I hate the heat

I hate the HEAT, summer always comes with heat, humidity, and sweat how I hate summer weather. My problem is the heat not the season. I would love to go out to be with all the other people enjoying this season. There are county fairs, baseball games, swimming, and so much more that I would love to do but the damn heat comes along for the ride. It is so frustrating to see others out welcoming this season with open arms, they will morn this loss but I just sit inside watching the months go by.

Looking for the Milky Way

Gary and I fulfilled a dream of mine by going to Galeton, PA to see the Milky Way. Yes the Milky Way is always there but only seen in certain areas of the world now. That is sad isn't it.

The Milky Way was not as brilliant as I would have liked however, I was able to view one of the most spectacular sights known to man. Two thirds of this country has light pollution, which precludes people from seeing the stars as we did as children, this I feel is very unfortunate. To lie on a blanket in your back yard during the summer looking up and counting stars should be every child’s rite of passage. There are places in the country that for whatever reason have escaped light pollution and Galeton is one of them. It was a landing strip in the 1940’s which is now used by amateur astronomers and stargazers.
“There are telescopes, guest lecturers, camaraderie, astronomy equipment vendors, and an evening of public stargazing.”
I did have a camera class at the "Dark Room" which was very taxing- it was very, very HOT prior to getting on the road for Cherry Spring Park!
Our trip to the landing site was as Brian says, "a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride". This area was way, way off the beaten path; we got way off roading- we ended at the end of a path. We went off the black top to a stone covered road to two dirt ruts with grass growing down the middle so we turned around and took the left that got us to our destination.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/07/skygazers-find-perfection-northern-pa

First Annual Philadelphia Tibetan Festival of the Arts!- Brian's Buddhist Center

A quote from Brian's Facebook page
"This is a really fantastic event that everyone in Philly should come check out. It's on July 24 from 4 - 7 pm at Trinity Church on 20th and Spruce. Great music, Food and Art and all for a really great cause. So please, spend sometime with me and my Buddhist friends! And yes, I designed the flyer for the event...




First Annual Philadelphia Tibetan Festival of the Arts! | Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Phila
www.tibetanbuddhist.org
It's official! Please join us as we begin a special series of events celebrating the 20th anniversary of our center, for the first annual Philadelphia Tibetan Festival of the Arts - a celebration of Tibetan art and culture - at Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church [22nd and Spruce St.] on Sunday,