March is here! Lengthening days, daylight savings time, and the first of spring.
Yes, you’ll have to stay up later to see the stars, and cloudy skies will undoubtedly dominate, but nights will not be as cold, and there should be a few more clear nights.
Welcome to our shortest month of the year — this year one day longer (Leap Year).
Most of you know that Feb. 2 is “Groundhog Day.” That comes roughly from an old Celtic calendar, as one of four “Cross Quarter” days, the others being May Day, Lammas Day (Aug. 1) and Halloween.
Welcome to November! November is certainly not known for clear skies in the Pacific Northwest, but dark skies come earlier, and when the skies do clear there is plenty to look at. Jupiter and Saturn are in excellent positions to view, bright winter constellations are beginning to enter the evening sky, and the Leonid meteor shower can be spectacular. And this month, a challenge — locate the planet Uranus in the evening sky. Read on!
There remains something regal about the Lyon folk. Down through the generations this Warhaven family has cast an aristocratic air about them, some aura at levels casual, aloof, and deeply personal. This family was, after all, Scottish and noble, with Clan Lyon roots back before the 14th Century, to the ancestral home of Glamis Castle in Angus, home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
