Planet Ruby Starrs

Already I am missing summer... first it rained non stop for about 48 hours, removing  any chance of seeing the lunar eclipse.. we were eternally optimistic and headed up to the hills to see if it miraculously cleared to sit and gaze through hazy clouds and watch the lights of Barnard Castle intermittently appear in the distance to just disappear in the rain again.  We saw some good lightening but poor show for the moon. Then its just been gloomy and windy - not too bad for walking but definitely not condusive to sitting in the garden! Allegedly its a  plus side that there is no more watering the plants for a few days and its considerably cooler for sleeping of an evening... all of which I would trade for continued sunshine!!  Dr Fred is heading for Munros again this week I was looking for ''cheap'' city deals somewhere interesting but its August and they don't exist!  Probably a better idea is to hang out here and get some prep work done for up and loomin...

setting sun on hill opposite NineBanks Hostel I feel autumn is on us, I drove to Ninebanks youth hostel this weekend and the trees were really quite stunning as I motored through the forest - on Friday afternoon the low sun just touched the leaves with a hint of orange and a very deep russet - there is still quite a bit of green there so the effect was very pretty and a very pleasant visual start to a great weekend.   So spirits lifted after a hard computer based day at college (interesting, enjoyable but tiring)  I headed to meet the willing delegates for the star weekend Yuri Cosmos aka Dr Fred and I arrange twice a year. The autumn event is always busy, and there were mostly  familiar faces, and some people we hadn't seen for a long time. I set about sorting people into the right rooms and getting dinner on - As now officially - its on my CV - Artist in Residence / Glamorous Assistant its my job to take care of hospitality and entertainment ha ha .... basical...