Thursday, December 2
I know - it's been ages!
Tuesday, November 9
Well! That didn't work did it?
As you might be able to guess, I haven't got my camera back yet!But I was feeling a bit guilty about failing Alex, so I had this great idea to use the webcam on my eeepc.
Couldn't get it quite right (actually was trying to photograph six shells I picked up today!)
It was very stormy yesterday and there was fresh pier debris. I love the beach in a storm - I love the beach. (That's 'full stop')
Tuesday, November 2
Hello there!
As is so often the way, my new, birthday camera had to go in to be repaired the same day Alex contacted me. (Lens error!) So you will have to wait for photos but I have collected lots of things!
First shells; I read somewhere on the web that because Hastings is a pebble beach there are no shells. Load of....!
And you may have heard that our pier got a bit burnt; there are loads of bits and pieces all over the beach so I picked up a couple.
Then, of course, there are the pebbles - every day I walk on the beach and every day I pick up pebbles, the shapes, the colours; of course, I do keep hoping I will find something worth lots of money, or of great importance.
I did find a mobile phone, still working and the owner was very pleased to get it back, and I found a pair of Prada sunglasses- well, it said PRADA on the side.
Monday, November 1
I am aware......
http://sites.google.com/site/marijsak/thestonesummons
http://sites.google.com/site/mjsakbiog/biography
Thursday, October 7
Sorrow! My heart hurts for my friends in Hastings
But it must be something about the people of Hastings - they still haven't given up and are hoping that something can be done.
After I heard it on the news I had a look online and here are photos etc.
- Second fire on Hastings Pier this morning
- Hastings Pier arson suspects released on bail
- Giant crane to demolish parts of Hastings Pier tonight
- Council leader says Hastings Pier fire is "devastating"
- VIDEO: Firefighters tackle Hastings Pier blaze
- People warned Hastings Pier is dangerous
- CLICK HERE for links to every Hastings Pier story you need
- VIDEO: Hastings Pier destroyed
- Hastings Pier monitored amid collapse fears
- Hastings Pier kills local wildlife
- Hastings Pier fire leaves dozens of homes without water
- Two arrested over Hastings Pier
- Hastings Pier blaze destroys most of historic structure
Friday, September 24
Hippo Campus
A record-breaking 918 baby short-snouted seahorses were born at London Zoo's aquarium on Monday and caught on camera.
Famed for their unusual gestation process - whereby the male is equipped with a 'brood pouch' and goes through pregnancy and birth - seahorses are notoriously hard to breed:
http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/newshastings/A-century-of-seahorses-born.6384428.jp
A century of seahorses born at Blue Reef - Hastings.............more than 100 seahorses were born at the aquarium. The tiny short-snouted seahorses, which are notoriously difficult to rear in captivity, were born as part of a nationwide breeding programme............................
"These babies were born from parents that were rescued after accidentally being caught by fishermen. .....................................
Saturday, September 11
First-Ever Halley Comet Sighting: It Was All Greek
..........the mention of a comet falling somewhere in the Hellespont region of northern Greece, either in 466 or 467 BC. Hintz and Graham write that records from the time describe how the meteor fell even while a continued to burn in the sky. (It subsequently became a tourist attraction for the next 500 years.) However, most of the subsequent commentary focused on the meteor, giving the appearance of the comet relatively short shrift.
Fast forward to 1705. That's when Englishman Edmond Halley correctly predicted the return of a comet seen in 1682, which returned to pass by the Earth in 1758. Since then, scientists have been able to project backwards the comet's return trips, which typically take place every 75 to 76 years.
Using computer simulations Hintz and Graham suggest that what we now call Halley's comet might have been visible for about 80 days during the summer of 466 BC.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20016110-501465.html
Wednesday, September 8
Beachcombers - contributions/corrections welcomed!
Wednesday, September 1
Strandloopers ahoy
She pointed out that my beachcombing has been rather neglected, and it is true that I have been fascinated lately with things to do with weather and cosmic disturbances.
But I am still beachcombing!
Tuesday, August 31
Success!
Monday, August 30
Not again!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes, will reply individually in due course.
Thursday, August 5
Now why does that sound familiar?
Solar fireworks set to follow sun blast
A WAVE of violent space weather has begun rolling over the Earth after a huge explosion on the sun.
Scientists say the wave of supercharged gas should buffet the natural magnetic shield protecting the Earth, possibly sparking spectacular displays of the auroras known as the northern and southern lights.
Wednesday, July 21
Several things here strike a bell, ring a chord (or something)
Extraterrestrials strafe Bosnian with meteorites
'I have no doubt I am being targeted by aliens'
By Lester Haines •
Posted in Bootnotes, 20th July 2010 09:01 GMT
A Bosnian man whose house has been hit six times by meteorites has come to the conclusion he's done something to hack off ET, the Telegraph reports.
Radivoje Lajic, 50, from the village of Gornji Lajici, near Prijedor in northern Bosnia, has suffered half a dozen strikes since November 2007
