Mission Patches

1000-piece “Mission Patches” by Aquarius, a birthday gift from our younger daughter and her husband.

I was an astronomy- and space-geek when I was younger. (I was 12 when Aldrin & Armstrong set feet on the moon.) I have had a couple fleeting thoughts about “astrophotography” in the last couple of years, but I’m not ready for the investments of time and money to get up to speed and although I live in a somewhat rural area, there is still too much ambient light, so astrophotography is not on any current agenda.

Looking back
  1 year ago: “No need to comment [Lame post #105]”
 2 years ago: “Arrival at MSP”
 3 years ago: No post
 4 years ago: “Harnessed Tiger Moth … maybe”
 5 years ago: “The sensitivity of (some) rowing shells [Filler #20]”
 6 years ago: “Whitebanded Crab Spider”
 7 years ago: “Only frame of the day…”
 8 years ago: “Surprise!”
 9 years ago: “Spotted Cucumber Beetle on Petunia”
10 years ago: ““Down a pint”…”

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[Sheralee S]

Hi Thom, that's a great looking puzzle! How nice that you are still posting.
I also turned 12 that year, it's something I will never forget, we all crowded into a small room at school to watch :)
Thanks for your comment.

[Mags]

A very cool puzzle!

[Kathy]

She knew you'd appreciate this subject matter.

[Thom Mitchell]

@bella_ss Yeah, still posting. I have taken tagging seriously, so my posts have been a resource for “When did we ____?” and it’s also my first pool of candidates when I sit down to do the photo calendar for Clare & me and our daughters every year. I’ve invested too much in almost-11 years of photo-journaling to abandon it now, though Covid-restricted travel has challenged me to find posts for the ~300 days/year we are home … as we were last year. I think I’ve covered what there is to photograph in my surroundings (well, without just aimlessly wandering around the town!). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Thom Mitchell]

@randystreat She did!