Finally getting clear, low moonlight nights for some night sky imaging. Look due east after dark and you may catch the Pleiades or Seven Sisters (M45). This image uses over 1,000 stacked photos shot across four nights for a total of 27.5 hours integration. #OC #Astrophotography

Trying something new with focaccia. How did I do? #baking #food

Meet Kepler. She needed a home. She now has a home with us❤️ She’s a very good pup.

Been a while. Have some bread. #food #baking

NM checking in 2/17 #50501protest

New Mexico checking in #50501protest

Tossing my Facebook account into the trash feels a bit liberating.

Manchego, prosciutto, balsamic caramelized onions, basil. Based on Alvin’s flavors from TGBBO. #food #baking #oc 🥖🍜

The Easter Veil Nebula with its wispy atomic clouds, is a sight to behold. 🔭 #OC #Astrophotography

Baking focaccia at 10pm is a dangerous proposition. 🍜 #food #baking

This is Markarian's Chain. A string of galaxies in the Virgo cluster. Look carefully. Really ZOOM IN. There are TONS of faint fuzzy galaxies in there. I plan to revisit this field in the future and see if I can go even deeper, capturing even fainter galaxies. 🔭 #astrophotography #OC

Lets add a new layer of interests! This is my breeding pair of Lamprologus ocellatus "gold" from Lake Tanginika in Africa. They have spawned many times. If you look carefully below the mom's mouth (smaller one) and in the shell, there is a tiny baby peaking out. #cichlid #tanganyika #aquarium

Time for more weekly sourdough. This time, the "standard" loaf. 10% whole wheat, 70% hydration. House smelling like fresh baked bread is a real treat! 🍜 #food #baking

BlueSky inspires! I haven't brought out the astrophotography rig out for imaging the night sky in far too long. Tonight that changes. Hope to share new images in the near future! What's your favorite DeepSky object? 🔭 #astrophotography #OC

Another wonderful Thanksgiving with friends. So much delicious food! 🍜 #food #thanksgiving

Abell 85 - Garlic Nebula. This was a chase target for me a few years ago. It's quite dim, sits lower on the horizon in the neighboring city's light dome, and I used an older (noisy) camera. So this took a long time and a lot of processing. 91 hours of imaging. Worth it! 🔭 #astrophotography

Ya, ya. I know it isn't even December yet, but the Christmas Tree Cluster (in the top-middle) and Cone Nebula (at the very top, pointing down) are pretty spectacular! This is an older capture of mine that I reprocessed. 🔭 #astrophotography

Weekly loafs. Sour dough with sun dried tomatoes, crispy onion, garlic, red pepper, rosemary and sage. House smells delightful. Can’t wait for them to cool to cut into! 🍜 #food #baking

Who doesn't love the Orion Nebula!? It has such dynamic range that you need to treat it as HDR with stacking exposures (3,30,300 seconds). The cotton candy like color is from using a special filter that passes H-alpha and O-III emission bands, processed as HOO instead of RGB. 🔭 #astrophotography

NGC 1333 (Embryo Nebula). A favorite target of mine. I'll be revisiting this when I get my rig back up and running. 🔭 #astrophotography

This is the B 204 Dark Nebula. They are hard to capture because they are simply dark dusty space clouds that don't emit their own light, and can only be seen by the star light they scatter. This 30hrs worth of data (2500 images stacked) that I took back in 2020. 🔭 #astrophotography

The Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata). Rather pretty if you ask me.

As the days get shorter, and nights cooler, ratatouille makes its return. One of my favorite dishes...and it just happens to be healthy! #food🍜

This is the southern end of the Arches National Park Courthouse Trailhead. The park as a whole is a must-see.

Homemade bread is one of my favorite simple guilty pleasures.

Seems like an appropriate way to start out here. This is the NRAO Very Large Array in New Mexico. It was a bucket list visit for me. Maybe for you too.