I got the idea I'd watch the stars, so I went out into the backyard clutching a small book to see them.
I couldn't see much, only the Big Dipper, there were too many lights.
I got a tiny spyglass so I could see more stars. It didnt work, it was too shaky and I couldnt see anything
So I saved and saved and got a larger department store telescope. Now I could see some nebulae and a bright galaxy or two, but the city lights were too bright. It was cold in the winter. It was hot in the summer. I couldnt stay up late.
I still couldnt watch the stars very well. I remembered once on vacation way out in the country I had really seen the stars, but I couldnt bring them home with me.
Then one day I got an idea. I took a cakebox from the bakery, punched holes in it with a safety pin, and put a small light under it in my darkened room I saw stars!
I made a small dome in my closet with poster board. I punched more stars. I saw the Big Dipper again, only now I could see it whenever I wanted. No late nights. No city lights. No cold winters or hot summers.
Then came life .. high school, college, marriage, a house, jobs, a son .. and my star dream slept until I moved to this small farm. Then I remembered my star dream.
I got a bigger telescope and went out, but the same problems were still there.
City lights. Early jobs. Cold winters. Hot summers. And then I remembered that cakebox in the closet.
And I remembered saying in my own dark .. I see stars!
And so I built and drilled and learned and experimented and tested and developed until one day I went into my own little building out in my backyard..
And in my own dark I flipped a switch.
And I almost shouted with joy.
NOW. After all these years .. I had my own .
I had my own stars.
Do you want to see them?
I couldn't see much, only the Big Dipper, there were too many lights.
I got a tiny spyglass so I could see more stars. It didnt work, it was too shaky and I couldnt see anything
So I saved and saved and got a larger department store telescope. Now I could see some nebulae and a bright galaxy or two, but the city lights were too bright. It was cold in the winter. It was hot in the summer. I couldnt stay up late.
I still couldnt watch the stars very well. I remembered once on vacation way out in the country I had really seen the stars, but I couldnt bring them home with me.
Then one day I got an idea. I took a cakebox from the bakery, punched holes in it with a safety pin, and put a small light under it in my darkened room I saw stars!
I made a small dome in my closet with poster board. I punched more stars. I saw the Big Dipper again, only now I could see it whenever I wanted. No late nights. No city lights. No cold winters or hot summers.
Then came life .. high school, college, marriage, a house, jobs, a son .. and my star dream slept until I moved to this small farm. Then I remembered my star dream.
I got a bigger telescope and went out, but the same problems were still there.
City lights. Early jobs. Cold winters. Hot summers. And then I remembered that cakebox in the closet.
And I remembered saying in my own dark .. I see stars!
And so I built and drilled and learned and experimented and tested and developed until one day I went into my own little building out in my backyard..
And in my own dark I flipped a switch.
And I almost shouted with joy.
NOW. After all these years .. I had my own .
I had my own stars.
Do you want to see them?
