What is a FITS composite?

Mom and I were having some fun. Using FIT files from the Hubble Space telescope site we created this image. This image is actually composed of three different images downloaded from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Each image represented a different light wave length. We used a plugin for Adobe Photoshop and assigned different hues and colors to each wave length. The image is of two colliding galaxies and is called the Antennae Galaxy collision. It was a blast (no pun intended) and very educational. (Make sure you take a look at the enlarged image.) Above is a view of one of the original files.

Abraham the Craftsman

Look what my amazing son did! He made this beautiful coffee table for the front room. We just got back from the school where we picked it up. He put a lot of work into it and is justifiably proud of the result. It's very nice and sturdy and has a beautiful finish that matches the rest of the house. We can't wait to show it off to all of you. I've been telling everyone they can't put anything on it for fear it will be scratched. (Yes, I'm going to have my hands full enforcing that one for a while.)

Trip to Missouri

Here are some photos from our recent trip to Missouri. The one of me was taken at the entrance to Silver Dollar City. It was all decorated for the fall festival. Unfortunately, we always mean to take more pictures than we do, so this is about all we have of the Branson area.

The other picture was taken near Jeff and Joann's place. They live near Hamilton but the picture was taken at the temple site at Far West. There's no temple there, of course, but the site was dedicated by Joseph Smith.

The Challenge of Beginning

Here I am overcoming my techno-fears again. Who says you can't teach a middle-aged grandma new tricks? I've decided this is a really fun way of keeping up with everybody's life and I'm going to get in on it. Hopefully I will learn how to do it as well as all my daughters have. (Actually, I've already faced the first problem - what the heck was my password? Don't worry, I remembered.)