global warming...

I'm generally interested in what's happening out there, in space. I became introduced to astronomy by my grand uncle Christian when I was about 10 year old, looking through a telescope at the moon... That was it.

Since then, I've spent countless nights looking at stars and photographing them and reading about space, cosmology, birth of the universe, astrophysics, etc etc. I'm also fascinated with space exploration.

I'm also very aware of my impact on the world I live in and global warming. But I somehow never connected the 2.

A few days ago, I came across this post on spaceweather.com that suggest that in the last 8 years, the global warming has been compensated by natural phenomenons such as the solar minimum, El nino and volcanism.

And tonight I was told that human influence on global warming is of the order of 1%. In fact, global warming is happening on others planets such as Mars, Jupiter.

Being curious in nature, and not taking any as the absolute truth, I want to start tracking all things I can find about the influence of natural phenomenons on Global warming. This with the goal of plotting all the data to see if any pattern comes out.

So here are a few interesting articles. The natural phenomenoms to be considered are:
-solar irradience
-planet orbit
-planet wobling (precession of equinoxes)
-planet magnetic field position and strength
-position of the sun in the galactic plane


http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2007/01/22/inconvenient_facts_about_climate_change_global_warming.htm

http://thecriticalthinker.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/climate-change-felt-on-other-planets/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1720024.ece

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Turtle attitude

Aah! Mr T nous a bien fait rigoler ce weekend... Sans commentaire.

and 7 months!

The last 3 weeks have been amazing in terms of change.
first 2 teeth meant lots of tough nights
crawling is now the way to go
seating on my own is easy-weasy!

6 months spring time

Theo's discovering spring, grass, and cowboy boots. And he clearly likes it...

Theo's 5 month adventures

Image via Wikipedia

Fun with Daddy is pretty cool when you are 5 month old. Clearly Daddy enjoys it a lot as well.

So here comes this serie:
1-Theo thinks Daddy's big nose and mouth is quite fun to play with,
2-At St James park, Daddy does a bit of gardening/flower lesson with Theo... hum how does this tulip taste?
3-Theo likes his compotes and purees. There's not doubt about it.
4-And a bit of a rest on the sofa isn't bad either.

Enjoy...

Mamy P's in town... Yihaaaa

Theo is treated by his texan grand mother this week. It's so great to have Paula come over and know Theo. And Theo seems to like her a lot, given how the 2 play together!

Theo - 4 months

I've been bad... and good. Just ended up spending most of my time with Theo and therefore not publishing pics of him... Well here you go a little 4 months gallery

random photo meme

Just got tagged by my great friend and top artist Bethany in bethanyblog..

Fun one, here is how it goes:
1. Go to the 4th picture folder on your computer.
2. Post the 4th picture in that folder.
3. Explain the picture.
4. Tag 4 more bloggers.




So this is what I would call the best cappuccino in the world. A piece of art, a concentrate of kindness, an elixir of happiness. When I used to live in Roma, I had this little tiny cafe in Via Giulia, Cafe Peru. Its owner, Alfredo, is the most delicious person, a true Italian full of passion and wonderful generosity. Alfredo is a magician, and he distills his secret in his cappuccino.
When I was tired, or barely awake because I had to catch a plane at 6am to go to Milan, I would first stop in his cafe. He would open it for me at 4:30am. Reading my mood of the day, he would craft his cappuccino like a maestro transcending his art. The result was simple, I never left his place without a smile on my face and my heart as light as the froth of his magical potion! He is one in a billion. I just wish I knew someone with his passion and art for coffees in London. The day would be brighter, even in the middle of the winter.

I tag. (sorry only 3).. Astrobleme, mudbug, mbaudier

Theo through the lens

I always imagined that I would do some nice shots of Theo when time would allow. Well it was just a matter of taking the time. Sunday we setup the environment to do some cool close-up shots that he will certainly love on his wedding day 20 or 30 years down the road.

Full screen slideshow here

Another snow

Snow came in for the second time this year... And what a snow!!! About 20 cm fall overnight. Our street is transformed, dressed with the most beautiful coat of fluffy stuff.

Of course the children love it! Enjoy the day

Afternoon on the South bank

I love to go there once in a while. Great action with the BMX/skate, nice scenery, a quick stop at the Tate Gallery and cool people watching. And when the sun goes down, it's even better.

Theo - 2 months

Here we go... Already 2 months and a week. The little monkey has grown quite a bit and is entertaining us so much.

In fact he just loves moving his arms and making faces and smile at us.

And on week 9 and 4 days, he broke the 12 pounds barrier!

here you go for the last serie of pics

A bit of fluff in the streets...

Snow doesn't come very often in London, but I always love it.

Last time we had a significant snow, it was almost 2 years ago...

Things have changed in the last 2 years... Oh yes they have.
Theo is born, we redid the house with loft conversion, the garden is complete. I've embarked on a new exciting adventure. Georgia managed to get back into interior design with home staging before Theo's birth. I am so proud of her going around doing her house renovations, 8 months pregnant!. Our extended family and friends has grown quite a bit as well with many new borns, who will be perfect cousins or friends for Theo when he grows. We also did a few trips to discover new cultures with Mexico, Greece and Portugal.

Change is good, it keep things interesting. And even if Auckland Hill doesn't look like it changed much in the 2 pictures below, this is only an impression!