New York- first snowfall last snowfall

Merry christmas and happy holidays all! Life is FINALLy settling a bit, and here I am to share more adventures with you.
Today is purely walking adventures, i will include crafting adventures tomorrow.

I have been on some marvelous walks over the past few weeks. These are from the snowfall we had last weekend. Enjoy!

Orion

Orion. One of the best known constellations. Orion. The Hunter
It can always be found by looking for the belt, three stars right next to eachother, horizontally.
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"From mid-northern latitudes, Orion is visible in the evening from October to early January and in the morning from late July to November."

(http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Orion.html)


He stands with his two dogs, preparing to battle Taurus.

He has also been seen as a shepherd, and the egyptians connected him with Osiris, God of death.
But most cultures, it seems, saw him as a hunter with a belt and sword
My favorite myth is this one from Australia


"the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land say that the constellation of Orion, which they call Julpan, is a canoe. They tell the story of two brothers who went fishing, and caught and ate a fish that was forbidden under their law. Seeing this, the Sun sent a waterspout that carried the two brothers and their canoe up into the sky where they became the Orion constellation."






The constellation is extremely rich in bright stars and in deep-sky objects. Here are some of its stars. [5]

* λ Ori (Meissa) is Orion's head.

* α Ori (Betelgeuse), at its right shoulder, is a red star with a diameter larger than the orbit of Mars. Although it is the α-star, it is somewhat fainter than Rigel.

* γ Ori (Bellatrix), is at Orion's left shoulder.

* ζ Ori (Alnitak), ε Ori (Alnilam) and δ Ori (Mintaka) make up the asterism known as Orion's Belt: three bright stars in a row; from these alone one can recognize Orion.

* η Ori (Eta Orionis), between Delta Orionis and Rigel.

* κ Ori (Saiph) is at Orion's right knee.

* β Ori (Rigel), at the constellation's left knee, is a large blue-white star, among the brightest in the sky. It has three companions, invisible to the naked eye.

* ι Ori (Hatsya) is at the tip of Orion's sword


Its too amazing to think about humans, hundreds of thousands of years ago, pondering the sky which still proves to baffle us. oh sure, we have all the scientific explanations we need to understand the heavens...but all those numbers doesn't change the feeling when standing beneath a clear sky far from the city lights. Just you and all those glowing entities.




And we still don't know why their there
and though they are so far...we still seek to relate to them

Be sure to keep an eye out for Orion as the days get shorter and colder