Day 4 - 277 -- Heads Up

It was a glorious day! Temperatures rose to summery levels with minimal wind. The sky was an expanse of blue with a few wispy clouds. As I walked from my car to the building this morning, I noticed there were jet contrails in the sky -- 3 or 4 of them. When I headed out in mid-afternoon to go to a meeting, there were 7 visible bands across the sky -- newer narrow trails and older wide trails. There was even a jet producing a brand new trace. So, why was I struck by this? Since moving to the maritimes, this is not as common a sight as it is on the prairies. I found myself looking up when outside today, monitoring the contrails and pondering their nature. Interesting.

As I left campus tonight, I was going to turn left, but when I looked right there was a huge -- like HUGE -- moon rising in the east. So I drove that way to look at it. A block later it was hidden behind the trees, still being low in the sky. I looked out tonight and it is beautiful and bright in the southern sky.

Given the skyward gazes of my day, I chose a song that made me think of watching the sky. While it deals with a different meteorological entity, the lyrics made me think of pondering the contrails today. Where are those planes going to or coming from? It made me think of travel I'd like to do and that I've already done. I love the poetic nature of the lyrics from this singer-songwriter.this video includes pictures with rock illuminati -- watch for the famous faces <smile> (not bad from a girl born in Fort McLeod AB who lived in Saskatoon later. <big smile>.) Enjoy!

Both Sides Now -- Joni Mitchell