08 June, 2004

Fascinating to watch the transit of venus for one day only, once in a lifetime although anyone, like me, who has the odd eye floater or two will live with a little black dot spinning all over the place all year.

It is a marvellous site, I had the telescope out this morning trying to direct the sun onto a piece of card. I didn't have much success, I burnt a hole in the carpet and took out a couple of ants so have settled for watching it via the BBC's website.

Last year we had firey Mars (the Roman God of War) the closest it has ever been to earth which I reckon caused the war in Iraq and a burning hot summer. Hopefully with this stuff with Venus (goddess of love and beauty) we shall all have peace in our time and a lovely complexion.

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