• Friday-What'sUP August 16 - 01:55 pm

Philip Odum did something recently that many of us only think about doing. He spent the night on the shores of Lake Superior, at Whitefish Bay, watching the night sky change with each passing minute.

Phil said it was an incredible experience lying on the beach, with the satellites, meteorites and so many, many stars above him glittering and sparkling in the night sky.

Just seeing the Whitefish Bay campus lit up for the night is beautiful enough, but then Phil adds the photos of the changing sky throughout the night, with the stars seeming to get brighter as the sky became darker.

That last photo is amazing, too, as the stars disappear with the dawn of morning beginning. Oh so many colors there to take the place of the glittering sky lights of the night before.

Great captures, Phil and thank you for staying up so we didn't have to.

Wow, down to the wire with Friday's Pasty Cam. I really thought we were going to miss a daily update for the first time in over 16 years. It was a complicated set of challenges...

Friday's update to Pasty Central was the first time using Windows 8.1. In the morning I started the process of migrating over all the software we use to do the editing, and was interrupted by a series of demands here in Marquette, where Edie and I are basically spending the summer. As you may know, we are staying at Beacon House while she is having hyperbaric oxygen treatments, to help speed healing after surgery back in January. With some unforeseen items I had to attend to, Friday's update was put on the back burner until late in the evening. Then I found some of the software behaved differently on Windows 8.1. It was like the keystone cops, racing back and forth between computers to troubleshoot the process, until... bingo... 4 minutes till midnight Mary's post squeaked in. <<whew!>>

Thanks for all the well-wishes Edie has received this summer, and for the nice cards and notes while we've been here. It has been a real opportunity to meet some Marquette Pasty Cammies, as well as some from other areas, here at the Beacon House with their own challenges. We even met one volunteer here who worked as a waitress at the Hut, back in the day when they featured car-hop service! The Pasty Central kitchen next door to the Hut will be humming again in a few weeks as we resume pasty shipping after the summer break, and we look forward to getting back home to the Copper Country :o)

Amazing pictures! Continued healing wishes for Edie!

best wishes to edie for a great recovery.

Beautiful photos! Get well quick, Edie.

Prayers and good wishes continuing for Edie and you, Charlie.

Philip, I hope the UP beach doesn't have 'sand fleas'.;> Beautiful shots!

Nice pix! Wishing Edie well and continued healing!

Beautiful pictures! I spent the night on the
beaches of Lake Superior a couple of times as a
teen. No Whitefish Point around though.

Good wishes and continued prayers going out to Edie
as she continues her recovery.

The photos are very beautiful. I try to do that once
in awhile-lie outside in the hammock at night and
watch the changing sky. The problem is-- i fall
asleep before very long.I appreciate the beauty
captured in these photos!

comfort and a speedy recovery for edie..certainly
hope to get to do this again. nothing matches the
beauty of a night sky over lake superior its
priceless..and got a free ride back to my car in the
morning as i was carried away by skeeters...thanks
everyone for looking and mary for sharing my
photos.if one could share a song this is one of my
favs for summer..enjoy phil
http://youtu.be/
I5hrIefEPko

Every picture is stunning! I love the last one ….and every other
one,too. Thank you ,Phillip,for sharing them.

Edie,I hope you are soon well and back home.

WOW!