 4:00 for one of the more convenient dark sites for me, about one-half mile away. (You should all be jealous.) I made a serious count from 4:30 to 5:30. I observed nine Quadrantids and five sporadics during that hour but I saw nothing spectacular. Two of each were perhaps first magnitude and left short-lived trains; the others were fainter. The weather was actually more interesting. The temperature was 29F when I left home and 35F when I got back about 6:00. This time last month our low reached -29F (December 6). When I spent a couple of hours early on December 14 hoping to see a few Geminids the temperature was about -15F, so this morning's heat wave was unexpected. I've been colder in mid-summer at some of our favorite observing sites. Happy New Year to everyone! Kim