Back in 1969, Rainy Day was very, very pregnant (not a
little bit pregnant, but a whole lot
pregnant!). She visited her grandparents for a few days down at the Oregon
Coast shortly before her daughter was born. She came to the visit armed with
her camera, tripod, and instructions on how to photograph Neil Armstrong's
historic walk on the moon from the television. Her grandparents had a small black and white
television, with lousy reception – more snow than most winter storms in the
Arctic!
But Rainy Day and her Grandfather set the tripod and camera
in the middle of the small kitchen (they were in a camping trailer, and the
best reception was there) and Rainy Day began to watch through the viewfinder
to click the 'right' pictures.
If you are old enough to remember that day you will
understand, but Rainy Day got very sea sick watching Neil Armstrong walk on the
moon. The low gravity and joyous occasion caused Astronaut Armstrong to jump.
The camera followed him, and the horizon went down and up and down and up and
down and, well, Rainy Day's supper almost....
Rainy Day's Auntie Marie had long stated she would live to see men walking on the moon. She could envision space travel, but she couldn't envision remote cameras and, literally, seeing someone walk on the moon. (Rainy Day told her she needed to watch more Star Trek;-)
Neil Armstrong died a few days ago. A true American Hero.
Rainy Day will remember him, and his famous walk until she joins him in that
eternal sleep. In the meantime, Rainy Day will follow the wishes of his family,
and wink at the moon, every time she sees it!
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| Moon of Green Cheese Trapped Between Two Bridges |
And when she can't see it, she can look at this photo of the
moon, caught between two bridges. Proof positive, it is made from Green Cheese,
after all.
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